Jason Ottey is the Black Director of Government Relations and Communications for Laborers' International Union of North America (LiUNA) Local 183 where he provides direction, advocacy and strategic advice on construction-related issues at all three levels of government. 

Prior to joining LiUNA Local 183, he was the Director of Research and Policy for Residential Construction Council of Ontario (RESCON), where he represented the interests of single and multi-family residential builders across the Greater Toronto Area. He is a graduate of McMaster University and the University of Toronto, receiving his Master of Arts in Political Science and Master of Industrial Relations respectively.