Senior Fellow at C.D. Howe Institute and former senior federal public servant including Secretary to the Treasury Board and Deputy Minister of Employment and Social Development
Senior Advisor at McMillan Vantage and former senior federal public servant including Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Minister of Immigration
Senior Fellow at C.D. Howe Institute and former senior federal public servant including Secretary to the Treasury Board and Deputy Minister of Employment and Social Development
Graham Flack is a recently retired federal public servant who held deputy minister positions in five different departments.
He joined the federal government to work on the Quebec referendum and Secession Reference. He contributed to issues ranging from Canada’s first National Security Policy to the international response to the Global Financial Crisis to the provision of timely supports to Canadians during COVID. His final position was Secretary of the Treasury Board.
Graham was the founding chair of the Deputy Minister Committee on Innovation and helped establish the Recruitment of Policy Leaders program. He serves on the Board of the Public Policy Forum, the Advisory Board of the Banff Forum and is a Senior Fellow of the C.D. Howe Institute.
He received degrees in political science and economics from Dalhousie University and the University of Oxford where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He is a former law clerk of the Supreme Court of Canada and graduated with an LL.B. from Dalhousie University and an LL.M from Harvard University.
Dr. Lori Turnbull Director of the School of Public Administration at Dalhousie University
Dr. Lori Turnbull is the Director of the School of Public Administration at Dalhousie University and Deputy Editor of Canadian Government Executive.
Marta Morgan
Senior Advisor at McMillan Vantage and former senior federal public servant including Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Minister of Immigration
Marta Morgan is a highly experienced policy leader with deep expertise in foreign policy, economic and trade policy. She brings a nuanced understanding of the evolving geopolitical context, Canada–U.S. relations, and the intersection of national security and economic policy. With insight into the federal government’s shifting policy priorities and decision-making processes, Marta advises clients on how to develop effective, impactful strategies to advance their objectives in a rapidly changing environment.
Marta previously served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Minister of Immigration, and held senior roles at Industry Canada and Finance Canada. She worked closely with the natural resources sector as Vice President of the Forest Products Association of Canada, and has engaged with the telecommunications, manufacturing, and life sciences industries throughout her career.
She is currently Co-Chair of the International Economic Policy Council at the C.D. Howe Institute, a Fellow at the Public Policy Forum, and serves on several not-for-profit boards.
Marta holds a BA in Economics (Honours) from McGill University and a Master in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
David McLaughlin
Executive Editor, CGE Magazine
David McLaughlin is Executive Editor, CGE Media. David has over 30 years of senior-level public governance experience at both the federal and provincial government levels. He is a former Clerk of the Executive Council and Cabinet Secretary in Manitoba, deputy minister to the premier in New Brunswick, and chief of staff to the federal finance minister and prime minister of Canada.
Tonda MacCharles
Bureau chief and senior reporter in the Toronto Star’s Ottawa bureau
Tonda MacCharles is a bureau chief and senior reporter in the Star’s Ottawa bureau where she has covered federal politics and public policy for 20 years. Her 35-year journalistic career includes nearly 10 years in broadcast journalism with CBC’s The National and The Fifth Estate. Her beats have spanned coverage of all major political parties, legal affairs and public safety issues. She appears as a regular television panelist and is a three-time political trivia champion on CBC radio and CTV television networks, which counts for nothing but bragging rights.
