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Sep 29

CPP Enhancement: Winners and Losers

Toronto ON, C.D. Howe Institute, 67 Yonge Street, Suite 300

Roundtable Luncheon with Jeff Aarssen, Alex Laurin, and Tammy Schirle

Sponsored by:

Jeff Aarssen, BA, CLU, Senior Vice-President, GRS, Wealth Management, Great-West Life, London Life and Canada Life 

Jeff is senior vice-president of the group retirement services division of Great-West Life and its subsidiaries, London Life and Canada Life. Since joining London Life in 1980 as a group sales representative, Jeff has held various roles including, vice-president of group sales, regional vice-president of individual sales, vice-president of the distribution division for Freedom 55 Financial and vice-president of sales & marketing for GRS.

Jeff is involved with several charities and organizations, both within the industry and the community. He is an advocate of the Arthritis Society, is Honorary Chair of Hockey Helps the Homeless for London and area, has served as Vice-Chair of the Executive Board of Huron University College and frequently speaks to audiences all over Canada about leadership, strategy and success.

Jeff received a bachelor of arts degree with a major in economics from The University of Western Ontario.

Alexandre Laurin, Director of Research, C.D. Howe Institute

Alexandre Laurin joined the C.D. Howe Institute in 2008 and became Director of Research in 2014.

From 1999 to 2008, Mr. Laurin worked for the Parliamentary Information and Research Service where he provided reports, analysis and policy advice to Members of the House of Commons and the Senate and to parliamentary committees on a non-partisan and confidential basis.

Mr. Laurin has authored numerous research studies published by the C.D. Howe Institute and other organizations, and he frequently contributes to public policy debates through seminars, conferences, and media appearances. He is currently a member of the Postsecondary Education Quality Assessment Board of Ontario, an arms-length advisory agency that makes recommendations to the Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities.

He holds an MA in Economics (1998) from Queen’s University and a BSc in Economics (1997) from Université du Québec à Montréal.

Tammy Schirle, Associate Professor of Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University

Tammy Schirle is an associate professor of economics at Wilfrid Laurier University. She completed her PhD a the University of British Columbia in 2006. She also completed degrees at Dalhousie University and the University of Manitoba.  She is currently Associate Editor for Canadian Public Policy, an Editor with the B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, a research fellow with the C.D. Howe Institute and has been a member of the C.D. Howe Institute's Pension Policy Council since 2007.  As a labour economist and applied econometrician with interests in Canadian public policy, her research has focussed on sunrise' work and retirement, women's labour supply, and organization of the family. She has published articles in leading academic journals including the Journal of Labor Economics, the Canadian Journal of Economics, the Review of Income and Wealth, and Canadian Public Policy.

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