| David Piccini | |
| Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MPP |
| Office: | Ontario Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development |
| Premier: | Doug Ford |
| Term Start: | June 18, 2021 |
| Predecessor: | Jeff Yurek |
| Office1: | Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities |
| Term Start1: | June 26, 2018 |
| Term End1: | June 18, 2021 |
| Minister1: | Merrilee Fullerton Ross Romano |
| Parliament2: | Ontario Provincial |
| Term Start2: | June 7, 2018 |
| Predecessor2: | Riding established |
| Riding2: | Northumberland—Peterborough South |
| Party: | Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario |
| Birth Date: | 29 September 1988 |
| Birth Place: | Toronto, Ontario |
| Residence: | Port Hope, Ontario |
| Occupation: | Health care administrator |
| Spouse: | Faith Chipman (Faith Piccini) |
David Winsor Piccini (born September 29, 1988) is a Canadian politician who is Ontario’s Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training & Skills Development since September 22, 2023. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election. He represents the riding of Northumberland—Peterborough South as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.
Piccini grew up in Port Hope, an hour east of Toronto.[1] His father is an architect, and his mother worked as an educator at Trinity College School, which he attended.[1] His grandfather was born on a farm in Udine, Northern Italy, and emigrated to Canada.[1]
He attended and played soccer for the University of Ottawa.[1] He later coached the team.[1] He first worked slicing deli meats at an Italian grocer, at Agriculture Canada and Service Canada, and in 2011 as an executive assistant to Conservative MP Ed Fast, who was the international trade minister.[1] He and his wife live in Port Hope with their two dogs.[2]
Piccini worked for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada starting in 2015, supporting their international work.[1] In 2018, he helped found the Canadian International Health Education Association, leading one of Canada’s largest health care missions to the Gulf region.
In 2015, Piccini ran in Ottawa-Vanier for the Conservative Party of Canada, but finished third.[3]
Piccini was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election.[4] He represents the riding of Northumberland—Peterborough South as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.[1]
After he was elected, Piccini served from 2018-21 as a member of the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, served from 2018-19 as the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Colleges and Universities, and served from 2021-23 as the youngest-ever (at 33 years of age) Ontario Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks.[5] [1]
Piccini has been Ontario’s Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training & Skills Development since September 22, 2023.[5] In August 2024, he confronted Fred Hahn, the President of CUPE Ontario, and told Hahn "you have to stop hating Jews."[6] Piccini was praised for that by, among others, former Conservative leader Erin O’Toole, psychologist and author Jordan Peterson, and Conservative MPs Michelle Rempel Garner and Melissa Lantsman.[7]