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Events and Activities : 2010
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2010-09-09 Tackling Manitoba’s Big Challenges: Demographics, Fiscal Pressures, and the Role of Government
  William Robson, President and CEO, C.D. Howe Institute; Peter Holle, President, Frontier Centre for Public Policy; and Colin Busby, Policy Analyst, C.D. Howe Institute
 
2010-05-17 Monetary Policy Dinner
  Mark Carney, Governor, Bank of Canada
 
2010-05-12 Train Wreck: Status Report on America's Looming Fiscal Crisis
  Dr. William Gale, Arjay and Frances Miller Chair in Economic Policy,
 
2010-05-10 The Private Sector Solution to the Pension “Crisis”
  Frank Swedlove, President, Canadian Life & Health Insurance Association Inc.
 
2010-05-07 Canada’s Retirement Income System: The Role of Tax-Recognized Private Savings
  The Hon. James Flaherty, Minister of Finance
 
2010-04-22 The Real value Behind Canada’s Commodity Conundrum
  Elyse Allan, President and CEO, GE Canada
 
2010-04-20 Can the G20 Survive the Global Financial Crisis?
  Wendy Dobson, Professor and Director, Institute for International Business, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
 
2010-04-16 Canada’s national Security: Issues in 2010
  Richard Fadden, Director, Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)
 
2010-04-12 The Border and our Mutual Defense of North America
  David Jacobson, United States Ambassador to Canada
 
2010-03-30 2010 Post Budget Briefing, Ontario
  Peter Wallace, Deputy Minister and Secretary of the Treasury Board, Ontario Ministry of Finance
 
2010-03-25 Canada and the Rise of India
  His Excellency Shashishekar M. Gavai, High Commissioner to Canada from India
 
2010-03-10 Global Financial Turmoil: Challenges and Opportunities for Canada
  David Dodge, Senior Advisor, Bennett Jones LLP and former Governor, Bank of Canada
 
2010-03-10 The Evolving Structure of Financial Regulation: An International Perspective
  Tiff Macklem, Associate Deputy Minister and G7 Deputy for Canada, Finance Canada
 
2010-03-09 2010 Post Budget Debriefing
  Michael Horgan, Deputy Minister, Finance Canada
 
2010-02-25 TBA
  George Cope, President and CEO, BCE Inc.
 
2010-02-17 The Bank of Canada's Liquidity Facilities: Past, Present and Future
  David Longworth, Deputy Governor, Bank of Canada
 
2010-02-16 A Clean and Sustainable Energy Future: Hydro-Québec’s Perspective
  Thierry Vandal, President and Chief Executive Officer, Hydro-Québec
 
2010-02-05 The Race is On: Toyota’s Innovative Approach to the Canadian Auto Market
  Stephen Beatty, Managing Director, Toyota Canada Inc.
 
2010-02-04 Storm Warnings: Demographic Pressures and Policy Options in Atlantic Canada
  Colin Dodds, President, St. Mary's University
 
2010-02-03 Better Together: The Costs and Benefits of an integrated North American Cap-and-Trade Policy
  The Honourable Gary Doer, Keynote Speaker
 
2010-01-20 Keeping Canada’s Competitive Advantage in Banking
  Nancy Hughes Anthony, President and CEO, Canadian Bankers Association
 
2009-12-18 A New Economic Chapter for Canada: A New Competition Act
  Melanie Aitken, Commissioner of Competition, Competition Bureau Canada
 
2009-11-20 Economic Recovery: The Role of Trade and Investment
  Louis Lévesque, Deputy Minister for International Trade, Foreign Affairs and International Trade
 
2009-11-10 How Should We Pay for Transit?
  Robert Prichard, President and CEO, Metrolinx
 
2009-11-02 Managing Pensions and Endowments for the Long Run, in the Glare of the Public Eye
  Leo de Bever, Chief Executive Officer, Alberta Investment Management Corp.
 
