Colin Deacon (he/him)

Senator Colin Deacon was appointed to represent Nova Scotia in the Senate of Canada in June 2018. A lifelong entrepreneur, he spent much of his career turning ideas and research into solutions that improve lives. He believes that the role of government is as a catalyst – enabling the conditions necessary to empower evidence-driven, market-based innovations that can address the most pressing problems facing Canadians and the world. Recently, Senator Deacon is most focused on digitizing government, improving Canada’s public and private sector competitiveness, enabling greater regulatory agility, particularly in response to emerging technologies, and building Canada’s capacity to create and implement innovative and market-based solutions to climate change.