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The Brief | May 15, 2025
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Graham Flack
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Paul Hill
Chairman, President & CEO, Harvard Developments Inc., A Hill Company

Dr. Bob Bell
Former Deputy Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, Ontario

Beatriz Leycegui Gardoqui
Partner, SAI Law & Economics

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

David Andolfatto

Steve Orsini
Principal, Policy Driven Strategies

Don Reimer
Chairman & CEO, Reimer World Corp.

Steve Ambler
Professor of Economics (Retired), Université du Québec à Montréal

Robert Ghiz
Former Premier of Prince Edward Island

Peter Hall
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Yves Desjardins-Siciliano
Former President & CEO, VIA Rail Canada

Thomas Mulcair
Former Federal Leader of the Official Opposition

Ron Mock
Former President, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan

Edmund Clark
Former Group President and CEO, TD Bank Group
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