Panel Discussion: Canadian Economic Outlook Update
Canada's future economic landscape is expected to be influenced by slowing global economic growth with trade tensions impacting businesses’ investment decisions and households’ purchasing power; the process of ratification of the new NAFTA deal; slower job growth; a struggling oil and gas sector; and a vulnerable housing market. Our annual and highly popular economic panel exchange promises to be engaging by focusing on an in-depth analysis of the current key economic drivers including a discussion of global factors which will affect near term forecasts.
Moderator:
Stevan Dostanic
Assistant Treasurer, Shopify
Stevan Dostanic is the Assistant Treasurer at Shopify, where he oversees banking, cash flow forecasting, liquidity and the investment program. Prior to joining Shopify, he held the position of Senior Investment Officer at the City of Ottawa where he was responsible for the City’s investment program and for the management of a $1.5B Canadian bond portfolio, in addition to acting as Chair of the OC Transpo Pension Plan Advisory Committee. He also had stops at MD Financial, Export Development Canada, and the Federal Government. This is in addition to founding Astrolabe Financial Group, a Fee-for-Service and financial education organization. He has served in the past as the Treasurer of CFA Society Ottawa, and is currently in his fourth year as a board member of the Ottawa Chapter of the Association for Financial Professionals.
Stevan Dostanic graduated from Concordia University with a Bachelor of Commerce and holds the CFA® charter, awarded by the CFA® Institute.
Panel Participants:
Peter Hall
Vice-President and Chief Economist, Export Development Canada
Peter Hall joined Export Development Canada (EDC) in November 2004. With over 25 years of experience in economic analysis and forecasting, Mr. Hall is responsible for overseeing EDC’s economic analysis, country risk assessment and corporate research groups. In addition to preparing strategic advice for senior management at EDC, Mr. Hall is a featured speaker at conferences, international roundtables and policy fora, and regularly appears in television, radio and print media commenting on the world economy and Canadian international trade issues. He produces a widely circulated print and video weekly commentary covering an eclectic range of current global economic issues.
Prior to joining EDC, Mr. Hall directed the economic forecasting activities of the Conference Board of Canada. Mr. Hall has served as President of both the Canadian Association for Business Economics, a 600-member national association of professional economists, and its largest local chapter, the Ottawa Economics Association. He has also been a volunteer board and committee member for two Ottawa area private schools. Mr. Hall has degrees in Economics from both Carleton University and the University of Toronto.
Ian Lee
Associate Professor, Sprott School of Business, Carleton University
Ian Lee graduated with his PhD in Public Policy at Carleton University in 1989 and has been with the Sprott School of Business since 1988. Dr. Lee has taught and researched business strategy and public policy since 1988. His research interests are focused on the intersection of business strategy and public policy including trade agreements, taxation, regulation, privatization, government deficits and specific sectors such as oil and gas.
Ian Lee is a frequent media analyst on the impact of federal public policies on business and the economy on CTV, Global, CBC and talk radio including appearances on CFRA and Sirius National Post Radio. Dr. Lee has published over 25 Op-Eds and appeared several times before House of Commons & Senate Committees since 2008.
Dr. Lee is a member of the Carleton University Board of Governors. He has also been a member of the Sprott School MBA Committee, Carleton University EURUS Advisory Board and the Carleton University Graduate Appeal Committee since 2010.
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