2009-10-30 Directors Fiduciary Duties
  Clay Horner, Partner, Osler, Hoskin and Harcourt LLP, and Edward Waltzer, Partner, Stikeman Elliott LLP
 
2009-10-30 Food for Thought
  James T. Propanko, President and CEO, The Mosaic Company
 
2009-10-28 Considerations Along The Path to Financial Regulatory Reform
  Julie Dickson, Superintendent, Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions
 
2009-10-27 Labour Market Policy for the Canadian Forces: Employer and Employee Challenges from Job Protection Legislation for Reservists
 
 
2009-10-23 TBA
  Tim Hudak, MP, and Leader of the Ontario Conservative Party
 
2009-10-22 TBA
  Francisco Barrio, Mexican Ambassador to Canada
 
2009-10-21 Canada's Economic and Fiscal Outlook: Challenges
  Kevin Page, Parliamentary Budget Officer, Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer
 
2009-10-21 The Current Economic Climate in Alberta: Challenges and Solutions
  The Honourable Iris Evans, Minister of Finance and Enterprise, Alberta
 
2009-10-21 Better Together: The Costs and Benefits of an Integrated North American Cap and Trade Policy
 
 
2009-10-15 Economic Impact and Environmental Responsibility
  Marcel Coutu, President and CEO, Canadian Oil Sands Limited
 
2009-10-14 Telecommunications Convergence Policy Conference
  Various
 
2009-10-09 Don't Waste a Good Crisis! Fixing the Pension Mess
  William B.P. Robson, President and Chief Executive Officer, C.D. Howe Institute
 
2009-10-06 Don't Waste a Good Crisis! Fixing the Pension Mess
  William B.P. Robson, President and Chief Executive Officer, C.D. Howe Institute
 
2009-10-02 Corporate Social Responsibility: Have Directors Gone Too Far Or Not Far Enough?
  Paul Desmarais Jr., Chairman and Co-CEO, Power Corporation of Canada; Charles Sirois, Chairman and CEO, Telesystem Ltd.; Frank Brown, Dean of INSEAD; Filipe Santos, Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship, INSEAD
 
2009-09-28 Australia and Canada: Converging or Diverging? Where We Agree and Where We Do Not
  Justin Brown, High Commissioner to Canada, Australian High Commission
 
2009-09-23 The Global Context Facing Canada: Today and Beyond
  Kevin Lynch, The Honourable Kevin G. Lynch
 
2009-09-17 Where Will Canadians Get Their News? Outlook and Challenges for Newspapers and Media in Canada
  Phillip Crawley, Publisher, The Globe and Mail
 
2009-09-03 Canada's Engagement in Afghanistan
  Ron Hoffmann, Canada's Outgoing Ambassador to Afghanistan
 
2009-06-29 BDC: What Comes Next
  Jean-René Halde, President and CEO, Business Development Bank of Canada
 
2009-06-18 Reliable, Long-term Electricity: The GEA in Action
  Colin Andersen, CEO, Ontario Power Authority
 
2009-06-04 Clean Energy: Where Does Canada Go from Here?
  The Hon. Jim Prentice, Minister of the Environment
 
2009-06-03 Survivors: Lessons from the Financial Crisis for the US, Canada, and the World
  Chrystia Freeland, U.S. Editor, Financial Times
 
2009-06-01 Pension Reform in Ontario
  The Hon. Dwight Duncan, Ontario Minister of Finance
 
2009-05-29 Energy Investment and Conservation in Ontario: The Outlook for Electricity Producers and Consumers
  George Smitherman, Ontario Minister of Energy and Infrastructure
 
2009-05-26 Towards a New Design for the Global Architecture of Financial Regulation
  Malcolm Knight, Vice Chairman, Deutsche Bank Group
 
2009-05-12 Atlantic Canada's Demographic Future: Labour Challenges and Migration Issues
 
 
2009-04-27 A Strong Foundation for a Strong Canada
  The Hon. Rona Ambrose, Minister of Labour
 
