The Honourable Peter MacKay, PC, QC, served in the Parliament of Canada for over 18 years as a Member of Parliament, including as Cabinet Minister in the Harper Government for 10 years, as well as the Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Minister of National Defence, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency. Mr. MacKay chaired the Government National Security Committee for almost 10 years and served on numerous other inter-parliamentary committees. Prior to politics he served as a Crown Attorney. He is now a Strategic Advisor with Deloitte Canada and Counsel with McInnes Cooper, an Atlantic Canadian law firm. He works nationally and internationally in areas such as aerospace and defence, procurement, infrastructure, and justice reform. Mr. MacKay serves as a board member for Cielo Waste Solutions Corp. and on numerous volunteer boards, including Wounded Warriors, Boost Child & Youth Advocacy, the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, and the Canada–United States Law Institute. He is a loving husband to Nazanin and father to their three children Kian, Valentia, and Caledon. He lives by the sea in Kings Head, NS, with two dogs and two cats.