Roman Baber
- Born
- August 9, 1980 — Leningrad, Soviet Union
- Education
- William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute; York University; Law degree at the University of Western Ontario
- Career
- Lawyer
- Political Experience
- MPP for York Centre from 2018 to 2022; Elected to House of Commons for York Centre in 2025
- Notable
- Removed from PC Party caucus for opposition to COVID-19 lockdowns; Candidate in 2022 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election
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Business & Financial Interests
Before entering politics, Roman Baber worked as a lawyer. His legal practice reportedly focused on civil and commercial litigation.
Key Relationships & Connections
Roman Baber has a well-known political history with Ontario Premier Doug Ford. Baber was first elected as a Progressive Conservative Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) under Ford's leadership. However, Ford removed Baber from the PC caucus in 2021 after Baber publicly voiced his opposition to the government's COVID-19 lockdown measures.
Public Controversies
The most significant public controversy involving Roman Baber occurred in January 2021 while he was an Ontario MPP. He wrote an open letter to Premier Doug Ford arguing that the province's COVID-19 lockdowns were causing more harm than good and should be ended. As a result of this public dissent from the government's official policy, Premier Ford removed him from the Progressive Conservative caucus. Baber then sat as an independent MPP. This stance against lockdown measures became a central part of his political identity and was a key platform in his later campaign for the leadership of the federal Conservative Party of Canada.
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Mr. Speaker, Toronto is building a shelter that will act as an injection site at Keele and Wilson. It will be located between the St. Theresa's Day Care Centre and the Pierre Laporte Middle School. The shelter will hand out needles and have a safe room where anyone can inject. We already have the Toronto plaza shelter one intersection west. It turned Jane and Wilson into a hub for drugs, crime
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Thank you very much. Professor Manirabona, welcome to our committee.
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Is the agency not short of officers?
I think that's a good question for you as well. Do you really think you need another agency here?
Would you agree with me that this shortage affects the RCMP's ability to police financial crimes?
Yes...versus the RCMP right now.
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