Adam Vaughan

Biography: Adam Vaughan has been elected to the House of Commons three times and has also served two terms as a Toronto City Councillor. He currently represents the riding of Spadina-Fort York and is the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Families, Children, and Social Development (Housing). As a Toronto City Councillor Adam played a major role in reforming the planning process in the city. He led successful campaigns to rebuild and revitalize existing public housing stock while initiating new policies to create family housing, supportive housing and new co-op housing programs in Toronto. In the 41st Parliament, Adam was appointed the Liberal Critic for Housing and Urban Affairs and worked with Justin Trudeau, Liberals and local governments across the country to re-establish a national housing policy as part of a new urban agenda for Canada. On December 2, 2015, Adam was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister for Intergovernmental Affairs. He served in this role until January 26, 2017, when he was appointed to the position of Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development (Housing and Urban Affairs). On February 1, 2017, Adam was appointed to chair an Advisory Committee on Homelessness to support the renewal of the Homelessness Partnering Strategy.