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- The Brief | March 26, 2025
Widely considered to be Canada’s most influential think tank, the C.D. Howe Institute is a source of trusted policy intelligence, distinguished by research that is nonpartisan, evidence-based and subject to definitive expert review.
The Brief | March 26, 2025
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Widely considered to be Canada’s most influential think tank, the C.D. Howe Institute is a source of trusted policy intelligence, distinguished by research that is nonpartisan, evidence-based and subject to definitive expert review.
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David Dodge
Senior Advisor, Bennett Jones

Gordon Thiessen
Senior Fellow, C.D. Howe Institute

Edmund Clark
Former Group President and CEO, TD Bank Group

John Manley
Chair of the Board, CIBC; former President and Chief Executive Officer of the Business Council of Canada

Paul Masson

Brian Johnston
Corporate Director, Johnston Family Foundation
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Chancellor, UBC; former President and CEO, HSBC Bank of Canada

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Ron Mock
Former President, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan

Paul Hill
Chairman, President & CEO, Harvard Developments Inc., A Hill Company

Brian Lewis
Senior Fellow

Pierre Fortin
Emeritus Professor of Economics, Université du Québec à Montréal

Jeffrey Simpson
National Affairs Columnist, Globe and Mail

Edward Iacobucci
Dean and Professor of Law, University of Toronto Faculty Of Law

David Laidler
Professor Emeritus, University of Western Ontario and 2013 Research Auditor, C.D. Howe Institute
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