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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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Angelo Melino
Professor, University of Toronto and 2017 Research Auditor, C.D. Howe Institute

John and Rebecca Horwood
Directors of Wealth Management, Richardson GMP Limited

Kevan Cowan
Chief Executive Officer, Capital Markets Authority Implementation Organization

Marcel Boyer
Professor Emeritus of Industrial Economics and Fellow, CIRANO, Université de Montréal

Frank McKenna
Deputy Chair, The Toronto-Dominion Bank

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

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

The Hon. Dalton McGuinty
Former Premier of Ontario

David R. Johnson
Professor of Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University

Robert Ghiz
Former Premier of Prince Edward Island

Paul Masson

Mitzie Hunter
Senior Fellow

Rudyard Griffiths
Co-founder and Executive Director, The Dominion Institute

Anindya Sen
Professor of Economics and Director of the Master of Public Service, University of Waterloo

Ed Devlin
Founder, Lead Portfolio Manager, Devlin Capital Inc.

Rt. Hon. Paul Martin
Former Prime Minister of Canada
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