IT APPEARS IT COULD BE TRUE. A STATEMENT ALLEGEDLY ISSUED BY DAN SIVERTSON THAT JASON ROWE, STACEY ROWE AND TOM CARDINAL REISGNED IS BEING REPORTED IN THE ONTARIO NEWS

IS THE $4 MILLION HOUSE SCAM JUST THE TIP OF THE ICE BERG.MAYBE NOT BUT 

 

THIS HAS TO BE THE FASTEST DIRTY DOUG TAKE DOWN OF A STOOGE ON RECORD

  "Jason Rowe, Stacey Rowe and Tom Cardinal out after media reports of multimillion-dollar homes bought by union"

 

“Please be advised that, effective yesterday, Jason Rowe, Tom Cardinal, and Stacey Rowe resigned from their positions with the Carpenters' Regional Council,” reads Sivertson’s brief email, sent on Friday.

  

CARPENTERS UNION OFFICIALS RESIGN AS PROBE CONTINUES

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Three officials at a major Ontario construction union, including its top leader, are out as an internal investigation into the union’s finances continues.

Jason Rowe, Stacey Rowe and Tom Cardinal resigned from the Carpenters’ Regional Council (CRC) on Thursday, according to an email sent on behalf of Dan Sivertson, international business representative at the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (UBCJA), the CRC’s U.S. parent union.

Jason Rowe was the CRC’s top leader as its executive-secretary treasurer, as well as the U.S. union’s Canadian district vice-president. His wife, Stacey Rowe, has also served as a CRC official.

Cardinal was the CRC’s chief of staff, another top official.

An investigation into the Carpenters’ Regional Council by its American parent was launched after The Globe and Mail reported that the CRC had purchased a $4-million home north of Toronto, in which Rowe and his wife lived.

On Friday, The Trillium reported that the CRC purchased a second, $2.5-million home in the same area. It is unclear how that house was used.

The union has rented out the $4-million home and has been trying to sell the $2.5-million home since February.

“Please be advised that, effective yesterday, Jason Rowe, Tom Cardinal, and Stacey Rowe resigned from their positions with the Carpenters' Regional Council,” reads Sivertson’s brief email, sent on Friday.

“The International continues their open investigation,” the email reads, referring to the UBCJA.

The CRC and Sivertson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The CRC is a major supporter of the Progressive Conservatives and has been one of the top beneficiaries of the Ford government’s controversial Skills Development Fund (SDF).

The union hosted a fundraiser for Labour Minister David Piccini’s riding association in 2024, and months later received the largest grant in that round of SDF funding at $14 million. Shortly after, the CRC announced it was endorsing Doug Ford’s PC Party for the first time.

 

  I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT DAN SIVERSTON AND HIS INVESTIGATIVE CLOWN TEAM WERE STILL STUCK AT THE BORDER MAKING BALLOON ANIMALS

 

AND ONCE AGAIN DOUGY WHO IS DAN SIVERTSON.NOT ONE OF YOUR USUAL STOOGES.DID YOU GET YOURSELF A NEW USED CONDOM SALESMAN??

JASON ROWE AND PALS BOUGHT A SECOND MULTI MILLION DOLLAR HOUSE.

  

CARPENTERS BOUGHT SECOND MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR HOME IN 

$2.5-million, $4-million homes purchased 14 months apart

Jack Hauen

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The Carpenters’ Regional Council purchased another home north of Toronto, and is currently trying to sell it.

A numbered company controlled by union leadership bought the four-bedroom, five-bathroom house in Nobleton in January 2024 for $2.489 million.

The purchase came just over a year after the same numbered company bought another, $4-million home three kilometres away. That house was used by the Carpenters’ Regional Council’s (CRC) top leader, Jason Rowe, and his wife, The Globe and Mail reported last month.

It is unclear how the $2.5-million home was used.

The CRC did not comment by press time.

Situated in the upscale Gates of Nobleton neighbourhood, the 3,524 square-foot home has a three-car garage, 20-foot family room ceilings, a professionally landscaped backyard and a finished basement with its own kitchen and laundry room, according to real estate listings.

On Thursday, the house appeared as though it had not been occupied in recent days. Flyers were stuck in the door jamb, and a newspaper on the driveway was one week old.

