| The Honourable Barbara Jean McDougall |
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| Member of Parliament for St. Paul's |
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| In office 1984–1993 |
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| Preceded by | John Roberts |
| Succeeded by | Barry Campbell |
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| Born | November 12, 1937 Toronto, Ontario |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Residence | Toronto |
| Profession | Consultant |
Barbara Jean McDougall, PC, OC, (born November 12, 1937) is a former Canadian politician. McDougall received a B.A. from the University of Toronto in political science and economics, in 1963.
In 2000, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.
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She was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1984 and held the following government posts:
| Position | Term |
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| Secretary of State for External Affairs | 1991.04.21 - 1993.06.24 |
| Minister of State (Youth) (Acting) | 1990.01.24 - 1990.02.22 |
| Minister of Employment and Immigration | 1988.03.31 - 1991.04.20 |
| Minister of State (Privatization) | 1986.06.30 - 1988.03.30 |
| Minister responsible for the Status of Women | 1986.06.30 - 1990.02.22 |
| Minister of State (Finance) | 1984.09.17 - 1986.06.29 |
McDougall has remained active in conservative political circles. She was a member of the Red Tory Council and supported auto-parts magnate Belinda Stronach's campaign to become leader of the new Conservative Party of Canada in winter 2004.
On December 18, 2006, it was announced that she would be appointed as a panelist on the Internal Trade Implementation Act for a period of five years.
McDougall is currently an advisor for Toronto law firm Aird & Berlis LLP where she counsels clients on matters of international business development, corporate governance and government relations.
She is the Chair of Global Panel America and a member of the Foundation's worldwide Supervisory board based in Berlin. She has served as a Canadian representative to the Inter-American Dialogue in Washington, D.C. and The International Crisis Group in Brussels, Belgium.
A Scotiabank director from 1999 to 2008, she sat on the Audit and Conduct Review Committee and the Human Resources Committee. She had previously served as Chair of the Conduct Review/Pension Committee.
McDougall also was on the board of Stelco Inc. and the Independent Order of Foresters. She is currently a director of Unique Solutions Design Ltd.
She has worked as a business reporter for the Vancouver Sun, an analyst for Odium Brown and at brokerage firm A.E. Ames, where she became the company's first female vice president.
From October 2004 to March 2010, McDougall served on the Board of Directors of Imperial Tobacco Canada, the Canadian subsidiary of British American Tobacco. In that capacity, she chaired the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee of Imperial Tobacco Canada.[1]
In December 2007, McDougall was appointed Chair of the board of Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC). Liberal MP Carolyn Bennett criticized her appointment as Chair of IDRC because of the conflict of interest it creates between her role as director of a tobacco company and chair of an agency that funds tobacco control efforts.[2] · .[3] The press release announcing her appointment did not mention her ongoing directorship of Imperial Tobacco.[4] It is also omitted from her bio on the IDRC website.[5] As a result of this serious conflict of interest, a major tobacco control coordination meeting in Africa funded by IDRC was boycotted by its participants[6] and the Gates Foundation pulled US 5 millon of tobacco control funding from IDRC in April 2010.[7] · [8]
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