Protectionist Trade and Monetary Policy: The Consequences for Canada
Patrons' Circle Dinner with John Crow, David Dodge and Gordon Thiessen
Sponsored by:
John C. Crow, O.C., Former Governor, Bank of Canada
Crow studied at Oxford University, graduating in Philosophy, Politics and Economics in 1961.
Mr. Crow then joined the International Monetary Fund, working initially on Latin America and later on North America.
Mr. Crow joined the Research Department of the Bank of Canada in 1973 as Deputy Chief and was subsequently appointed to more senior positions. In 1987 he was appointed Governor for a term of seven years, which expired in January, 1994. In 1993 he was elected Chair of the central bank governors of the Group of Ten countries, a position he relinquished when his term as Governor ended.
In 1999 Mr. Crow chaired a committee of international experts that was commissioned by the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund to evaluate IMF bilateral, regional, and multilateral surveillance activities, and in 2002 he took part in a high level international mission to advise on monetary problems in Argentina. In 2003 he chaired an international task force commissioned by the International Federation of Accountants to examine the loss of credibility in financial reporting and how to restore it.
Mr. Crow is the author (2002) of Making Money: An Insider’s Perspective on Finance, Politics, and Canada’s Central Bank.
In July 2009 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada.
David Dodge, O.C., Former Governor, Bank of Canada; Senior Advisor, Bennett Jones LLP
A native of Toronto, Mr. Dodge received a bachelor’s degree (honours) from Queen’s University, and a PhD in economics from Princeton.
During his academic career, he taught economics at Queen’s University; at the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University; at the Faculty of Commerce at the University of British Columbia; and at Simon Fraser University. He also served as Director of the International Economics Program of the Institute for Research on Public Policy. Mr. Dodge has been awarded honorary degrees from a number of Canadian universities. In 2009, he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
During a distinguished career in the federal public service, Mr. Dodge held senior positions in the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation, the Anti-Inflation Board, and the Department of Employment and Immigration. After serving in a number of increasingly senior positions at the Department of Finance, including that of G-7 Deputy, he was Deputy Minister of Finance from 1992 to 1997. In that role, he served as a member of the Bank of Canada’s Board of Directors.
In 1998 he was appointed Deputy Minister of Health, a position he held until his appointment as Governor of the Bank of Canada.
Mr. Dodge, appointed Governor of the Bank of Canada, effective 1 February 2001 for a term of seven years, retired on 31 January 2008. From July 2008 to June 2014, he served as Chancellor of Queen’s University. From 2009 to 2015, he was a member of the board of directors of Canadian Utilities Limited, ATCO Limited and the Bank of Nova Scotia.
Mr. Dodge is Senior Advisor at Bennett Jones LLP one of Canada’s leading law firms. He also serves on the board of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, and Chairs the National Council of the C.D. Howe Institute.
Gordon Thiessen, O.C., Former Governor, Bank of Canada
Gordon Thiessen was appointed Governor of the Bank of Canada on 1 February 1994, for a term of seven years, retiring on 31 January 2001.
Mr. Thiessen studied economics at the University of Saskatchewan and received an Honours BA and an MA . He also lectured in economics at the University. Thereafter, he attended the London School of Economics, from which he received his PhD in Economics.
He joined the Bank of Canada in 1963 and worked in both the Research and the Monetary and Financial Analysis Departments of the Bank. Mr. Thiessen spent the period from 1973 to 1975 as a visiting economist at the Reserve Bank of Australia.
In 1996, the government of Sweden awarded Mr. Thiessen the Order of the Polar Star in recognition of the assistance provided by the Bank of Canada to the Swedish central bank. In 1997, Mr. Thiessen received an honourary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Saskatchewan, and in 2001 an honourary Doctor of the University degree from the University of Ottawa. He became an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2003.
In 2002, Mr. Thiessen became the Founding Chair of Canada’s new auditor oversight agency, the Canadian Public Accountability Board. He served in that position until 2008. He has also served on the boards of corporations, a university, and a research organization as well as on a number of investment committees.
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