While the $4-million home has been rented out, the $2.5-million home is currently for sale, for the same amount the union paid. The listing has been up since February.

Land transfer documents show that Rowe, the CRC’s executive-secretary treasurer, signed off on both the initial purchase and the transfer to the union’s corporation.

Both homes were transferred to the union-owned Carpenters’ Regional Council Building Corp. on the same date in May 2024, each of their property records shows.

The numbered company also bought a $38.9-million commercial building in Vaughan in December 2023 to serve as the union’s head office and training centre.

The training centre is about a half-hour drive from both homes in Nobleton.

At the time of the $2.5-million home’s purchase, the numbered company was directed by Rowe, his wife Stacey Rowe (then known as Stacey Kerr), and the CRC’s general counsel, Mark Lewis, who died in the summer of 2023.

The numbered company’s current directors are Pasquale Bono, Ontario residential coordinator and financial secretary for Carpenters' Local 27; CRC regional manager Kurt Kashuba; Cynthia Sisconetto, the union’s director of investment portfolio management; and Tomi Hulkkonen, a local coordinator for local 494 in Windsor, who died in January. These directors were named on Nov. 8, 2024.

On the same day, the same four directors took over the Carpenters’ Regional Council Building Corp.

Previously, the directors were Rowe, Lewis, CRC chief of staff Tom Cardinal, and Ottawa local area manager Rod Thompson.

U.S. Department of Labour records show the Ontario-based wing of the Carpenters’ union was put under a trusteeship by its parent union, the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (UBCJA), in April 2022 to “correct corruption or financial malpractice.” The trusteeship ended in November of that year.

After The Globe and Mail revealed the $4-million home, the CRC once again went into trusteeship under the American parent union. The Globe reported that the UBCJA is investigating the issues raised in the article.

The CRC is a major supporter of the Progressive Conservatives and has been one of the top beneficiaries of the Ford government’s controversial Skills Development Fund (SDF). The group, its locals and training centres have received tens of millions of Labour Ministry grants, funded by provincial taxpayers, over the last few years.

The CRC was the recipient of the largest SDF grant in the fifth and most recent round at $14 million.

In May 2024, the carpenters’ union hosted a fundraiser that banked Labour Minister David Piccini’s riding association almost $120,000.

Two months later, the Ministry of Labour started accepting applications for the fifth round of Skills Development Fund grants. Premier Doug Ford’s office announced early in 2025 that the CRC would receive $14 million from the SDF’s fifth round, plus another $13 million through the program’s capital stream. The union published a news release celebrating the “unprecedented” amount of funding it received.

Days later, Ford called an early provincial election. One week before the Feb. 27 voting day, the Carpenters’ Regional Council announced that ”for the first time ever” it was endorsing Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives.

 

THE GLOBE ALSO RAN A STORY ON THE SECOND HOUSE 

 

CONSTRUCTION UNION FACING PROBE BOUGHT SECOND HOUSE FOR $2.5 MILLION 

JEFF GRAY 

 

 

One of Canada’s largest construction unions, which is facing an internal probe after The Globe and Mail revealed it had bought a $4-million house north of Toronto for the use of its top official, also purchased a second home, for $2.5-million, just minutes away.

The Carpenters’ Regional Council (CRC) was placed under the supervision of its U.S.-based parent union earlier this month after The Globe reported that its executive secretary-treasurer, Jason Rowe, had lived in the $4-million home for two years along with his wife, Stacey Rowe, who was also a senior union official.

Property records show that the same numbered company that purchased the first home in Nobleton, Ont., in November, 2022, also purchased another nearby house for $2.489-million, in January, 2024. Mr. Rowe and his wife were both listed as directors of the numbered company at the time, and Mr. Rowe was listed as acting for the company on both transactions.

The two properties were transferred for $0 to the Carpenters’ Regional Council Building Corp. that year. The union has said it owns both that corporation and the numbered company, but has not explained the reason behind the transfers or the use of the numbered company.

A spokesman for the CRC did not respond to e-mails this week asking questions about the second house – including who lived in the second property, which is now listed for sale. According to the real-estate listing, it has four bedrooms, five bathrooms and a family room with a 20-foot ceiling.

