Mr. Yorke, former president of the Carpenters’ District Council of Ontario, has over 25 years of experience in Ontario’s unionized construction industry. The Council represents over 30,000 members. As president, he has extensive knowledge of collective bargaining and arbitration issues and is involved in numerous political, community and training initiatives. Mr. Yorke has a solid background in workplace health and safety issues, from both training and site representation perspectives. He is a strong community supporter of outreach to “youth at risk” training programs with the City of Toronto and the Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC) highly regarded CHOICE and CRAFT programs and he played an active role on the Local 27 College of Carpenters and Allied Trades Board of Directors for many years. Mr. Yorke is the former co- chair on the City of Toronto Youth Employment Action Plan (YEAP) Advisory Committee. He sits as an editorial advisory board member of the Daily Commercial News.