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- The Brief | March 20, 2025
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The Brief | March 20, 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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John Crow, O.C.
Former Governor, Bank of Canada

Benoit Daignault
President & CEO, Export Development Canada

Ron Mock
Former President, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan

Gary Doer
Senior Business Advisor, Dentons; former Canadian Ambassador to the United States; former Premier of Manitoba

Dwight Duncan
Senior Strategic Advisor, McMillan LLP; Former Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance, Government of Ontario

The Hon. Howard Wetston

Jim Keohane
Former President & CEO, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP)

The Honourable Jason Kenney PC, ECA
Senior Fellow

Graham Flack
I am pleased to be contributing to the C.D. Howe Institute’s work in providing non-partisan, evidence-based policy advice to improve Canada’s economic outcomes.

Dr. Lawrence H. Summers
Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus at Harvard University; Former Treasury Secretary, United States Department of the Treasury; Former Director, National Economic Council

Kevin Dancey
Former CEO of CPA Canada and Senior Fellow, C.D. Howe Institute

Jeffrey Simpson
National Affairs Columnist, Globe and Mail

Glen Hodgson
International and Macro Economist

Brian Johnston
Corporate Director, Johnston Family Foundation
I support the C.D. Howe Institute because Canada needs clear, unbiased, and factual research on the major issues facing this country. C.D. Howe delivers this in spades. While there is little doubt that some of the conclusions are not well received, the rigour of the analysis can hardly be disputed!

Michael Devereux
Royal Bank Professor of International Economics, University of British Columbia

The Hon. Bill Morneau
Former Minister of Finance
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