Mr. Rowe could not be reached Friday.

The CRC, which is based in Vaughan, Ont., and says it has 60,000 members in 30 locals across Ontario and Western Canada, oversees hundreds of millions in pension funds and has received millions from the federal and Ontario governments for skills-training programs. Under Mr. Rowe’s leadership, it endorsed Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives for the first time, just before the 2025 election.

Earlier this month, The Globe reported that the executive board of the CRC had voted to place itself under the supervision of its U.S. parent union, the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners.

In a letter to union leaders obtained by The Globe, the U.S. parent union’s general president, Douglas McCarron, said the organization would conduct an internal probe into the newspaper’s revelations about the Ontario-based branch’s purchase of the $4-million home. Mr. McCarron could not be reached Friday.

The union has acknowledged that Mr. Rowe and his wife lived in the $4-million property from 2022 to 2024. It was later rented out.

The Globe reported last month that the union’s executive board was not told about the house and its intended purpose and did not vote on the purchase, citing a source familiar with the union’s decision-making. The Globe did not name the source because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the union’s internal matters.

After first telling The Globe that the $4-million home “was not purchased for the use of any one person,” the CRC later said the house was needed, on a short-term basis, for Mr. Rowe, who lived in Manitoba before being brought in to lead a restructuring of the Ontario-based organization.

The CRC said the decision to purchase the first house “was disclosed to members of our executive board” and “approved through our established governance processes, including oversight under the organization’s bylaws.”

But the union did not directly answer questions on whether the executive board had voted on the purchase, or provide details of what it says was disclosed.

At the time of the purchase of this first house, the CRC was also under a form of supervision known as a trusteeship, imposed by its U.S. parent. This allowed for Mr. Rowe to be installed as executive secretary-treasurer and left control of the CRC with him and a handful of appointed trustees.

Neither the CRC nor its U.S. parent have answered questions about this previous trusteeship. According to a disclosure document filed with the U.S. Department of Labor, the April, 2022, it was imposed to “correct corruption or financial malpractice.” But the document provides no details of any allegations or what was done to address them at the time.

 

I AM SURE IT IS ALL LEGIT.MAYBE THE COUNCIL WAS GETTING INTO THE AIR BNB RACKET'S

 

 THE RUMOR MILL IS ACTIVE  AND OUT AND ABOUT TODAY .DID JASON ROWE AND OTHERS INCLUDING TOM CARDINAL RESIGN????

 THIS WAS POSTED ONLINE.AT THIS POINT I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY CONFIRMATION BUT IS WAS NOT POSTED ANONYMOUSLY

 

AT THIS POINT ITS JUST A RUMOR BUT WE SHALL SEE

 

THE COVER UP BEGINS. CASH MCCARRON HAS PUT THE CARPENTERS REGIONAL COUNCIL ONTARIO IN A "VOLUNTARY TRUSTEESHIP" OVER MCCARRON'S HAND PICKED STOOGE JASON ROWES $4 MILLION DOLLAR HOUSE SCAM

 TO TRY AND COVER THE UBC INTERNATIONALS LIABILITY DIRTY DOUG HAS PLACED THE COUNCIL IN TRUSTEESHIP.

 

LET THE SHOW BEGIN..

ACT 1:THE PHONY TRUSTEESHIP AND THE UBC INVESTIGATIVE TEAM

 

I WONDER IF DAN SIVERTSON AND THE BOYS WILL GET ACROSS THE BORDER

 

 

 

DOUGY WE HEARD YOU WENT NORTH OF THE BORDER RECENTLY TO SEE YOUR STOOGE ROWE TO DO SOME DAMAGE CONTROL

 HEY DOUGY WHO THE HELL IS DAN SIVERTSON???NOT FROM THE USUAL GANG OF STOOGES.

  FOR THE RECORD DIRTY DOUG THE OLMS IS ALREADY LOOKING AT THE UBC INTERNATIONALS ACTIONS DURING THE  LAST TRUSTEESHIP AND ROWES $4 MILLION HOUSE SCAM .

