Lisa MacLeod
: Promised Land Ambassador
Expert Overview
Lisa MacLeod was a 6 time Ottawa MPP, the longest serving MPP in the nation’s capital and the longest serving woman at Queen’s Park during her last mandate. Having served as Ontario’s Minister of Children Community and Social Services, Minister of Women’s Issues, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport as well as Minister for Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries - all of which included being the Minister responsible for Honours and Awards, the Soldiers Aid Commission and the Afghan War Memorial.
Lisa has also served as the Vice Chair of the Quebec-Ontario Parliamentary Friendship Committee, Ontario’s steering committee member on the Canadian Parliamentary Women’s Association and Vice Chair of the Government Agencies Committee and Legislative Assembly Committees. Lisa has either led or contributed to parliamentary or trade delegations to Taiwan, Israel, Madagascar, China and India. She has addressed the United Nations in New York City on sex trafficking and elevated Ontario’s $26 Billion Culture Industries during a mission to Los Angeles. Lisa’s many legislative successes include Rowan’s Law, Canada’s first concussion legislation, Lebanese Heritage Month and Trans Remembrance Month. As well, Lisa has been successful in receiving all party support for making Queen’s Park Family Friendly, defending Ontario’s horseracing industry and a compassionate and catastrophic care Motion.
For her work Lisa has been awarded the Friendship Medal by the Royal Canadian Legion, a commendation by the St. John’s Ambulance and is the 2018 EVE Award Recipient from Equal Voice- for her work with Daughters of the Vote and liveable legislatures. Lisa was also named Top 50 and Top 25 in the Capital and in 2017 was named Faces Magazine’s Favourite Ottawa MPP. Upon her retirement from public service she was also awarded the prestigious Negev Award but the Jewish National Fund, the Keeper of the Light by the Israeli Government and a friendship award from the Ottawa Chinese Community. Lisa is also banned from Russia for her vocal support of Ukraine
