"Brian Gallant, K.C.
Brian Gallant, K.C., is the CEO of Space Canada. He is a business executive, thought leader, and he was the 33rd Premier of New Brunswick.
Brian was the founding CEO and now Expert Panel Member of the Canadian Centre for the Purpose of the Corporation. He is the Special Advisor to the President of Ryerson University on Innovation, Cybersecurity, and Law, as well as an Entrepreneur in Residence for the DMZ incubator. He also frequently provides business and political analysis as a media commentator.
In addition to serving as Premier of New Brunswick, Brian was the Attorney General, the Minister responsible for Innovation, and the Minister responsible for Women’s Equality. In 2018, he led his Premier colleagues as the Chair of the Council of the Federation.
Prior to elected office, Brian practiced corporate commercial law. He has university degrees in business and law from the Université de Moncton as well as a Master of Laws from McGill University.
Brian is the co-author of a major research report linking profit with purpose entitled Canadian Voices on the Role of Business in Society.
Brian is supportive of many causes and initiatives as a member of several boards of directors including the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, the Rogers Cybersecure Catalyst, the Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame, the Canadian Olympic Foundation, the Canadian Urban Institute, the Michaelle Jean Foundation, and the Beausejour Family Crisis Resource Centre."
"Resignation
Gallant resigned as premier on November 2, 2018, after a vote of non confidence was held in the New Brunswick legislature. Blaine Higgs was appointed in his place after having won the most seats in the 2018 provincial general election. Gallant announced his intention to step down as Liberal leader days later and officially resigned as Liberal leader and Leader of the Opposition in February 2019, also announcing that he would not be standing for re-election as an MLA.[32]
In September 2019, he announced his intention to resign his seat in the legislature by October 7, 2019, after accepting a position as an advisor to the president of Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University) in Toronto on innovation, cybersecurity, and the law.[4] In the 2020 general election his seat was retained for the Liberals by Robert Gauvin."
"After politics
Gallant is currently the CEO of the Canadian Centre for the Purpose of the Corporation, a think-tank which publishes thought leadership and research about the evolving purpose of business in society.[33] In 2021, Gallant co-authored a report with Global Canada on “Canadian Voices on the Role of Business in Society”.[34]
Since leaving office, Gallant has been a vocal champion of bilingualism. In 2019, the former premier authored a report on Bilingualism in New Brunswick[35]– Canada's only officially bilingual province.[36]
Gallant has also been a weekly business and public policy commentator including on CBC Power & Politics,[37] Radio-Canada's zone économie[38] and Radio-Canada's coverage[39] of the 2021 Canadian federal general election. In May 2021 he appeared on Ici Radio-Canada's literary debate show Le Combat des livres, advocating for Jean Babineau's novel Infini.[40] Gallant also serves on the boards of the Canadian Olympic Foundation[41] and Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada.[42] In 2022, Gallant was named the CEO of Space Canada.[43] He declined to run in the 2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election.[44]"
More this week on Brian Gallant, K.C. at Bruce Wark's website warktimes.com at this link:
Mt. A. prof draws parallels between Confederation Bridge & Tantramar gas plant |
"Follow the money’
In the case of the gas plant, Levesque asks who could benefit financially.
“When you’re doing policy analysis, follow the money,” he says. “Who are the financial interests involved here.”
Levesque points to the lobby work that has been done by former Liberal Premier Brian Gallant on behalf of a company that may be involved.
New Brunswick’s lobbyist registry shows that earlier this year, the former premier met with both the infrastructure minister and the CEO of NB Power on behalf of Aecon Group Inc., a big Ontario-based company that handles the construction of energy projects including natural gas plants.
(Gallant did not respond to a request for comment from Warktimes in September.)"
