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National Council

The C.D. Howe Institute’s National Council brings together a distinguished group of Canadian business leaders, academics, former public officials, and other experts to provide strategic perspectives relevant to the Institute’s overall research program. David Dodge, Senior Advisor, Bennett Jones LLP and former Governor of the Bank of Canada, chairs the Council. Its members provide their insights about emerging national, sectoral and regional policy challenges to support the quality and relevance of the Institute’s research and related activities.

Chair

David Dodge

Former Governor, Bank of Canada

Members

Elyse Allan, C.M.

Former President and CEO, GE Canada

Steve Ambler

Fellow-In-Residence

Bob Baldwin

Fellow Emeritus

Marshall Cohen

Former Deputy Minister, Industry, Trade & Commerce, Energy, Mines & Resources, and Finance, Canada; Counsel, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP

Leo De Bever

Senior Fellow

David F. Denison

Former President & CEO, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board

Ed Devlin

Senior Fellow

Rupert Duchesne

Former President and CEO, Aimia Corporation

Janet Ecker

Senior Fellow

Lawrence Herman

Senior Fellow

Michael Horgan

Former Deputy Minister, Finance Canada

Tim Hudak

Partner, Counsel Public Affairs

Lawson A.W. Hunter, Q.C. LL.D.

Senior Fellow

Edward M. Iacobucci

Fellow-In-Residence

Thorsten Koeppl

Fellow-In-Residence

Nicholas Le Pan

Senior Fellow

Jeffrey Lozon, C.M.

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Lozon Associates

Janice Mackinnon

Senior Fellow

Jeffrey Orr

President & CEO, Power Financial Corporation

Pierre S. Pettigrew

Former Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister for International Trade

John Richards

Professor, Simon Fraser University

Guy Saint-Jacques

Former Canadian Ambassador to China

Guy Savard

Special Advisor, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP; former President & COO, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec

Kathleen Taylor

Chair, RBC Board of Directors

Craig C. Thorburn

Partner, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Leonard Waverman

Professor of Finance and Business Economics; Acting Director, The Foresight Lab, McMaster University

Alfred G. Wirth

HNW Investments S.A.

Susan Wolburgh Jenah

Former President & CEO, Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada

Neil Yeates

Former Deputy Minister, Citizenship and Immigration Canada