Coyne, Deborah

Ontario, Toronto - Danforth, Liberal Party of Canada

Deborah Coyne has spent a lifetime engaged in public policy working to build a better Canada. She is the Liberal candidate for Toronto Danforth.

A lawyer, university professor, constitutional activist, public servant, writer, small businessperson and mother of two children, Ms. Coyne is currently a policy analyst with an international consulting practice focusing on innovation, trade and finance, federal governance, and public sector regulatory reform.

After completing a law degree in Toronto, Ms. Coyne later studied International Relations at Oxford University in England, gaining a Master of Philosophy degree. Upon her return to Toronto, she practised law before embarking on an active public policy career.

Ms. Coyne has served in the Prime Minister’s Office, the Business Council on National Issues, the Ontario Secretariat for Disabled Persons, and the 1986 Ontario Insurance Taskforce. She has taught at the University of Toronto Law School and became a leading figure actively engaged in the constitutional debates that unfolded involving the Meech Lake Accord and the referendum on the Charlottetown Accord.

Ms. Coyne also worked at the Ontario Human Rights Commission, the Walter and Duncan Gordon Charitable Foundation, the office of the premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, Informetrica Ltd. and the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board.

The author of numerous articles and four books on a wide range of topics affecting Canada and Canadians, Ms. Coyne has been a member of the Steering Committee of the Friends of Canadian Broadcasting, a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Policy Options, and co-founder of the Canada for All Canadians Committee, along with the Canadian Coalition on the Constitution.

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