2009-04-24 Canada's Immigrants: How Many? And Who?
  The Hon. Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism
 
2009-04-22 TBA
  David Miller, Mayor, City of Toronto
 
2009-04-16 India's Perspective on Global Events
  Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Government of India
 
2009-04-15 Global Trends in the Nuclear Industry
  Armand Lafèrrere, President and Chief Executive Officer, AREVA Canada
 
2009-04-14 From the Ground Up - Delivering Results in Challenging Times
  David Livingston, President and CEO, Infrastructure Ontario
 
2009-04-07 De-Icing the System: Principles for Improving the Regulatory and Fiscal Policies When Credit Markets Freeze
  Jack M. Mintz, Palmer Chair in Public Policy, University of Calgary
 
2009-04-06 Minding Your Money: A Governance Model Tested by Financial Crisis
  Robert Astley, Chair, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
 
2009-04-01 Powering Up: Nuclear Jobs, The Economy and Our Energy Future
  Hugh MacDiarmid, President and Chief Executive Officer, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
 
2009-03-31 North American Energy Infrastructure - Opportunities and Challenges
  Harold Kvisle, President and CEO, TransCanada
 
2009-03-11 The $8 Billion Challenge: Shelley Carroll and Toronto's 2009 Operating Budget and Beyond
  Shelley Carroll, Budget Chair, City of Toronto
 
2009-03-10 Building a Strong Economic Framework: Standing Still is Not an Option
  The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Industry
 
2009-03-05 Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why it Matters for Global Capitalism
  George Akerlof, Koshland Professor of Economics and 2001 Novel Laureate in Economics, University of California, Berkeley
 
2009-03-04 Electricity Pricing and Regulation in Ontario: Addressing the Electricity Needs in Ontario for the Next Half-Century
 
 
2009-02-26 Auto Sector Turmoil? Rethinking the Road Ahead
  Michael Bryant, Ontario Minister of Economic Development
 
2009-02-23 Market to Market: The Good, The Bad, The Options
  Dominic D'Alessandro and Nicholas Le Pan
 
2009-02-23 Mark to Market: The Good, the Bad, the Options
  Eric Helleiner, Pierre Siklos, Mamohan Agarwal, Dominic D'Alessandro and Nicholas Le Pan
 
2009-02-19 Smart Tax and Fiscal Policy in the Face of Globel Competition
  James R. Hines, Visiting Professor, Law and Economics, University of Berkeley and Richard A. Musgrave Collegiate Professor of Economics, University of Michigan
 
2009-02-05 Implementing Change in 2009 and Onward: Ensuring Sustainable Healthcare for Ontarians.
  David Caplan, Ontario Minister of Health
 
2009-01-29 Competing to Win in Global Capital Markets
  The Hon. Tom Hockin, P.C.
 
2009-01-28 The Future of the North American Automotive Industry
  Dennis DesRosiers, President, DesRosiers Automotive Consultants Inc.
 
2009-01-14 Putting Canada First: Profound Challenges, Clear Choices
  Edward Stelmach, Premier, Province of Alberta
 
2008-12-18 Smarter, Better, Fairer: Enhancing Canada's International Tax Advantage
  Peter C. Godsoe, O.C.
 
2008-12-17 Crisis Averted? How Financial Markets have Responded to Government Intervention.
  Craig Wright, Senior VP, RBC Financial Group; Andrew Spence, VP and Chief Economist, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan; Warren Jestin, Senior VP & Chief Economist, Bank of Nova Scotia; Douglas Porter, Deputy Chief Economist, BMO
 
2008-12-04 Coalition Government: Economic and Political Implications
  The Hon. John McCallum, Chair, Liberal Leaders Economic Advisory Committee, The Liberal Party
 
2008-12-02 Demographic Change in Alberta: Labour Market Stress and Migration
 
 
2008-11-28 Strengthening Canada's Charities: Examining Challenges to Canada's 'Third Sector'
 
