This is an accepted version of this page Peter Braid (born January 7, 1964) is a Canadian businessman and former politician, who served as the Member of Parliament for Kitchener—Waterloo from 2008 to 2015.

Braid worked as a communications consultant and also in the constituency office of former MP Walter McLean, as an employee of the Immigration and Refugee Board.

He later worked as director of operations at Sun Life Financial and as an Account Manager with Quarry Integrated Communications in Waterloo.

On November 19, 2010, Braid tabled Motion 559 in the House of Commons, which asked the Standing Committee on Finance to review the charitable tax credit and the proposal to remove capital gains tax from donations of private company shares and real estate.

[5] Bill C-458 passed Second Reading in the House of Commons unanimously on May 29, 2013,[6] but was later withdrawn upon Braid's appointment as Parliamentary Secretary.