Marie-France Paquet
Chief Economist and Director General Trade Analysis Bureau, Global Affairs CanadaMarie-France Paquet leads a team of analysts in reporting and advising on international trade, investment and economic issues. Current economic research and analysis projects include the impact of trade agreements on labour and gender, the determinants of export for SMEs, the impact of the Trade Commissioner Services on Canadian exporters’ performance, the impact of foreign direct investment on the economy, the vulnerability of Canadian supply chains, and the impact of COVID-19 on trade.
She has taught economics at the School of Management at the University of Ottawa, and has held several positions in the federal government of Canada. Dr. Paquet was the Director of Operations, Economic and Regional Development Policy Secretariat at the Privy Council Office, providing policy advice to the Clerk of the Privy Council and the Prime Minister on a wide range of economic and regional development issues.
She also worked at Transport Canada on the coordination of the policy response to the Lac-Mégantic tragedy. Dr. Paquet received her PhD in Econometrics from Université Laval jointly with Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne.