“Michael Wilson’s achievements in business, in public life, and in service to the community made him a truly outstanding Canadian.”
February 11th, 2019 - The Board Members and staff of the C.D. Howe Institute mourn the passing of the Hon. Michael Wilson.
“Michael Wilson’s achievements in business, in public life, and in service to the community made him a truly outstanding Canadian,” said William Robson, President and CEO of the C.D. Howe Institute. “On behalf the C.D. Howe Institute, I offer our sympathy to his family and his many friends. We will miss him.”
Mr. Wilson served as the Chair of the C.D. Howe Institute’s International Economic Policy Council since 2014, and provided invaluable advice to the Council at a time of renewed trade frictions between Canada and the United States. He contributed to the Institute’s Intelligence Memos blog series, and spoke at numerous Institute events, including the Institute’s 2017 Benefactors Lecture on the Canada-US relationship.
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The Hon. Michael Wilson was a former Federal Finance Minister, Canadian Ambassador to the United States and Chair of the C.D. Howe Institute's International Economic Policy Council
The Hon. Michael Wilson giving the C.D. Howe Institute's annual Benefactors Lecture in 2017
From left: William B.P. Robson, President and CEO, C.D. Howe Institute; Hugh MacKinnon, Chair, C.D. Howe Institute; The Hon. Michael Wilson; Duncan Munn, COO, C.D. Howe Institute, at the 2017 C.D. Howe Institute Benefactors Lecture & Dinner