Education
McDougall received a Bachelor of Arts from the in political science and economics in 1963.
McDougall received a Bachelor of Arts from the in political science and economics in 1963.
At the Cabinet table she was a vocal proponent of free choice for women in the abortion debate. She based her opposition to Senate reform partly on the fact that this institution is responsible for the state of abortion law in Canada at present. She held the following government posts: McDougall has remained active in conservative political circles.
On December 18, 2006 it was announced that she would be appointed as a panelist on the Internal Trade Implementation Acting for a period of five years.
McDougall is currently an advisor for Toronto law firm Aird & Berlis Limited Liability Partnership where she counsels clients on matters of international business development, corporate governance and government relations. She has served as a Canadian representative to the Inter-American Dialogue in Washington, District of Columbia and The International Crisis Group in Brussels, Belgium.
A Scotiabank director from 1999 to 2008, she sat on the Audit and Conduct Review Committee and the Human Resources Committee. She had previously served as Chair of the Conduct Review/Pension Committee.
McDougall also was on the board of Stelco Incorporated. and the Independent Order of Foresters.
She is currently a director of Unique Solutions Design Limited. She has worked as a business reporter for the Vancouver Sun, an analyst for Odlum Brown and at brokerage firm Agricultural Engineer Ames, where she became the company"s first female vice president From October 2004 to March 2010 McDougall served on the Board of Directors of Imperial Tobacco Canada, the Canadian subsidiary of British American Tobacco.
In that capacity she chaired the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee of Imperial Tobacco Canada.
Controversial position at International Development Research Centre In December 2007 McDougall was appointed Chair of the board of Canada"s International Development Research Centre (International Development Research Centre). Liberal Member of Parliament Carolyn Bennett criticized her appointment as Chair of International Development Research Centre because of the conflict of interest it created between her role as director of a tobacco company and chair of an agency funding tobacco control efforts.
The press release announcing her appointment did not mention her ongoing directorship of Imperial Tobacco. lieutenant is also omitted this from her bio on the International Development Research Centre website.
As a result of this serious conflict of interest, a major tobacco control coordination meeting in Africa funded by International Development Research Centre was boycotted by its participants and the Gates Foundation pulled United States$5 million of tobacco control funding from International Development Research Centre in April 2010.
Conservative Party of Canada, Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
She served as a member of parliament from 1984 to 1993. McDougall served as a member of parliament from Saint Paul"s (Toronto) for the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1984 to 1993. She was a member of the Red Tory Council and supported auto-parts magnate Belinda Stronach"s campaign to become leader of the new Conservative Party of Canada in winter 2004.
She is the Chair of Global Panel America and a member of the Global Panel Foundation"s worldwide Supervisory board based in Berlin, Prague and Sydney.