Chris Forbes

Chris Forbes was appointed Deputy Minister of Environment and Climate Change, effective February 20, 2023.

Before joining ECCC, he was Deputy Minister at Agriculture and Agri‐Food Canada. He had been Associate Deputy Minister of this department from January 2015 to November 2016.

From November 2016 to May 2017, he was Associate Deputy Minister at Finance Canada.

Chris worked at Environment Canada from 2013 to 2015 as the Assistant Deputy Minister of the Strategic Policy Branch.

He also held a variety of executive positions at Finance Canada between 2000 and 2013.