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Joseph E. Stiglitz is an American economist and a professor at Columbia University. He is also the co-chair of the High-Level Expert Group on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress at the OECD, the co-chair of The Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation (ICRICT) and the Chief Economist of the Roosevelt Institute. Stiglitz was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2001. He is a former senior vice president and chief economist of the World Bank and a former member and chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers. Stiglitz founded the Initiative for Policy Dialogue, a think tank on international development based at Columbia University, in 2000. He has been a member of the Columbia faculty since 2001 and received that university’s highest academic rank (University Professor) in 2003. In 2011 Stiglitz was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. In 2024 he was named an Honorary Academician by the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. He is the author of numerous books, including, most recently, The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society.

Mr. Dodge, appointed Governor of the Bank of Canada, effective 1 February 2001 for a term of seven years, retired on 31 January 2008. As Governor, he was Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank.

A native of Toronto, Mr. Dodge received a bachelor’s degree (honours) in economics from Queen’s University, and a PhD in economics from Princeton (1972).

During his academic career, he served as Assistant Professor of Economics at Queen’s University; Associate Professor of Canadian Studies and International Economics at the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University; Senior Fellow in the Faculty of Commerce at the University of British Columbia; and Visiting Professor in the Department of Economics at Simon Fraser University. He also served as Director of the International Economics Program of the Institute for Research on Public Policy.

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, Mr. Dodge was appointed Deputy Minister of Finance in 1992. In that role, he served as a member of the Bank’s Board of Directors until 1997.

In 1998, Mr. Dodge was appointed Deputy Minister of Health, a position he held until his appointment as Governor of the Bank of Canada.

Pedro Antunes is the Chief Economist at The Conference Board of Canada where he provides insights and general direction for economic products, which include reports and economic indicators about Canada, its regions, and sectors. He provides professional testimony before parliamentary and senate committees along with media appearances in both English and French. Pedro is widely sought to speak to industry leaders and decision-makers on a wide range of issues and topics impacting Canadians.

Pedro started his professional career in 1987 with the Canadian forecast team at the Bank of Canada, joining the Board in 1992 as part of the provincial forecast team. Over time, he had responsibility for the economic analysis of different provinces and sectors. He also worked on several international projects to help decision-makers in Tunisia, Morocco, Jordan, and Ukraine develop appropriate forecasting and policy analysis tools. Among other topics, Pedro has researched the impact of Canada’s demographic change on labour markets, the fiscal sustainability of health care, productivity, and long-term economic growth.

Alan Arcand is a member of the National Policy team where he is responsible for developing and executing CME’s major national research projects, conducting CME’s macroeconomic analysis to support the organization across the country, managing our tax policy efforts, and be a leading voice representing the interests of the association and members with government and with the public.

Before joining CME, Alan spent 19 years at The Conference Board of Canada where he held multiple roles, including the Associate Director of the Centre for Municipal Studies. Alan’s background includes expertise in municipal, regional, and national economic matters including economic forecasting and analysis.

Alan has an M.A. in Economics from Queen’s University.

Glen Hodgson has 40 years of experience in global and Canadian macroeconomics, international finance, fiscal policy, and other “big picture” topics.

Glen’s career spanned the Conference Board of Canada, where he was Senior Vice-President and Chief Economist for over a decade; Export Development Canada (EDC); the Canadian Department of Finance; and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington D.C.

His current affiliations include: Senior Fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute; Chief Economist with International Financial Consulting Ltd (IFCL); expert panelist at the Canadian Institute for Climate Choices; and Fellow with the Public Policy Forum. He is a board member of the Veristell Institute, a past president of the Ottawa Economics Association, and was a member of the Ecofiscal Commission.

Recent analysis includes: a UNDP project to develop the first integrated national financial framework for Nigeria; CD Howe Institute research on the governance of Crown corporations, and on the Canadian green bond market; the legislative review of EDC; and aspects of sustainable finance and the economics of climate change.

Glen has co-authored two books and written approx. 450 reports, briefings and articles. He has delivered many presentations to audiences of all types and sizes, and done numerous media interviews via print, TV, radio and social media.

He is a graduate of McGill University, where he was a PhD candidate in economics, and the University of Manitoba.

Rebekah Young is Vice President at Scotiabank Economics, where she provides analysis and commentary on key economic trends shaping Canada’s growth. Her expertise spans a wide range of topics, including fiscal sustainability, the energy transition, housing affordability, immigration, and evolving demographics, all within the context of a rapidly changing global economy.

Previously, she held senior roles at the International Monetary Fund, the Canadian Department of Finance, and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development.

Brett House is Professor of Professional Practice in the Economics Division at Columbia Business School. His research and writing are focused on macroeconomics and international finance, with interests in fiscal issues, monetary policy, international trade, financial crises, and debt markets. His work has been published in peer-reviewed journals and international media.

Professor House is also a Fellow with Canada’s Public Policy Forum and a Senior Fellow with the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy and Massey College. Earlier in his career he held teaching and research positions with McGill University, the Earth Institute at Columbia University, Keble College Oxford, and the University of Cape Town.

Previously, Professor House was Deputy Chief Economist at Scotiabank, Canada’s third-largest and most international universal bank. Earlier, he was Chief Economist at a Toronto-based asset-management start-up and Global Strategist at a New York-based global macro hedge fund. He cut his teeth in financial markets at Goldman Sachs and the World Bank.

