Federal Tories Add Ontario Minister Parm Gill to Line-Up of New Candidates

Then-MP Parm Gill responds to a question in the House of Commons in 2014 in Ottawa. Mr. Gill is now seeking re-election in the Milton riding. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press

Ontario’s Minister of Red Tape Reduction, Parm Gill, has left his post to run for the federal Conservatives in the riding of Milton.

Mr. Gill made the announcement in a Jan. 25 statement, saying many members of the community have urged him to join the federal Conservatives in recent months.