MAYBE WHEN THE OLMS IS DONE WITH ROWES $4 MILLION HOUSE SCAM THEY WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THE $6 MILLION DOUGY ROBBED FROM THE SOUTHWEST COUNCIL DURING THE BS PHONY TRUSTEESHIP HE IMPOSED TO TAKE OUT HIS BROTHER

 

 

 

 

CONSTRUCTION UNION FACES INTERNAL PROBE OVER PURCHASE OF $4 MILLION TORONTO AREA HOUSE

 JEFF GRAY QUEENS AREA REPORTER

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The Carpenters’ Regional Council, one of Canada’s largest construction unions, has been placed under the supervision of its U.S. parent organization and will undergo an internal probe after The Globe and Mail reported that it had quietly purchased a $4-million Toronto-area home for the use of its top official.

The CRC, which is based in Vaughan, Ont., and says it has 60,000 members in 30 locals across Ontario and Western Canada, is led by its executive secretary-treasurer, Jason Rowe. It oversees hundreds of millions in pension funds and has received millions from the federal and Ontario governments for skills-training programs.

A Globe investigation published last month revealed that in 2022, the union used a numbered company that listed Mr. Rowe and his spouse − who is also a union official − among its directors to buy a 4,400-square-foot home in Nobleton, Ont.

The union acknowledged that the couple lived in the five-bedroom, five-bathroom property for two years, from 2022 to 2024. The union’s executive board was not told about the house and its intended purpose and did not vote on the purchase, according to a source familiar with the union’s decision, as The Globe reported. The Globe did not name the source because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the union’s internal matters.

Now, according to a letter obtained by The Globe, the general president of the Washington-headquartered United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Douglas McCarron, has announced a “voluntary trusteeship” for the CRC.

In the letter, signed by Mr. McCarron and dated May 5, the long-time American union leader says he met with the CRC’s executive board that day “to discuss a recent article by the Globe and Mail that made accusations concerning the Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the CRC.”

The document says the executive board, on a motion moved by Mr. Rowe and passed “without dissent,” agreed to invite the international union in for a voluntary trusteeship, so the U.S. parent could conduct “an independent investigation.”

The letter says the move cancels “all delegate meetings and elections” while the trusteeship is in place. And it says a union official named Dan Siverson would serve as the CRC’s supervisor.

In a letter to the CRC’s member locals, obtained by The Globe, Mr. Siverson says he is a 30-year member of the carpenters’ union and that he “will supervise the investigation.” He also said he plans “on keeping members informed on its progress as conclusions are reached.”

A copy of the motion passed by the CRC executive, also obtained by The Globe, is signed by eight members, including Mr. Rowe. It says the executive members “welcome and consent” to the trusteeship and “need independent supervision and oversight to promptly investigate the serious allegations made against the CRC’s leadership as set forth in The Globe and Mail article.”

It also says the probe may also look into other matters that the international union, known by the shortform the UBC, deems necessary. The motion says the executive members “need the UBC to take corrective actions to fix any problems found.”

A spokesman for the Carpenters’ Regional Council did not respond to a request for comment. Neither Mr. Rowe nor Mr. McCarron responded to requests for comment on Wednesday.

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The purchase of the $4-million home for Mr. Rowe’s use was itself related to a previous trusteeship imposed on the Ontario-based union by its international parent.

A numbered company, which the union says it owns, bought the property on Nov. 11, 2022. At the time, a trusteeship had left control of the CRC (then known as the Carpenters’ District Council of Ontario) in the hands of Mr. Rowe, who is also the international’s Canadian district vice-president, and a small group of trustees.

Neither the CRC nor its U.S. parent have answered questions about why this previous trusteeship was imposed.

According to a disclosure document filed with the U.S. Department of Labour, the April, 2022, trusteeship was imposed to “correct corruption or financial malpractice.” The document provides no details of any allegations or what was done to address them at the time.

After first telling The Globe that the $4-million home “was not purchased for the use of any one person,” the union said the house was needed, on a short-term basis, for Mr. Rowe, who lived in Manitoba before being brought in to lead a restructuring of the Ontario-based organization.

In an e-mailed statement last month, the union said the decision to purchase the house “was disclosed to members of our executive board” and “approved through our established governance processes, including oversight under the organization’s bylaws.” But the union did not directly answer questions on whether the executive board had voted on the purchase, or provide details of what it says was disclosed.

