Edward Greenspon

Ed Greenspon is a Canadian journalist, think tank leader and public commentator whose work touches on politics and policy; business and economics; and international relations. As co-chair of Deloitte’s Future of Canada Centre (FCC), Ed offers thought-leadership and journalistic advisory on key issues affecting the lives of Canadians and the future of our country.

Ed is best-known for his career at The Globe and Mail, where he was variously Editor-in-Chief, Ottawa bureau chief, founding editor of globeandmail.com, managing editor of the Report on Business and a foreign correspondent based in Europe. His journalism career began in western Canada at the Lloydminster Times and Regina Leader-Post and as Prairie bureau chief for the Financial Post. He also worked at Bloomberg News as Editor-at-large for Canada and global managing editor of Energy, Environment and Commodities.

For the past nine years, Ed served as President & CEO of the Public Policy Forum think tank, where he wrote or oversaw policy reports on Canada-U.S. relations, China, the future of news media, disinformation and polarization, health security and Atlantic Canadian momentum and a supply-side rebuild. In the energy space, he led PPF’s Energy Future Forum and wrote or oversaw reports on the enormity of electrification expansion, Canada's gas and LNG advantage, the need to aggressively decarbonize existing energy systems, and the Indigenous ownership opportunity.

He is a graduate of Carleton University and the London School of Economics and is the author of two books on Canadian policy, politics, and public opinion.