 
2008-11-18 Central Banking at a Time of Crisis and Beyond: A Practitioner's Perspective
  David Dodge, Former Governor, Bank of Canada and Senior Advisor, Bennett Jones LLP
 
2008-11-12 Reflections on an Epic US Election
  Allan Gotlieb, Senior Advisor, Bennett Jones LLP
 
2008-11-04 Canada's Monetary Policy Regime after 2011, Luncheon with Keynote Speaker
  Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of Canada
 
2008-11-04 Canada's Monetary Policy Regime after 2011
 
 
2008-10-30 Securities regulators in Canada respond to current market turmoil
  David Wilson, Chair and CEO, Ontario Securities Commission; James Turner, Vice-Chair, Ontario Securities Commission; and Lawrence Ritchie, Vice-Chair, Ontario Securities Commission
 
2008-10-29 Current State of Multilateral and Bilateral Global Trade Relations, and the Options Facing would-be Liberalizers
  Dr. Jagdish Bhagwati, Columbia University, New York
 
2008-10-29 Book: Does North America Exist? Continental Governance after NAFTA and 9/11
  Dr. Stephen Clarkson, Professor, University of Toronto
 
2008-10-21 Constitutional Authority over Greenhouse Gas Emissions
  Peter Hogg, Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP
 
2008-10-21 North American Collaboration on Energy Supply, Access and Infrastructure
  Jeffrey Kupfer, Deputy Secretary of Energy, US Department of Energy
 
2008-10-16 Anatomy of an Election
  Andrew Coyne, National Editor, Maclean's Magazine
 
2008-10-15 Getting it done: Implementing electronic health-record systems in Canada
  Richard Alvarez, President and CEO Canada Health Infoway
 
2008-10-14 Report on the “Competition Policy Review Panel”
  Tom Jenkins, Executive Chairman and CSO, Open Text Corporation
 
2008-10-09 Workforce Renewal: A CEO’s Strategic Imperative
  Laura Formusa, President and Chief Executive Officer, Hydro One Inc.
 
2008-10-01 New book: Subprime Solution: How the Global Financial Crisis Happened and What to Do about It
  Professor Robert J. Shiller
 
2008-10-01 Agricultural Products - Challenges and Opportunities for Canada's West
  Mike Wilson, President and CEO, Agrium Inc.
 
2008-09-26 Sovereign Wealth Funds: Challenges and Responses
  To be announced
 
2008-09-25 Policing in the New Age of Accountability
  Commissioner William J.S. Elliott, RCMP
 
2008-09-23 National Securities Regulation Enforcement
  Douglas Hyndman, Chair, BC Securities Commission and Ian Russell, President and CEO, Investment Industry Association of Canada
 
2008-09-12 Government Priorities to Supply a Growing Economy
  The Hon. Rod Gantefoer, Minister of Finance, Saskatchewan
 
2008-09-12 Integration and Efficiency Gains in GTA Public Transportation
  Rob MacIsaac, Chair, Metrolinx
 
2008-09-09 Book: The Price of Liberty; Paying for America’s Wars
  Robert Hormats, Vice Chair, Goldman Sachs (International)
 
2008-07-17 Competition Policy Review Panel Report
  Lynton R. Wilson, Chair of the Board, BCE Inc.
 
2008-06-26 The Liberal Party’s Green Shift Plan
  The Hon. Stéphane Dion, Leader of the Liberal Party
 
2008-06-24 Alberta Land-use Framework
  The Honourable Ted Morton, Minister of Sustainable Resource Development, Province of Alberta
 
2008-06-17 ABCP - Do We Need Law Reform
  Purdy Crawford, Counsel, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
 
2008-06-10 Financial Services: Status and Prospects
  H. Sanford Riley, President & Chief Executive Officer, Richardson Financial Group Ltd.
 