The statement also said the property was “acquired as part of a broader strategy to strengthen the organization’s long-term financial position” but was “also used as a short-term, employer-provided residence.”

The property in Nobleton was transferred to the union-owned Carpenters’ Regional Council Building Corp. for $0 in May, 2024, for reasons the union has declined to explain. It had undergone $290,000 in renovations, according to material provided by real estate agents when the union later listed it for sale at $3.75-million. It has since been taken off the market, and is being rented out.

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ANOTHER WTF!!!! MOMENT. FRANKIE THE CHIMP SPENCER GETTING PAID $669,146.62 A YEAR AS THE CEO OF LEVEL CARE!!!!

HOLY SCHNIKES!!!!! 

  

YOU CANT MAKE THIS STUFF UP

 

NOW AM I HAVING A SENIOR MOMENT OR IS THIS SHOWING SPENCER GETTING A $217,949.12  RAISE FROM 2024 -2025

 

 

AS A GOING AWAY PRESENT AND REWARD FOR SCREWING UBC MEMBERS FRANKIE THE CHIMP SPENCER WAS HANDED $851,316 BY THE UBC INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL SYNDICATE IN A SEVERANCE PAYMENT

WHY WOULD FRANKY THE CHIMP GET A SEVERANCE PAYMENT.ALL HE DID WAS SWITCH TITLES.HE WAS MADE THE CEO OF THE LEVEL CARE PBM 2 SCAM WHICH THE INTERNATIONAL CROOKS HAVE DECLARED IS 100% OWNED BY THE UBC CRIMINAL SYNDICATE 

Frank Spencer
Chief Executive Officer
Level Care PBM 2
212 Carpenters Union Way
Las Vegas, NV 89119
Fspencer@levelcarepharmacy2.com
Office: (856) 428-1650

 Mobile: (609) 313-6348 

 

ONCE AGAIN LET ME POINT OUT IF YOU GOOGLE THE OFFICE NUMBER LISTED (856) 428-1650

IT COMES UP AS FRANK SPENCERS WIFE GERRY O'MALLEY SPENCER AND THE  UBC IN HADDONFIELD NJ

 

 WITH NO EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND AND NO EXPERIENCE FRANK SPENCER WAS APPOINTED BY DOUGY AND HIS INTERNATIONAL CRONIES AS THE LEVEL CARE CEO  

WHAT DOES FRANK SPENCER DO FOR $669,146.62 IN WAGES???

 

I HEARD HE TRAVELS WITH PETE TONIA TRYING TO SELL THE LEVEL CARE SCAM AND VACUUM CLEANERS. I ALSO HEARD PETE TONIA DOES ALL THE TALKING AND FRANKY SITS THERE LIKE A LUMP 

 

  DEAR IRS YOU READING THIS BS??

DEAR OLMS YOU READING THIS BS??

 
 THE UBC FORM 990 LISTS THE FOLLOWING AS DISREGARDED ENTITIES 

 

BUT WHAT ARE DISREGARDED ENTITIES

 In Form 990, Schedule R, "Identification of Disregarded Entities" requires tax-exempt organizations to list any single-member limited liability companies (SMLLCs) or similar entities they wholly own that the IRS ignores for tax purposes. These entities are treated as part of the parent organization, with their activities, assets, and income reported on the main Form 990

 

 

 JOIN US AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE UBC DISREGARDED ENTITIES SCAMS AS WE ASK QUESTIONS LIKE 

WHO IS MARK CLARK THAT IS TAKING DOWN $242,805 AND LISTED AS THE CHIEF PHARMACEUTICAL OFFICER OF MISSION VENTURE LLC

 AND WHY WOULD MISSION VENTURE LLC WHO THE UBC HAS DECLARED MANAGES UBC NONPROFIT ACTIVITIES HAVE A CHIEF PHARMACEUTICAL OFFICER

 

