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Throughout my career, whether in the public or private sector, I have witnessed firsthand how influential and helpful C.D. Howe Institute research has been for senior leaders in government and business as they wrestle with current challenges.

From the time I was a student, through my years as Ontario Finance Minister, to the present day; the C.D. Howe Institute has been a thought leader on Canadian public policy. It is a real privilege to be associated with the Institute as it continues to advocate thoughtful debate, and solutions, to a range of society’s most challenging issues.

It’s an honor and a privilege to be associated with the C.D. Howe Institute. I have learned a great deal from ongoing discussions with my colleagues there about the central public policy challenges confronting Canada.

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.

Since its founding in 1958, the C.D. Howe Institute has been active in economic and social policy issues across Canada.

I am grateful to the C.D. Howe Institute not only for giving me the opportunity to put myself in the place of monetary policy decision-makers through the Monetary Policy Council but for the invaluable sources of comments and ideas that have informed my research over the years.

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 combines finely-honed wisdom with fresh innovation to produce Canada’s smartest and highest-impact policy research. I am thrilled to continue my association with the Institute.

“The importance of nonpartisan evidence-based research in critical areas of Canadian public policy cannot be overstated. Since its founding in 1958, the C.D. Howe Institute has fulfilled this role admirably. I am honored to be a part of this great Canadian endeavor.”

“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.”

Now more than ever, the importance of rapidly convening leaders with a range of expertise and perspectives to respond to emerging policy challenges is clear. I’m pleased to continue connecting with colleagues across the country via the C.D. Howe Institute’s programs.

The C.D. Howe Institute provides a forum for key stakeholders to come together to discuss the issues most important to Canada in a candid, timely and constructive manner. This forum for non-partisan constructive dialogue has never been more important.

“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.”

I use C.D. Howe reports and briefs in many of the columns I write and in every policy course I teach at McGill. They are the model of intelligent, informed, evidence-based analysis. Canadian policy debate would be bleak without their like.

Now, perhaps more than ever, places such as the C.D. Howe Institute are vital to deliver policymakers and the general public the non-partisan, peer-reviewed and evidence-based analysis needed to navigate complex public policy topics. I am thrilled to continue my affiliation with the Institute in furthering that mission.

I hope the C.D. Howe Institute continues to have a positive impact on government finances.