in Political and Social Science from York University in 1975 and attended Osgoode Hall Law School for one year, before pursuing a business career.

He was vice-chair of the Ontario Association of Former Parliamentarians (2001) and Founding President of Policy Alliance Inc., a government relations firm (2001).

He founded Drug Safety Canada to advocate for safe prescription drugs,[citation needed] and also initiated a hundred million dollar class action lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson and Health Canada in 2000, and an individual lawsuit, later settled after a six-year court battle.

[15] Young was part of a "family values caucus" in the Progressive Conservative Party, a group of right-wing members which included Jim Brown, Jack Carroll and Frank Klees.

"[17] In 1997 and 1998, Young twice sponsored a private members bill called the Zero Tolerance for Substance Abuse Act which would have required school principals to automatically suspend students if they were caught with cigarettes, alcohol or drugs.

[19][20] Young criticized the Halton School Board for approving Joyce Carol Oates's novel, Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang, for Grade Twelve English.

Young ran for the Progressive Conservative nomination in the new constituency of Oakville, but lost to fellow MPP Gary Carr, 651 votes to 432.

[5] Young ran for the House of Commons of Canada as an independent candidate in the 1974 federal election, in the Toronto riding of Parkdale.

In December 2014, Young introduced a Private Member's Bill called An Act Respecting the Prevention of Potential Health Risks from Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Radiation.

The act which was co-written by Canadians for Safe Technology would have forced manufacturers of devices emitting electronic signals to place warning labels on the packaging.

[28][29] As a member of the Standing Committee on Health, Young devoted much of his time in Parliament to speaking out about the dangers of marijuana and the deaths it is allegedly directly responsible for.

[36] Speaking with The Globe and Mail, Young described Scheer as "a nice man," but that during the election he didn't find a way to connect affirmatively with voters.

He also said that "A partial victory is still a loss" (the Conservatives had gained seats but too few to replace the Liberals as the governing party), and that he believed Peter MacKay could "connect with people" and that he was "principled."