 HEY KENDALL RANDOLPH. IF YOU HAD NOT TANKED THE NJ SUBPOENAS WE WOULD ALREADY KNOW

NYC COUNCIL REQUESTS AN EXTENSION OF THE STIPULATION UNTIL JUNE 30,2026.WHAT MORE PROOF DO YOU WANT THAT THE FIX IS IN AND THAT EX JUDGE BARABRA JONES WAS PUT ON THE UBC PAYROLL BECAUSE SHE APPEARS TO HAVE JUDGE QUICK DRAW MARRERO ON SPEED DIAL

 LET'S WATCH AND SEE HOW FAST JUDGE QUICK DRAW MARRERO SIGNS THIS ONE

5....4....3...2...1 

 A MERE 3 1/2 DAYS BEFORE THE PREVIOUS EXTENSION WAS TO EXPIRE ON APRIL 30,2026 THE NYC DISTRICT COUNCIL HIRED HAND EX JUDGE JUDY JONES JUST SUBMITTED A REQUEST TO FOR ANOHTER EXTENSION UNTIL JUNE 30,2026.MUST BE JUDGE MARRERO'S ONLY CASE. LOTS OF TIME FOR REVIEW AND CONTEMPLATION ON THIS ONE

 

 

 NOTICE THE LETTER WAS SENT TO THE JUDGES CHAMBERS.IS THIS NORMAL PROTOCOL OR JUST FOR EX JUDGE JUDY JONES??

 

THE FILING ALSO DECLARES THEY WILL HAVE A FINAL AGREEMENT FOR THE COURTS REVIEW IN MAY

ALTHOUGH THE INTENT TO EXTEND AGAIN WAS ALREADY ANNOUNCED BY THE COUNCIL JUDGE JUDY AND CREW MUST HAVE BEEN BUSY OR SOMETHING.OR PERHAPS MARREROS APPROVAL IS A FORGONE CONCLUSION 

 

 

IN A TIME IN THIS COUNTRY WHEN DAY AFTER DAY OUR FEDERAL COURT SYSTEM IS BEING EXPOSED THE FOR CORRUPT JOKE IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN HERE IS YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE

 WHO SAYS MONEY CANT BUY YOU SOME LOVE

 

UPDATE !!!

HATE TO SAY WE TOLD YOU SO BUT....

 WE FRIGGIN TOLD YOU SO!!!!

NOT TO OUTDONE BY HIS LAST LAND SPEED RECORD JUDGE VICTOR "QUICK DRAW MARRERO" MAY HAVE SET A NEW PERSONAL BEST!!!!! 

 ONCE AGAIN IN LESS THEN 24 HOURS JUDGE QUICK DRAW MARRERO HAS SIGNED JUDGE JUDY JONES REQUEST TO EXTEND UNTIL JUNE 30,2026 

HEY VIC. WHY NOT JUST  GIVE JUDGE JUDY A RUBBER STAMP WITH YOUR SIGNATURE 

 

 

 

 

JASON ROWE. ANOHTER DIRTY DOUG MCCARRON APPOINTEE AND A UBC WTF!!! STORY FROM NORTH OF THE BORDER.

 

 

 

 THE UNION LEADER, THE NUMBERED COMPANY AND THE $4 MILLION HOUSE

 JEFF GREY QUEENS PARK REPORTER TORONTO

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A stately 4,400-square-foot house sits on a winding street in Nobleton, Ont., in an enclave of sprawling homes nestled into the farm country north of Toronto.

This five-bedroom, five-bathroom property has a nicely landscaped outdoor pool. Its three-car garage has gas heating and a one-car lift. The dining room features a marble floor and a built-in Miele wine fridge.

The property last changed hands on Nov. 11, 2022, for $4.015-million. The buyer was a numbered company, incorporated just days before the deal.

An investigation by The Globe and Mail has found that the owner of the numbered company that bought the property was the Carpenters’ Regional Council (CRC), one of Canada’s largest construction unions, headquartered in nearby Vaughan, Ont.

And for two years, from Nov. 11, 2022, to Nov. 31, 2024, the house was used by the union’s then newly appointed top leader, executive secretary-treasurer Jason Rowe, and his spouse, Stacey Rowe, who has also served as a union official.

