Chris Ballard

Chief Executive Officer at Passive House Canada

Speaker

Chris Ballard has a history of supporting environmental and land use causes, currently as CEO of Passive House Canada. He has been Ontario’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change implementing the government’s plan for a clean environment and a sustainable economy. He also served as the Minister of Housing and the Minister responsible for Ontario's Poverty Reduction Strategy and a Member of the Treasury Board. Chris’ political experience includes being a municipal councillor in Aurora, Ontario. Chris is president of the Consumers Council of Canada, a consumer policy think tank. His leadership in journalism, communications and public affairs includes terms as President of the Public Affairs Association of Canada. Chris spent more than 25 years working in Canada's far north for First Nation communities and witnessed the devastating effects of climate change on the environment and people of the North.