[3] He immigrated to Canada with his family in 1989,[citation needed] and grew up living in government-subsidized housing in Barrie, Ontario, with his mother and two older brothers after his parents divorced when he was eight.

The campaign was briefly put on hold pending an internal investigation by the Ontario PC Party to determine the validity of concerns regarding member recruitment methods.

[7] Beginning in Fall 2017, he became a member of the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.

In November 2023, Nuttall appeared before the Ontario legislature's Standing Committee on Heritage, Infrastructure and Cultural Policy to argue for a proposal to expand Barrie's city boundaries by 2,200 hectares, taking land from the bordering Oro-Medonte and Springwater townships.

The agreement was made possible after Barrie met requirements such as committing to allowing fourplexs as a mater of right, increasing the amount of city land available for affordable housing, and other changes.

After a commissioned report recommended that the space become a park, that the city review its use of existing sports facilities and a planned new performing arts centre.

A January 2023 Ontario Superior Court of Justice decision had ruled that it was unconstitutional to enforce anti-encampment bylaws where there were an insufficient space in shelters to accommodate the affected.

The letter also called on the provincial government to intervene in legal cases to apply the 2024 Supreme Court of the United States case City of Grants Pass v Johnson to prevent from ruling on municipal policies affecting homeless people, to strengthen involuntary commitment and involuntary treatment schemes, expanding drug diversion courts that focus on rehabilitation province-wide, and to strengthen trespass and open drug use.

[27][28] To-date, the program has provided over 17,500 backpacks filled with school supplies for families living in government-subsidized homes and students in need.

[34] Nuttall broke his left navicular bone playing soccer in January 2023 and had surgeries in February 2023 and 2024 to deal with the injury and a subsequent infection.