In this picture from Premier Doug Ford's Facebook page, Jason Rowe speaks at a campaign event. Under Mr. Rowe’s leadership, the Carpenters’ Regional Council union endorsed Mr. Ford and his PC Party for the first time, just before the 2025 provincial election.Supplied

Until recently, the house – which is still owned by the union – was on the market again, listed at $3.75-million. According to a handout from the seller’s real estate agents, it had undergone $290,000 in renovations, including the installation of an Arctic Spa hot tub and a “state-of-the-art gym” with mirrored walls and a built-in television. Selling at that price, the union would have seen a loss of more than $500,000. But it is no longer listed for sale. And as of last month, the property had been rented out, according to the real estate website Zolo.

Corporate records show that the directors of the numbered company at the time of the purchase were Mr. Rowe, his spouse, then known as Stacey Kerr, and Mark Lewis, a lawyer who was then the union’s general counsel and chief of staff. (He died in 2023.) Property records show that Mr. Rowe acted for the numbered company on the purchase.

A source with knowledge of the union’s decision-making said neither the purchase of the house nor its intended purpose was disclosed to the union’s executive board or brought to it for approval at the time of the purchase. Nor was the purchase of the house or its purpose disclosed to dues-paying members, the source said.

The Globe is not naming the source because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the union’s internal matters.

The union says the house was needed, on a short-term basis, for Mr. Rowe, who lived in Manitoba before being brought in to lead a restructuring of the Ontario-based organization. Mr. Rowe did not make himself available for an interview.

A source with knowledge of the union’s decision making said neither the purchase of the house nor its intended purpose were disclosed to the union’s executive board or brought to it for approval at the time of the purchase.Sammy Kogan/The Globe and Mail

Despite repeated questioning by The Globe, the union’s leadership never directly answered whether or not its executive board voted to approve the purchase.

An e-mailed statement, sent by spokesman Finn Johnson, said the decision “was disclosed to members of our executive board” and “approved through our established governance processes, including oversight under the organization’s bylaws.”

Union president Tom Cardinal − who was on the executive at the time − said in a previous e-mail that “members of the CRC Executive review the financials including all CRC assets on a monthly basis” and that the financials and assets are reported twice a year “to all delegates at delegate conventions as per CRC by-laws.”

However, the union did not respond to a request to provide the documents or more details about what precisely was disclosed, and when.

The union, which says it has 60,000 members across about 30 locals in Ontario and Western Canada, oversees hundreds of millions of dollars in pension funds. It has also received millions of dollars from the federal and provincial governments for its worker-training centres. Last December, Ottawa awarded close to $20-million for the council and another affiliated branch of the carpenters’ union for training programs.

The Carpenters’ Regional Council also took in $27-million last year from Ontario’s Skills Development Fund, a program that opposition leaders say has favoured organizations with connections to the Progressive Conservative government.

Under Mr. Rowe’s leadership, the union endorsed Ontario Premier Doug Ford and his PC Party for the first time, just before the 2025 provincial election. In pictures posted on the Premier’s Facebook page from a February, 2025, campaign event marking the endorsement, Mr. Ford can be seen shaking Mr. Rowe’s hand and applauding as he speaks to union members in front of signs bearing the Premier’s “Canada Is Not For Sale” election slogan.

Addressing questions about the union’s use of taxpayer funds, Mr. Cardinal said in an e-mailed statement that government money for training, including grants from Ontario’s Skills Development Fund, is distinct from the union’s other cash. This money, he said, is collected from both employers and union members as stipulated in collective agreements and is kept completely separate from members’ dues and other union funds. The union also said in a subsequent statement that the Ontario skills funding is held in a trust and administered by trustees.

Asked for comment, Michel Figueredo, a spokesman for Ontario Labour Minister David Piccini, said the Skills Development Fund has measures in place to ensure taxpayer money is spent only on training.

“Every agreement includes strict financial controls, including third-party audits, risk assessments, verification of organizational capacity, detailed reporting and on-site monitoring to ensure funds are used as intended,” he said in an e-mail.

The purchase of the home was carried out while the union was under what is known as a trusteeship, imposed by its U.S. parent, the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners.

Mr. Ford shakes hands with Mr. Rowe at a February, 2025, campaign event. The picture was posted on the Premier's Facebook page.Supplied

The move left control of the Ontario arm in the hands of Mr. Rowe, who is also the Canadian district vice-president for the U.S.-based international union, and a small group of appointed trustees. The union also named an executive board.

