Policy Experts
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Director of Research
Associate Director, Research
Associate Director, Research
Senior Policy Analyst
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Fellows
Elyse Allan, O.C.
Former President and CEO, GE Canada
CEO, Richard Alvarez & Associates
Professor of Economics, University of British Columbia
Former Deputy Minister, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care
Corporate Director, Global Risk Institute
Former Governor, Bank of Canada
Founding Chief Economist, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Former President and CEO, Chartered Professional Accountants Canada
Janet Davidson
Senior Fellow, C.D. Howe Institute; Former Deputy Minister, Alberta Health
Former CEO, Alberta Investment Management Corporation
Senior Fellow
Stauffer-Dunning Fellow, School of Policy Studies, Queen's University
Janet Ecker
Senior Fellow, Former Minister of Finance, Ontario; Former President and CEO, Toronto Financial Services Alliance
Senior Fellow, C.D. Howe Institute
Executive-in-Residence, Think Research
Senior Fellow, C.D. Howe Institute
Former Quebec Minister of Social Affairs; President, CEF Ganesh Corporation
Former Partner, Mercer
Herman & Associates
Former CEO and Superintendent of Financial Services, Financial Services Commission of Ontario
Former Commissioner of the Competition Bureau, Canada; Counsel, Stikeman Elliott LLP
Former Senior Deputy Governor and Chief Operating Officer, Bank of Canada; Adjunct Professor, Carleton University
Jon R. Johnson
Former Partner, Goodmans LLP
Deputy Chair, Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Institute
Former Superintendent of Financial Institutions, Canada; Director, CIBC
Former Financial Accountability Officer of Ontario
Former Deputy Minister, Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, and International Trade
Senior Business Advisor, Dentons Canada LLP; Director, ECN Capital Corp.
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Lozon Associates
Senior Fellow, C.D. Howe Institute
Senior Fellow
Former Deputy Governor, Bank of Canada
Former Assistant Deputy Minister of Finance, Canada; former Executive VP and Chief Economist, RBC
Senior Fellow
Senior Fellow
Senior Fellow
Director, Santander Bank, N.A. and Santander Holdings USA, Inc.; Visiting Professor, Paris School of Economics
Senior Fellow, C.D. Howe Institute
Former Global Head of Rates and FX Research, TD; former Chief Economist for Canada, Deutsche Bank
Former Deputy Minister, Alberta Energy and Associate Counsel, Miller Thomson
SVP, Office of the CEO, RBC; former Editor-In-Chief, The Globe and Mail
Professor of Law, University of Ottawa
President, Swedlove Consulting Inc.; Former President, Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association Inc.
Former Governor, Bank of Canada
Vice-Chair, Accounting Standards Oversight Council; former financial journalist and Senior Director, Bank of Canada
Senior Fellow
Former Chair of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, Federal Justice, and Commissioner of Competition
Former Chair of Stikeman Elliott LLP
Senior Fellow, C.D. Howe Institute; Senator, Senate of Canada
Senior Fellow, C.D. Howe Institute; Former Chairman, Economic and Development Review Committee, OECD
Founding Editor of the National Post; Former Editor-in-Chief of Maclean’s
Former Deputy Superintendent of Financial Institutions, Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions