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For decades, the C.D. Howe Institute has been one of Canada’s leading think tanks, contributing enormously to policy debates and inspiring positive reforms for Canadians. I am keen to contribute in areas that I have focused on over 25 years in public life, including immigration, labour markets and skills, fiscal policy, internal trade, and indigenous economic development.

It is an honour to become a C.D. Howe Institute fellow and to be part of a leading research organization dedicated to competitiveness, productivity and innovation in Canada.

For a researcher, the range of informed commentary and expertise mobilized by the C.D. Howe in its peer reviews is priceless.

I’m delighted to join the C.D. Howe Institute at such a pivotal moment in our country’s history. The Institute’s outstanding research and thoughtful contributions to policy debates are invaluable, and I’m honoured to contribute in my own way to its important work.

“I am delighted to join the C.D. Howe Institute as the Roger Phillips Scholar of Social Policy and to contribute to the Institute’s exceptional record of producing high-quality non-partisan fact-based evidence on the important policy challenges facing our country.”

“The expert examinations of Canadian monetary policy by the Institute over many years have, I believe, been a particularly important contribution to the broader understanding of the Bank of Canada and its role in our economy.”

[The Department of Finance] appreciates the topical relevance and analytical quality of the Institute’s policy research.

I have valued everything about my time so far with the C.D. Howe Institute.  There are a broad range of policy issues that will see insurance becoming an even more significant topic in public debate over the next several years.  I am thrilled to be asked to continue to engage with the Institute’s outstanding team to help think these topics through.

The C.D. Howe Institute is the best think tank in Canada.  I especially appreciate the informed perspective, filtered through a rigorous review process, that is provided by former policy makers. I was extremely impressed by the quality of the refereeing and the editting for E-briefs.

The C.D. Howe Institute sets the gold standard in research through its nonpartisan, evidence-driven work.

Toronto’s C.D. Howe Institute is generally recognized as the preferred outlet for research by Canada’s top academics.

Supporting economic growth with effective policy has never been so important. The C.D. Howe Institute’s work in this area is second to none.

The C.D. Howe Institute provides Canada’s policy makers with practical, useful and principled advice, and I am honoured to be able to assist in their deliberations.

The C.D. Howe Institute is the preeminent source of objective, peer-reviewed, quality research informing public policy in Canada, and it is an honour to be given the opportunity to contribute insights to its work.

In a period of growing social, economic, and geopolitical instability, rigorous, timely, and evidence-based research to support Canada’s policymakers has never mattered more. The Institute has done that work for decades, and I am proud to contribute to it.

The C.D. Howe Institute has been, over the years, an exceptional place for out-of-the-box ideas and discussions on a broad range of issues with significant impacts on public policies in Canada and elsewhere.