Leslie Church
- Born
- Edmonton, Alberta
- Education
- BA (Honours) Political Science & International Relations, University of Alberta; MSc Politics of the World Economy, London School of Economics; JD, University of Toronto Faculty of Law
- Career
- Lawyer, Senior Advisor to four Canadian Cabinet Ministers, Chief of Staff to Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Finance
- Political Experience
- Member of Parliament for Toronto–St. Paul's since 2025, Parliamentary Secretary to the Secretaries of State for Labour, for Seniors, and for Children and Youth, and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Jobs and Families (Persons with Disabilities)
- Notable
- Served on the Board of Governors and as President of the Student's Union at the University of Alberta. Junior Fellow at Massey College. Member of the advisory panel for the 2004 Rae Report.
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Business & Financial Interests
Before entering politics, Leslie Church had a career in both the public and private sectors. She worked as the Head of Communications and Public Affairs for Google Canada. She also has extensive experience as a senior political staffer, most notably serving as the Chief of Staff to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Chrystia Freeland. Her previous roles also include working as Chief of Staff to the Minister of Canadian Heritage.
Key Relationships & Connections
Leslie Church has a well-documented professional relationship with Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, for whom she served as Chief of Staff for several years. This role placed her in a key advisory position within the federal government. She has also been identified as a close advisor and part of the inner circle of the current Liberal government leadership.
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Don Stewart won with 23,700 votes (33.1%)
Total votes cast: 71,581
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Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan Madam Speaker, I would like to thank the member forfor his question. It provides another opportunity to remind Canadians of our government's commitment to renew the nation's workforce with targeted, dynamic investments in our young people. We are building big, we are building bold, and we are building now. We are building at a scale not seen in this country since
Madam Speaker, I was in the home province of the member opposite just last week. I was meeting with the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, talking about the amazing work that is being done there to graduate young people into the trades. It is work that we continue to build on. Just yesterday, I met with the Canadian Apprenticeship Forum. They called our investments in the spring economic
In 30 seconds, very quickly, do you have any guidance for us in terms of some of the design considerations you would offer as we think about how to move towards age assurance?
That's great, and I would note that I think the CRA has welcomed your report and very much thanked you for recognizing the CRA's commitment and its efforts in aligning its security, identity and governance practices, specifically with respect to containment, mitigation and the work that's being done to, of course, continually improve protections for Canadians' information. Commissioner, I'd like
Hello, Commissioner, thank you again for appearing before our committee. Just to maybe offer you a chance to further explain a line of questioning that my colleague across the table was just raising, can you describe in the course of your investigation pertaining to the CRA the type of involvement, co-operation or input that you would have had from the CRA?
This connects quite a bit to the work you've been doing around a children's privacy code as well in terms of other means of protection: a wraparound of the whole experience of children's information and data, both online and across media.