New Housing Strategy for Ontario
Roundtable Luncheon with Scott Thompson and Laurie LeBlanc
Sponsored by:
Laurie LeBlanc, Deputy Minister, Municipal Affairs; Deputy Minister, Housing
Laurie LeBlanc was appointed Deputy Minister of the former Municipal Affairs and Housing on September 3, 2013 and re-appointed Deputy Minister of Municipal Affairs and Deputy Minister of Housing on June 13th, 2016. Her previous post was Deputy Minister of Aboriginal Affairs (MAA) since March, 2012.
Prior to joining MAA, Laurie served as Assistant Deputy Minister of Employment and Training in the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities and Assistant Deputy Minister for the Policy and Strategic Planning Division in the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services.
Laurie has more than 30 years of experience in the Ontario Public Service in a variety of policy, communications and operations positions. Her extensive senior management experience includes her previous position as the ADM, Cabinet Office Communications where she provided communications leadership to 14 ministries in the justice, education and resource sectors. She also held Director positions at MMAH, including Communications and Urban Affairs and Stakeholder Relations.
Laurie has an M.A. in Political Science and a Bachelor of Journalism from Carleton University, and is a graduate of the Queen’s University Public Executive Program.
Scott Thompson, Deputy Minister, Ontario Ministry of Finance
Scott Thompson was appointed to the position of Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Finance in October 2014. In his previous position as Deputy Minister, Policy and Delivery in the Ontario Cabinet Office, his primary role was to work with all Ministries in the Ontario Public Service and the Premier’s Office to establish and manage the government’s policy and legislative agenda.
Prior to Scott’s appointment to Cabinet Office, he was the Executive Lead for the Secretariat responsible for the Commission on the Reform of Ontario’s Public Services (CROPS), otherwise known as the “Drummond Commission”, at the Ministry of Finance.Throughout his 31 year tenure with the Ontario Public Service, Scott has served in various senior management positions in the Ministries of Transportation, Municipal Affairs, Finance, and Northern Development and Mines, as well as several roles in Cabinet Office.Scott is currently serving as Chair of the Ontario Financing Authority and of the Ontario Electricity Financial Corporation, and sits as member of the Public Service Commission.
Scott began his public service career in 1985 after completing a Bachelor of Environmental Studies degree in urban planning at the University of Waterloo and graduate work in transportation planning at the University of Illinois.
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