OECD Economic Survey of Canada Release

The C.D. Howe Institute and the Institute for Competitiveness & Prosperity are pleased to present the Toronto release of the

OECD Economic Survey of Canada

Join us for a presentation of the 2008 report by its authors

Alexandra Bibbee, Head of Canada Desk, OECD
Alexandra Iwanchuk Bibbee is a senior economist at the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, an inter-governmental organization comprising 30 mainly industrialised nations committed to democracy and the market economy. She has been a staff member of the Economics Department since 1990, having worked in the balance of payments, fiscal affairs and general economic assessment policy areas and on the country desks for Germany, Austria, Turkey, Italy, and Norway. She currently serves as head of desk for Canada and New Zealand. Before coming to the OECD Alexandra held positions at the International Monetary Fund and the US Treasury. She has a B.A. from Kent State University (Ohio) and a PhD from the University of Wisconsin – Madison (1988).

Peter Jarrett, Head of Country Studies, OECD
Peter Jarrett is a senior official of the Paris-based Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development, an inter-governmental organisation comprising 30 mainly industrialised nations whose goal is to provide members with policy advice in every area except justice, culture and defense. He has been a staff member of the Economics Department since 1985. He began as an expert in supply-side econometric modeling before heading a series of country desks, notably those of France, Belgium/Luxembourg, Portugal, the United States, Iceland, Japan and Ireland. Since 1999 he has headed a Country Studies division that has comprised a variety of member and non-member countries. Currently his stable includes Canada, New Zealand, France, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, Indonesia, Brazil and Israel. Before coming to the OECD Peter spent over five years working in the Research Department of the Bank of Canada. He holds a BA from the University of Toronto (Victoria) and a PhD from Harvard (1979).

They will be joined by a panel of observers of the Canadian economy with opportunities for audience involvement.

Panel details:

Andrew Heintzman, President and Co-founder of Investeco Capital

Andrea Mandel-Campbell, Author and Journalist

James Milway, Executive Director of the Institute for Competitiveness & Prosperity

William B.P. Robson, President and Chief Executive Officer of C.D. Howe Institute

No charge for this event, but space is limited.