According to a disclosure document on the trusteeship that the international was required to file with the U.S. Department of Labour, the U.S. parent imposed the trusteeship on its Ontario-based wing in April, 2022, to “correct corruption or financial malpractice.”

The document provides no details of any allegations or what was done to address them. The Carpenters’ Regional Council did not answer The Globe’s questions about why the union was put under a trusteeship. The international parent union did not respond to e-mailed questions.

The trusteeship did see the union go through a restructuring process. The changes united various affiliates from Ontario to Western Canada under one umbrella, with its new name. (It was formerly known as the Carpenters’ District Council of Ontario.)

According to financial information filed by the U.S. parent union with that country’s Internal Revenue Service, Mr. Rowe made US$352,531 in total compensation in 2024 for his role as the U.S. union’s Canadian district vice-president, including his retirement plan and unspecified non-taxable benefits.

Some of The Globe’s inquiries about the house prompted varied answers.

When first questioned about Mr. Rowe’s use of the house via e-mail, Mr. Cardinal responded that it “was not purchased for the use of any one person.”

The Globe then presented the union with details from public financial records that showed Mr. Rowe had used the house as his home address when leasing a vehicle.

Mr. Cardinal responded in an e-mailed statement that Mr. Rowe, who is from Manitoba, had lived in the house while he was “stewarding the trusteeship” of the union. Mr. Cardinal said the house purchase was “considered to be a better investment than rent or lease.”

A statement sent later by Mr. Johnson on behalf of the U.S. union’s Canadian district also said the property was “part of a market indexed compensation arrangement.”

Mr. Cardinal had at first asserted that the house had been purchased by the union-owned Carpenters’ Regional Council Building Corp. Asked why property records showed the purchaser as the numbered company, he replied that the union owned the numbered company.

In December, 2023, the same numbered company behind the house purchase bought a commercial building that had housed a Harley-Davidson motorcycle dealership in Vaughan for $38.89-million, which would become a new training centre for the union. The numbered company’s directors have since been changed.

Property records also show that ownership of the house was transferred to the Carpenters’ Regional Council Building Corp. for $0 in May, 2024. Mr. Cardinal did not answer a question asking for the reason for the transfer.

In a recent e-mailed statement from Mr. Johnson, the union said the house was “acquired as part of a broader strategy to strengthen the organization’s long-term financial position” but was “also used as a short-term, employer-provided residence.”

Since then, “the property transitioned to its current function as an income-generating asset.”

“We continue to actively review” the house, the statement says, “along with all organizational assets, to ensure they are managed prudently, transparently, and in the best interests of our members.”

With research from Stephanie Chambers

 

 

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TORONTO — The Carpenters’ Union in Ontario has undergone organizational and leadership changes over the past year including a new name and territory for its primary council.

The former Carpenters’ District Council of Ontario (CDCO) is now the Carpenters’ Regional Council (CRC), reflecting the council’s new jurisdiction from Ontario to British Columbia.

Finn Johnson, director of communications and co-director of government relations for the new CRC, outlined the changes in a recent email. The head of the CRC is Jason Rowe, whose title is executive secretary-treasurer. Rowe also holds the position of vice-president of UBC Canadian District. Both the position of president and the position of chief of staff for the CRC are held by Tom Cardinal.

Cardinal formerly held the role of vice-president of the CDCO when Mike Yorke was its president. 

Yorke retired in the spring and Mark Lewis, general counsel and chief of staff with the CDCO, passed away in July.

The CRC represents members of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners.

 

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 UNION HOUSE PURCHASE SPARKS SCRUTINY OVER LEADERSHIP AND USE OF MEMBER FUNDS

By Ebenezer Adu-Gyamfi / Emmanuel Ayiku | Reporting for Ghanaian News Canada April 22, 2026 

 

A stately 4,400-square-foot house sits on a winding street in Nobleton, Ont., in an enclave of sprawling homes nestled into the farm country north of Toronto.

This five-bedroom, five-bathroom property has a nicely landscaped outdoor pool. Its three-car garage has gas heating and a one-car lift. The dining room features a marble floor and a built-in Miele wine fridge........

 

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