2008-06-06 Discussing Aboriginal Education
  The Right Honourable Paul Martin
 
2008-05-28 Making Partnerships Work
  Larry Blain, President and Chief Executive Officer, Partnerships British Columbia
 
2008-05-09 Revitalizing Our Waterfront – Towards Greater Economic Competitiveness for Toronto
  John Campbell, President and CEO, WATERFRONToronto
 
2008-05-06 Tax Free Savings Accounts: Good Policy — and Good Business?
  Finn Poschmann, Director of Research, C.D. Howe Institute, and Michael Walker, Vice President and Head of Branch Investments, RBC Royal Bank
 
2008-05-02 Canada’s Strength Amid Global Turbulence: Challenges and Opportunities Ahead
  The Hon. Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance
 
2008-04-30 Market Turmoil: For Long Term Investors, Everything Old is New Again
  James Leech, President and Chief Executive Officer, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
 
2008-04-23 Research and Innovation: Measuring and Delivering
  Dr. Howard Alper, Science, Technology and Innovation Council Secretariat, Industry Canada
 
2008-04-16 The Crisis of American Conservatism
  David Frum
 
2008-04-10 Business Tax Reform in Canada: The Unfinished Agenda
  Conference
 
2008-04-02 Ontario Budget 2008
  Colin Andersen, Deputy Minister of Finance, Ontario
 
2008-03-26 Nova Scotia Healthcare Reform
  Chris d'Entremont, Minister of Health, Province of Nova Scotia
 
2008-03-20 The Road to Zero
  Steve Mahoney, Chair, Workplace Safety and Insurance Board
 
2008-03-18 How Infrastructure Gets Built
  David Livingston, President and Chief Executive Officer, Infrastructure Ontario
 
2008-03-05 Fiscal Accountability Rankings
  William B.P. Robson, President and Chief Executive Officer, C.D. Howe Institute
 
2008-02-28 Budget 2008
  R. Tiff Macklem, Associate Deputy Minister, Finance Canada
 
2008-02-21 The Needed Reforms of Quebec Labour Markets
  Michel Kelly-Gagnon, President, Conseil du patronat du Québec
 
2008-02-13 British Columbia School Performance Indicators
  David R. Johnson, Professor, Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University
 
2008-02-04 America's Impending Bankruptcy and Its International Implications
  Dr. Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Professor, Economics, Boston University
 
2008-01-28 Investment and Trade: New Strategies for Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
  Marie-Lucie Morin, Deputy Minister of International Trade
 
2008-01-22 Global Economic Governance – the IMF in Turbulent Times
  Jonathan T. Fried, Executive Director, Canada, Ireland and the Caribbean International Monetary Fund
 
2008-01-10 Recent Financial Market Turbulence: Policy Issues
  David Longworth, Deputy Governor, Bank of Canada
 
2007-12-10 The Canada Pension Plan Reforms Ten Years After: Lessons and Prospects
  Conference
 
2007-12-06 The Economics of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Control in Canada
  Conference
 
2007-12-03 The Stem Cell Revolution
  Dr. Gordon Keller, Director, McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University Health Network
 
2007-11-28 Designing Canada's Low-Carb Diet: How to Choose Effective Climate Policy
  Mark Jaccard
 
2007-11-27 The Canadian Forces in a Dangerous World
  Rick Hillier, Chief of Defence Staff, Department of National Defence
 
2007-11-20 Northern Star: Canada’s Path to Economic Prosperity
  Tamim Bayoumi, Chief, North American Division, International Monetary Fund
Nikola Spatafora, Senior Economist, International Monetary Fund
 
2007-11-16 The Triple Bottom Line
  Bob Rae, Partner, Goodmans LLP
 
2007-11-15 The CPP Investment Board’s Evolving Investment Strategies
  David Denison, President and Chief Executive Officer, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
 
2007-11-13 Making the most of economic opportunities for Nova Scotia
  Darrell Dexter, Leader, Nova Scotia NDP Party
 
