Construction union boss quits amid probe over $4-million home
The head of the Carpenters’ Regional Council has resigned amid an investigation into the union's purchase of a $4-million home. This follows a Globe and Mail report revealing that the union's leadership had not disclosed the purchase to its executive board. The investigation has also uncovered a second property bought by the union for $2.5 million, raising further questions about financial practices.
- ▪Jason Rowe, the executive secretary-treasurer of the Carpenters’ Regional Council, has resigned amid an internal probe.
- ▪The union purchased a $4-million home in Nobleton, Ontario, where Rowe and his wife lived for two years.
- ▪A second property was bought for $2.5 million, and both homes were linked to a numbered company associated with union officials.
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Open this photo in gallery:An investigation by The Globe and Mail found that the owner of a numbered company that bought this $4-million property in Nobleton, Ont., was the Carpenters’ Regional Council.Sammy Kogan/The Globe and MailShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountThe head of the Carpenters’ Regional Council, one of Canada’s largest construction unions, has resigned amid an internal probe prompted by a Globe and Mail investigation that revealed the organization had bought a $4-million house that he and his wife lived in for two years.According to staff e-mails seen by The Globe, the union’s top official, executive secretary-treasurer Jason Rowe, and his wife, Stacey Rowe, who is also a senior union official, have left their posts.
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