2019 Post-election Analysis: Policy Priorities for Canada’s Federal Government
Roundtable Luncheon with Glen Hodgson, Alexandre Laurin and Parisa Mahboubi
The C.D. Howe Institute invites you to join us on October 22, the day after the federal election, for a candid discussion about policy priorities for the new government – whichever party forms office. Our panel of experts will discuss Canada’s current policy challenges, potential directions of the government, and implications for our economic dynamism and Canadians’ living standards.
Glen Hodgson, Senior Fellow, C.D. Howe Institute
Alexandre Laurin, Director of Research, C.D. Howe Institute
Parisa Mahboubi, Senior Policy Analyst, C.D. Howe Institute
Panelist Biographies
Glen Hodgson, Senior Fellow, C.D. Howe Institute
Glen Hodgson has 36 years of experience in global and Canadian macro-economics, international trade analysis and finance, fiscal and tax policy, and other “big picture” topics.
Prior to joining the C.D. Howe as Fellow-in-Residence, Glen’s career spanned the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington D.C., the federal Department of Finance, Export Development Canada (EDC), and the Conference Board of Canada. He has travelled the world and Canada as an economic analyst and public speaker, financial negotiator, and advisor to governments, businesses and international organizations.
Topics of expertise and interest include; global, U.S., Canadian and provincial economic performance; globalization, trade and disruption; managing catastrophic risk; the emerging low-carbon economy; fiscal and tax policy; and the business economics of sports.
Glen has co-authored two books and over 375 reports, briefings and articles, with a regular commentary in the Globe and Mail. He has delivered many presentations to audiences of all types and sizes, and done numerous media interviews via print, TV, radio and social media.
Alex Laurin, Director of Research, C.D. Howe Institute
Alexandre Laurin joined the C.D. Howe Institute in 2008 and became Director of Research in 2014.
From 1999 to 2008, Mr. Laurin worked for the Parliamentary Information and Research Service where he provided reports, analysis and policy advice to Members of the House of Commons and the Senate and to parliamentary committees on a non-partisan and confidential basis.
Mr. Laurin has authored numerous research studies published by the C.D. Howe Institute and other organizations, and he frequently contributes to public policy debates through seminars, conferences, and media appearances. He is currently a member of the Postsecondary Education Quality Assessment Board of Ontario, an arms-length advisory agency that makes recommendations to the Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities. He is also a member of Ontario’s Basic Income Pilot’s Research and Evaluation Advisory Committee, which provides strategic advice on how to best evaluate the outcomes of the basic income pilot to the Minister of Community and Social Services and the Minister Responsible for the Poverty Reduction Strategy.
He holds an MA in Economics (1998) from Queen’s University and a BSc in Economics (1997) from Université du Québec à Montréal.
Parisa Mahboubi, Senior Policy Analyst, C.D. Howe Institute
Parisa is a Senior Policy Analyst and leads the C.D. Howe Institute's Human Capital Policy Council. Her research interest focuses on social policy with a concentration on demographic, skills, education, and labour market concerns. In addition to authoring research studies, she regularly writes a column for the Globe and Mail’s business section.
Prior to joining the C.D. Howe Institute in 2016, Parisa worked at the Statistics Canada Research Data Center, and as an Instructor and Research Assistant at the University of Guelph while completing her PhD studies.
She has a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in Economics from Shiraz University located in Iran, and a Master of Arts and a PhD in Economics from the University of Guelph.
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