"Al's expertise and experience with respect to provincial finance and intergovernmental transfers make him a tremendous asset to the Institute’s fiscal policy research...”
August 31, 2015 – William Robson, President and CEO of the C.D. Howe Institute, announces the re-appointment of Al O’Brien, former Deputy Provincial Treasurer of the Province of Alberta, as a Senior Fellow.
"Al's expertise and experience with respect to provincial finance and intergovernmental transfers make him a tremendous asset to the Institute’s fiscal policy research,” remarked Robson. “We are glad to continue an association that has been so valuable to our work in this area.”
Al O’Brien retired as Deputy Provincial Treasurer in May 1999, after a distinguished 35-year career in the Alberta Public Service. He was awarded the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Exceptional Achievement and Distinctive Leadership in Public Administration in Alberta in 1998.
Al is a Fellow of the Institute for Public Economics, University of Alberta, and a former member of the Advisory Council of the Institute of Intergovernmental Relations at Queen’s University.
In November 2007 he was granted an Honorary Doctor of Laws by the University of Alberta, and in October 2008 he was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada. In June 2010 he was made an Honorary Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta.
He received his honours degree in Economics from the University of Alberta in 1964 and his Masters Degree in 1969.
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