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Co-founder and Executive Director, The Dominion Institute

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

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The Globe and Mail

Michael Horgan
Senior Advisor, Bennett Jones

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

The Honourable Henry N. Jackman
Chairman, E-L Financial Corporation Limited; former Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario

David Frum
Senior Editor, The Atlantic

Maclean’s

Scott Burns
CEO, BURNCO Group of Companies

Fred Horne
Senior Fellow

Don Johnson
Member, Advisory Board, BMO Capital Markets

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

Thomas Mulcair
Former Federal Leader of the Official Opposition

Thorsten Koeppl
Professor and RBC Fellow, Queen's University and 2015 Research Auditor, C.D. Howe Institute

Anindya Sen
I am delighted to be the CD Howe Institute’s Fellow-in-Residence and Inaugural Scholar in AI and Digital Policy. I look forward to conducting research with colleagues from the Institute, and helping convene national level conversations on public policies that support AI innovation and safety in Canada.

David P. O’Brien
Chairman of the Board, Encana
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