In policy-making roles, Professor House was an Economist at the International Monetary Fund for nearly a decade, where he worked on emerging-markets financing. He was also Principal Advisor on Economic Issues in the Office of United Nations Secretary-General during the global financial crisis.

Professor House holds degrees in economics from Queen’s University at Kingston, Ontario, and the University of Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.

Brian Kingston is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’
Association (CVMA). The CVMA represents Canada’s leading manufacturers of light and heavy duty
motor vehicles. Its membership includes Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited, General Motors of
Canada Company, and Stellantis (FCA Canada).
Prior to joining the CVMA, Brian was Vice President of Policy, Fiscal and International, at the Business
Council of Canada where he led the Council’s economic policy priorities and global engagement. From
2009 to 2012 he served in the federal government with positions at the Department of Finance, Global
Affairs Canada, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, the Treasury Board Secretariat,
and the Privy Council Office. Brian is active in the non-profit sector including as past president of the
Ottawa Economics Association and as the current chair of the Banff Forum.
Brian holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Carleton University, a master’s degree in
international affairs from the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs and an MBA from Ivey
Business School.

Marwa is the Senior Research Director at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. Prior to her role at the Chamber, Marwa served as the Advisor to the Minister of International Cooperation of Egypt for Private Sector Engagement where she managed a portfolio of projects totaling USD 3.2 Billion. She also worked directly with and within some of the world’s most renowned multilateral organizations, private sector organizations, and country governments including the World Bank Group, Commonwealth Secretariat, APEC, OECD, Ernst and Young, Nathan Associates and the Asian Development Bank. In addition to leading dozens of capacity and technical assistance projects, consulting on regulatory, legal and policy reforms with these institutions, she has also co-authored a number of publications and working papers.

Karla Cisneros Rosado is a Defence Economist at Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC), part of the Department of National Defence. She is also a Ph.D. candidate in International Affairs, specializing in International Economic Policy, at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA), Carleton University, in Ottawa, Ontario.

Her doctoral research measures the size of the Canada-United States ‘border effect’ in trade from 2000 to 2020. It also examines how the border effect influences international trade flows between Canada and the U.S., as well as the potential factors behind its fluctuations. Additionally, her research breaks down the national border effect by pairing
Canadian provinces and territories with U.S. states to identify regions with higher border effects. She hopes her findings will inform Canadian international trade policy and support Canada’s trade negotiations with the United States.

Karla holds a Master of Arts in Economics, specializing in Financial Economics, from Carleton University and a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) in Economics from Saint Mary’s University. She has co-authored articles, reports, and book chapters on international trade, the impact of state fragility on economic growth an inequality, and strategic foresight, among other topics. She also collaborated with Dr. Yiagadeesen Samy, Director of NPSIA, to develop the economics e-learning curriculum for the Canadian Foreign Service.

Karla is a strong advocate for equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI), and actively contributes as a member of the EDI Committees at DRDC and the Department of National Defence.

Dan Ciuriak is Director and Principal, Ciuriak Consulting Inc. He is also a Fellow in Residence with the C.D. Howe Institute and holds fellowships with the Centre for International Governance Innovation and the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada . Dan’s professional interests include quantitative trade economics (with a particular emphasis on modelling the impacts of trade agreements), the trade and economic implications of the digital transformation, Canada’s Asia Pacific relations, and the economics of development. He has published widely as author and editor. He concluded a 31-year career with the federal public service in 2008 as Deputy Chief Economist at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT).

Eli Berman is the Research Director for International Security Studies at the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC) and a professor of economics at UC San Diego. He also serves as the president of the Economics of National Security Association.

His publications include Proxy Wars (co-authored with David Lake, 2019), Small Wars, Big Data: The Information Revolution in Modern Conflict (co-authored with Jacob N. Shapiro and Joseph H. Felter, 2018), and Radical, Religious, and Violent: The New Economics of Terrorism (2009).

Berman’s research has been supported by grants from the Minerva Research Initiative and the National Science Foundation. He earned his Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University.

Regional Director (Economics),
Bank of Canada

Andrea is a Partner in Utilities Energy Transition and Transformation Strategy at PwC with 15 years of experience. Previously, Andrea acted as the leader of Guidehouse’s Canadian Energy practice. Through her work with clients across North America, Andrea has developed an intimate knowledge of the electricity industry and the challenges relating to the evolution of business models for utilities, energy service companies and system operators which will be required during the transition to a more dynamic, intelligent and distributed future.

She has over 15 years’ experience in the energy industry and her clients have included utilities, governments, and private sector companies. Andrea’s areas of expertise include sustainability and decarbonization, asset management and investment planning, smart grid and grid modernization, transportation electrification, microgrid and renewable energy project assessments, non-wires alternative studies, energy transition strategy and business transformation, conservation and demand management program evaluation, and business case development and market assessment of emerging energy technologies.

Dale Beugin oversees the Climate Institute’s research. He is an expert in environmental policy and economics. Dale has previously worked as both Executive Director and Research Director of Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission, as an independent consultant providing analysis and advice to governments and organizations across Canada and internationally, and as policy advisor with the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy.