David Dodge

David Dodge is chancellor emeritus of Queen’s University and a senior adviser at Bennett Jones LLP. He held senior positions in the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation, the Anti-Inflation Board and the Department of Employment and Immigration. After serving in the Department of Finance Canada, including as G7 deputy, he was deputy minister of finance from 1992 to 1997. In 1998, Dodge was appointed deputy minister of health, a position he held until his appointment as governor of the Bank of Canada in 2001, a position he held until 2008.

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Economic performance and policy during the Harper years

How did the Canadian economy perform during the Harper government years, what factors drove this performance, and what role did Harper government policies play in achieving broad economic objectives? In this chapter, we first compare …

Federal-provincial fiscal arrangements: Thinking outside the box

Section 36 (1) of the Constitution Act, 1982, commits all governments and legislatures to “promote equal opportunities,” “further economic development to reduce disparity” and “provide essential public services of reasonable quality to all Canadians.” Section …

The confidence dividend in monetary policy

The year 2003 could well be named ”œThe Year of the Shocks.” There was the war in Iraq, which is still being played out. The worldwide outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) was a …