Don Drummond Appointed As C.D. Howe Institute Fellow-in-residence

July 15, 2021 – William Robson, CEO of the C.D. Howe Institute, announces the appointment of Don Drummond as a Fellow-in-Residence.

“Don is remarkable for his achievements as an economist in the public and private sectors, for his energy, and for his commitment to smart, sustainable fiscal policy,” said Robson. “The C.D. Howe Institute is delighted to continue working with him on issues so central to Canada’s future.”

Don Drummond is a Stauffer-Dunning Fellow and Adjunct Professor at the School of Policy Studies at Queen’s University. In 2011-12, he served as Chair for the Commission on the Reform of Ontario’s Public Services. Its final report, released in February 2012, contained nearly four hundred recommendations to provide Ontarians with excellent and affordable public services.

Drummond previously held a series of progressively more senior positions in the areas of economic analysis and forecasting, fiscal policy and tax policy during almost 23 years with Finance Canada. His last three positions were respectively Assistant Deputy Minister of Fiscal Policy and Economic Analysis, Assistant Deputy Minister of Tax Policy & Legislation and most recently, Associate Deputy Minister. In the latter position he was responsible for economic analysis, fiscal policy, tax policy, social policy and federal-provincial relations and coordinated the planning of the annual federal budgets.

He subsequently was Senior Vice President and Chief Economist for the TD Bank (2000-2010), where he took the lead with TD Economics’ work in analyzing and forecasting economic performance in Canada and abroad.  For Canada, this work was conducted at the city, provincial, industrial and national levels. TD Economics also analyzes the key policies which influence economic performance, including monetary and fiscal policies.

He is a graduate of the University of Victoria and holds an M.A. (Economics) from Queen’s University.

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