2007-10-29 Myths and Realities: Competition in the Generic Drug and Telecom Sectors
  Sheridan Scott, Commissioner of Competition, Competition Bureau
 
2007-10-17 Manifesto for a Competitive Social Democracy
  Marcel Boyer, Bell Canada Professor of Industrial Economics, Université de Montréal
 
2007-10-12 Managing Canada’s New Government
  Ian Brodie, Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister
 
2007-10-09 Building a Strong Canadian Economy
  John McCallum, Member of Parliament and Liberal Finance Critic
 
2007-09-27 Realistic expectations: Demographics, Economics and the Pursuit of Prosperity in Saskatchewan
  William B.P. Robson, President and Chief Executive Officer, C.D. Howe Institute
 
2007-09-25 Alberta School Performance Indicators
  David R. Johnson, Professor, Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University
 
2007-09-20 Long Term Prosperity in Saskatchewan? Unsettling Demographics
  William B.P. Robson, President and Chief Executive Officer, C.D. Howe Institute
 
2007-09-10 Does Canada’s Forest Industry Really Have a Future?
  Avrim Lazar, President and CEO, Forest Products Association of Canada, and Rick Ekstein, President, Weston Forest Corporation
 
2007-09-07 Canada’s Economic Performance and Challenges
  Robert Wright, Deputy Minister, Department of Finance Canada
 
2007-09-06 Canadian Immigration Policy: Challenges & Opportunities
  Richard B. Fadden, Deputy Minister, Department of Citizenship and Immigration Canada
 
2007-06-12 Chrysler Group’s Recovery and Transformation Plan and the impact on its Canadian Operations
  Reid Bigland, President and CEO, Daimler Chrysler Canada
 
2007-06-04 Canada-US Relations under the Bush Administration
  Norman Y. Mineta, Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation (2001-2006) and Vice Chairman, Hill & Knowlton
 
2007-06-01 Why you should care about national security
  Margaret Bloodworth, National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister and Associate Secretary to the Cabinet
 
2007-05-08 Quebec’s New Political Landscape
  Alain Dubuc, National Affairs Columnist, La Presse
 
2007-05-03 The Alberta 2007 Budget
  The Hon. Lyle Oberg, Alberta Minister of Finance
 
2007-05-02 More Complexity: Higher Costs – Federal-Provincial Transfers in the New 2007 Federal Budget
  William Robson, President and Chief Executive Officer, C.D. Howe Institute
Al D. O'brien, Institute for Public Economics, University of Alberta
 
2007-05-01 Quebec's New Political Landscape
  Alain Dubuc, President and Publisher, La Presse
 
2007-04-25 The Economic Role of the State in a Changing World
  Vito Tanzi, Consultant, Inter-American Development Bank
 
2007-04-20 Strengthening Canada’s Economic Union: Does the Alberta-BC Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Set a New Standard?
  Don Fast, Deputy Minister, British Columbia Ministry of Economic Development
Gerry Bourdeau, Deputy Minister, Alberta International and Intergovernmental Relations
 
2007-04-16 Inspired to Win: Being Competitive in Today's Global Automotive Industry
  William Osborne, President and Chief Executive Officer, Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited
 
2007-03-28 March 2007 Ontario Budget
  Colin Andersen, Deputy Minister, Ontario Ministry of Finance
 
2007-03-23 March 2007 Federal Budget
  Robert A. Wright, Deputy Minister, Finance
 
2007-03-07 February 2007 Report and Role as Auditor General of Canada
  Sheila Fraser, Auditor General for Canada
 
2007-02-28 The Broken Business Model: Post-Secondary Finance in Ontario
  David Naylor, President, University of Toronto
 
2007-02-27 Ontario Power Generation: Performance, Projects and Prospects
  Jim Hankinson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Ontario Power Generation Inc.
 
