Policy Priorities For Canada's New Federal Government
Roundtable Luncheon with the C.D. Howe Institute's President and CEO, William Robson, Vice President of Research, Daniel Schwanen, and Vice President of Economic Analysis, Craig Alexander
Please join us post-election for a discussion with our in-house experts on the policy priorities for a newly elected federal government. Our experts discuss Canada’s economic policy challenges, potential directions of the new government, and their implications for Canada’s economic dynamism and Canadians’ living standards.
To register please contact Allie Kehoe at AKehoe@cdhowe.org.
WIlliam B.P. Robson, President and CEO, C.D. Howe Institute
Bill Robson took office as President and CEO of the C.D. Howe Institute in July 2006, after serving as the Institute’s Senior Vice President since 2003 and Director of Research since 2000. He has written more than 200 monographs, articles, chapters and books on such subjects as government budgets, pensions, healthcare financing, inflation and currency issues. His work has won awards from the Policy Research Secretariat, the Canadian Economics Association, and the Donner Canadian Foundation. He is a Senior Fellow at Massey College, holds an ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors, and is a member of the Big Picture Panel on the CBC’s The Exchange. Bill taught public finance and public policy at the University of Toronto from 2000 to 2003, and currently teaches a Master’s level course in public finance at the University of Toronto’s School of Public Policy and Governance.
Daniel Schwanen, Vice President, Research, C.D. Howe Institute
Daniel Schwanen is an award-winning economist with a passion for international economic policy. He is spearheading Institute programs focused on the link between Canada’s international trade and investment policy and Canadians’ standards of living.
Having earned degrees in economics from the Université de Montréal and Queen’s University, Daniel began his career in the financial services industry, becoming International Economist at the CIBC in 1986. He first joined the C.D. Howe Institute in 1990, producing widely-cited research on international trade, Canada’s economic union, climate change policy, and the economics of cultural policy. His work in the 1990s earned him foreign visitorships in the United States, Japan and Australia.
After joining the Institute for Research on Public Policy in 2001, Daniel earned the Policy Research Initiative’s Outstanding Research Contribution Award for his paper “A Room of Our Own: Cultural Policies and Trade Agreements,” and produced, with co-editors Thomas Courchene and Donald Savoie, a major series of papers on North America after NAFTA. In 2007, he co-wrote the independent review of Australia’s Progress to Achieve APEC Goals, presenting the report at APEC’s Senior Officials meeting as part of APEC’s peer review process.
Daniel joined the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) in Waterloo, Ontario in 2005, serving in a number of senior research and executive positions. Most recently, his work there focused on the G20 and international economic policy coordination.
Daniel returned to the C.D. Howe Institute in March, 2011 as Associate Vice President, Trade and International Policy. He was promoted to Assistant Vice President, Research in January 2013, and currently holds the position of Vice President, Research, as of June 2014.
Craig Alexander, Vice President, Economic Analysis, C.D. Howe Institute
Craig Alexander is the Vice President, Economic Analysis at the C.D. Howe Institute.
Previously he was Senior Vice President and Chief Economist for TD Bank Group. In that role, he managed a large team of economists that supported all of the divisions and clients of TD – the second largest bank in Canada and the eighth largest bank in the United States.
Mr. Alexander has 20 years of experience in the private sector as an economic and financial forecaster. He is also a regular commentator on public policy and a sought after public speaker.
Prior to joining the private sector, he spent four years as an economist at Statistics Canada.
Mr. Alexander is a strong advocate for the cause of literacy and is a champion of the charitable sector. He serves on the Board of Directors for several non-profit groups. He is a Trustee of two pension plans.
A former two-term President of the Canadian Association for Business Economics and a current board member for the National Association for Business Economics, he holds a graduate degree in economics from the University of Toronto.
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