Vijay Thanigasalam

Vijay Thanigasalam is a Sri Lankan born Canadian politician who has served as the Associate Minister of Artificial Intelligence Adoption since September 10, 2026. Thanigasalam sits as the member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Scarborough—Rouge Park, representing the Ontario Progressive Conservative (PC) Party. Thanigasalam was elected in 2018 and has been in the provincial cabinet since 2023, first as the associate minister of transportation, then as associate minister of housing, before moving to the Ministry of Health as the associate minister of mental health and addictions. He is the first Tamil-Canadian to sit in the provincial cabinet in Ontario.