Editing Bernard Lord (section)

==Post-premiership==

After leaving politics, Lord took a position as senior counsel with the law firm [[McCarthy Tetrault]], splitting time between their offices in [[Montreal]] and [[Ottawa]] while continuing to maintain his residence in Fredericton.

On December 3, 2007, [[Stephen Harper]], the [[Prime Minister of Canada]], appointed Lord as head of the Bilingualism Committee. He reviewed Canada's Official Language Laws, and he made suggestions where improvements can be made.<ref>[http://pm.gc.ca/eng/media.asp?category=1&id=1923 pm.gc.ca: "Prime Minister announces Bernard Lord will lead Cross-Canada Official Languages consultations"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071205131837/http://pm.gc.ca/eng/media.asp?category=1&id=1923 |date=December 5, 2007 }}</ref> In December 2007, Lord was named as the president of the 2009 [[Canadian Hockey League|CHL]] [[Memorial Cup]] selection-committee.

In October 2008, it was announced that Lord would be appointed as president and CEO of the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association, a [[lobbyist]] group that represents cellular, messaging, mobile radio, fixed wireless and mobile satellite carriers, as well as companies that develop and produce products and services for the industry.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cwta.ca/CWTASite/english/whatsnew_download/oct24_08.html|title=Bernard Lord Named President & CEO of Wireless Industry Association|date=October 24, 2008|work=Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association press release|access-date=2008-10-27|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090524194236/http://www.cwta.ca/CWTASite/english/whatsnew_download/oct24_08.html|archive-date=May 24, 2009}}</ref>

Lord was named in 2013 to the board of Ontario's public utility provider, [[Ontario Power Generation]], and he was appointed as board chair in March 2014 by the government of [[Kathleen Wynne]]. He was tasked with cutting expenses after an auditor's report that came out late in the term of his predecessor, [[Jake Epp]], criticized the agency for cost overruns and excessive executive wages and bonuses.<ref name=opg/>

On June 15, 2016, Lord was named as the Chief Executive Officer of [[Medavie Blue Cross]] effective September 1, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://web.medavie.bluecross.ca/announcements/bernard-lord-appointed-as-medavie-ceo|title=Bernard Lord appointed as Medavie CEO|website=web.medavie.bluecross.ca|access-date=2016-06-23}}</ref>