Coalition co-chair Lisa Raitt, joins the Canadian Club of Halton for a conversation about Canada’s Long Term Economic Growth – Can Political Parties Work Together?
Lisa Raitt is a former Canadian politician who served as a federal Cabinet minister and member of Parliament from 2008 to 2019. A member of the Conservative Party, Raitt was elected to the House of Commons in the 2008 election, representing Halton. Shortly after her election, Prime Minister Stephen Harper named her minister of natural resources, holding the role until 2010, when she became minister of labour. In 2013, she became minister of transport, remaining in the role until the Conservatives were defeated by the Liberal Party in the 2015 election. Raitt was re-elected in the newly formed riding of Milton. In 2017 Andrew Scheer made her deputy party leader and deputy opposition leader, a role she would hold until she was defeated in the 2019 election. Since leaving politics, she has been the vice chair of Global Investment Banking at CIBC.