David McLaughlin

David McLaughlin is director of Climate Change, Canada at the International Institute for Sustainable Development. He is the former president and CEO of the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy. He has been a deputy minister in the New Brunswick government and is a former Conservative chief of staff to the prime minister of Canada, premier of New Brunswick, and federal finance minister.

New task force offers advice on modernizing public service delivery

A group of public and private sector leaders are offering the federal government advice on improving how it functions, hoping to fix poor service delivery, turgid decision making, and opaque accountability wherever it exists.

opinion | BY DAVID MCLAUGHLIN | July 23, 2026

Climate at the crossroads

opinion | BY DAVID MCLAUGHLIN | September 17, 2018