Ed Greenspon

Edward Greenspon is a Canadian journalist, think tank leader and public commentator whose work touches on politics and policy; business and economics; and international relations.  He currently serves as Executive Advisor to Deloitte, where he co-chairs the Future of Canada Centre, offering thought-leadership and journalistic advisory on key issues affecting the lives of Canadians.

Prior to his role at Deloitte, Greenspon served for sixteen years as President & CEO of the Public Policy Forum thinktank, where he headed up research and convened projects on the state of the news industry, what to do about online hate and disinformation, the social and economic determinants of growth and competitiveness, ensuring full and fair participation in the future of work and getting climate and energy policy working together – among other subjects.

Before joining PPF in 2016, Greenspon was a journalist with The Globe and Mail, Bloomberg News and newspapers in Western Canada. He is also the author of two books on Canadian politics and policy.

Greenspon is the author of Double Vision: The Inside Story of the Liberals in Power, which won the 1996 Douglas Purvis Award for best public policy book, and of Searching for Certainty: Inside the New Canadian Mindset. He is a winner of PPF’s Hyman Solomon Award for Excellence in Public Policy Journalism. He currently sits on the boards of the Toronto Foundation and the Michener Awards Foundation.

He holds a combined honours degree in journalism and political science from Carleton University and has a master’s degree from the London School of Economics, where he was a Commonwealth scholar.

Updated November 2026