Désirée McGraw

Responsibilities

Temporary Chair
Official Opposition Critic for Social Economy
Official Opposition Critic for International Trade and Relations
Official Opposition Critic for the Fight Against Climate Change

Biography

Currently the Official Opposition critic for international relations, trade and the fight against climate change, she is also Vice-Chair of the National Assembly Delegation for relations with the United States.

A trained economist and experienced CEO, Ms. McGraw completed her post-secondary education at CEGEP Brébeuf and Concordia University's School of Community and Public Affairs, before going on to pursue graduate studies at the London School of Economics. She has also completed executive development programs at McGill, Harvard and Yale.

Over the course of her career, she has worked as a UN reporter, senior policy advisor on international cooperation to the Prime Minister of Canada, co-founder of Climate Reality Canada with former US Vice President Al Gore, President and CEO of the Jeanne Sauvé Foundation, and the first woman to be appointed head of Pearson International College in British Columbia.

With a career devoted to public service, education and philanthropy, she has chosen to put her experience at the service of the citizens of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce and Montreal West at the National Assembly in 2022. Strongly committed to her community, Ms. McGraw initiated the Quebec Perinatal Bereavement Awareness Day and authored Quebec's first bill enshrining the right to a healthy environment.

Ms. McGraw's commitment to NDG is deeply personal. Born and raised in the community, she now lives there with her husband and their three sons.