2007-02-21 The Needed Reforms of Quebec Labour Markets
  Michel Kelly-Gagnon, President, Conseil du patronat du Québec
 
2007-02-15 Fast Forward: TSX in Rapidly Changing Global Capital Markets
  Richard Nesbitt, President, Toronto Stock Exchange
 
2007-02-09 Recent Progress and Future Directions for Ontario Electricity
  Jan Carr, President and CEO, Ontario Power Authority
 
2007-02-07 How Should We Tax Capital Income?
  Alan Auerbach, Director, Burch Center for Tax Policy and Public Finance, University of California, Berkeley
 
2007-01-31 What Economists Want Done to Bolster Productivity…
  Donald Drummond, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, TD Bank Financial Group
Allan Gregg, The Strategic Counsel
 
2007-01-22 To be announced
  Jonathan T. Fried, Executive Director, Canada, Ireland and the Caribbean, International Monetary Fund
 
2007-01-18 How Canadian Manufacturers Can Stay Competitive with Emerging Asian Suppliers
  Buzz Hargrove, President, Canadian Auto Workers Union
 
2007-01-15 Ontario’s Energy Future
  Dwight Duncan, Ontario Minister of Energy
 
2007-01-11 Private and Public Foundations – Finding Common Ground
  Henry N. R. Jackman, Chairman of the Board, Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company
Donald K. Johnson, Senior Advisor, BMO Nesbitt Burns
Hilary Pearson, President and CEO, Philanthropic Foundations of Canada
 
2006-12-07 The Value of Taking Longer-term Perspectives
  Kevin Lynch, Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy Council Office
 
2006-12-05 The Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform: Putting the Public into Public Policy
  George Thomson, Chair, Ontario Citizen’s Assemby
 
2006-12-04 Lessons of Leadership: Charting Ontario’s course in a time of change
  John Tory, Leader of the Ontario PC Party & Leader of the Official Opposition
 
2006-11-29 Law and Medicare After Chaoulli
  Patrick J. Monahan, Dean, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
 
2006-11-16 A New Congress -– Implications for Canada-US Relations
  Former Congressman Owen Pickett (D-Virginia)
Former Congressman Nick Smith (R-Michigan)
 
2006-11-14 State of the Federation: An Agenda for Canada and Nova Scotia
  William Robson, President and Chief Executive Officer, C.D. Howe Institute
 
2006-11-09 State of the Federation: An Agenda for Canada and Manitoba
  William Robson, President and Chief Executive Officer, C.D. Howe Institute
 
2006-11-07 Canadian Manufacturing: Current Challenges and Future Prospects
  M. Elyse Allan, President & CEO, GE Canada
 
2006-11-01 State of the Federation: An Agenda for Canada and for Quebec
  William Robson, President and Chief Executive Officer, C.D. Howe Institute
 
2006-10-26 Energy and the Economy: Alberta’s Viewpoint and Outlook
  The Hon. Ralph Klein, Premier of Alberta
 
2006-10-19 Prospects for a new regime for Canadian Securities Regulation
  The Hon. Gerry Phillips, Minister, Ministry of Government Services, Ontario
 
2006-10-18 Growing Older; Growing Wiser? Mature Policies for Canada and for Alberta
  William Robson, President and Chief Executive Officer, C.D. Howe Institute
 
2006-10-17 State of the Federation: An Agenda for Canada and Alberta
  William Robson, President and Chief Executive Officer, C.D. Howe Institute
 
2006-10-11 State of the Federation: An Agenda for Canada and for Saskatchewan
  William Robson, President and Chief Executive Officer, C.D. Howe Institute
 
2006-10-10 Growing Older; Growing Wiser? Mature Policies for Canada and for Saskatchewan
  William Robson, President and Chief Executive Officer, C.D. Howe Institute
 
2006-10-05 Canada and an emergent India
  Wendy Dobson, University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management
 
2006-10-04 How the Internet Affects Regulation
  Charles M. Dalfen, President, CRTC
 
2006-10-03 T.A.V.I.S. (Toronto Anti Violence Intervention Strategy)
  William Blair, Chief of Police, City of Toronto
 
2006-09-27 CNQ and the future of the exchange business
  Ian Bandeen, Vice-Chairman and CEO, Canadian Trading and Quotation System Inc.
 
2006-09-26 Development Effectiveness
  Robert Greenhill, President, Canadian International Develoment Agency
 
2006-09-21 The Future of the North American Automotive Industry
  Dennis DesRosiers, President, DesRosiers Automotive Consultants Ltd.
 
2006-09-08 The Economic Outlook
  Robert Wright, Deputy Minister, Department of Finance Canada
 
2006-06-22 Business Tax Reform: What We've Done and Where We're Going
  Jack M. Mintz, President and Chief Executive Officer, C.D. Howe Institute
 
2006-06-20 The US-Canada Relationship: A Success (and Struggle) Story
  David H. Wilkins, U.S. Ambassador to Canada
 
2006-06-08 B.C. Competitiveness
  Jack M. Mintz, President and Chief Executive Officer, C.D. Howe Institute
 
2006-05-31 Nuclear Energy: Fueling our Future
  Gerald Grandey, President and Chief Executive Officer, Cameco Corporation
 
2006-05-30 Information Technology Research and Development
  Jack M. Mintz, President and Chief Executive Officer, C.D. Howe Institute
David Johnston, President, University of Waterloo.
 
2006-05-29 The Accountability Act
  Honourable John Baird, President of the Treasury Board and MP for Ottawa-West Nepean
 
2006-05-23 Venture capital markets — What's right, what's wrong and what are the alternatives?
  Jean-René Halde, President & Chief Executive Officer, Business Development Bank of Canada
Rick Nathan, Managing Director, Goodmans Venture Group
 
2006-05-18 How Canadian Federalism is changing and what it means to Federal-Provincial Fiscal Relations
  Jack M. Mintz, President and Chief Executive Officer, C.D. Howe Institute
 
2006-05-17 Review of the report of the U.S. Panel on Tax Reform and Prospects for Tax Reform in the United States
  Charles Rossotti, Senior Advisor, Carlyle Group
 
2006-05-09 Federal Budget Briefing
  Mark Carney, Senior Associate Deputy Minister, Finance Canada
 
2006-05-03 How Canadian Federalism is changing and what it means to Federal-Provincial Fiscal Relations
  Jack M. Mintz, President and Chief Executive Officer, C.D. Howe Institute
 
2006-04-26 Sustainable Fossil Fuels
  Mark Jaccard, Professor, Simon Fraser University
 
2006-04-25 Saving our Public Schools
  Angus McBeath, former Superintendent of Schools, Edmonton Public School System
 
2006-04-24 France and Europe confronted with Migratory Flows
  Alain Juppé, former Prime Minister of France (1995 – 1997)
 
2006-04-06 How Canada Federalism is changing and what it means to Federal-Provincial Fiscal Relations
  Jack M. Mintz, President and Chief Executive Officer, C.D. Howe Institute
 
2006-04-04 Alberta's Growth: Implications for Canadian Federalism
  Jack M. Mintz, President and Chief Executive Officer, C.D. Howe Institute
 
2006-03-31 How we pay professors and why it matters
  Professor John Chant
J. Robert S. Prichard, President Emeritus, University of Toronto
 
2006-03-28 Respecting Democratic Roles
  The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of Canada
 
2006-03-02 Big Ideas for Alberta Tax Reform
  Conference
 
2006-03-01 Exploring Opportunities for Working Together to Maximize the Economic Potential of Immigrants
  Janice Charette, Deputy Minister, Citizenship and Immigration Canada
 
2006-02-28 To be announced
  David Naylor, President, University of Toronto
 
2006-02-24 Separating advocacy and regulatory roles at an SRO
  Joseph J. Oliver, President and CEO, Investment Dealers Association of Canada