[Preceded by Dinner on Tuesday, 23 March 2010, 18:00 - 20:00]

March 23-24, 2010
Fairmont Château Laurier, 1 Rideau St., Ottawa

Sponsored by:
The Ottawa Economics Association (OEA)
The Canadian Association for Business Economics (CABE)

 
The Future is Now
Facing Canada’s Looming Challenges

The Ottawa Economics Association and the Canadian Association for Business Economics will hold their annual Spring Policy Conference on March 23 (evening) and March 24 (full day) at the Fairmont Château Laurier in Ottawa.

With governments having responded both creatively and aggressively to the global financial crisis and the subsequent recession, the world and Canadian economies are now experiencing the early months of a tentative recovery. As this recovery takes hold, and private-sector activity gradually returns, governments will need to withdraw their monetary and fiscal stimulus. They must then begin preparing for their next economic challenges.

This year’s policy conference will explore the most important long-run economic challenges that we face as a nation, and the need to begin planning for these challenges now. Some of these challenges have been recognized before, but were temporarily set aside while governments dealt with the urgency of the financial crisis. Others have never yet taken their appropriate place on Canada’s public agenda.

Our speakers will help us to identify the long-run challenges that matter most for the economic well-being of Canadians over the coming decades. They will explain why the complexity of the challenges argues for their placement on the current policy agenda, thus giving Canada’s policy makers sufficient time to design the most appropriate policy responses. Finally, our speakers will provide their sense of which policy approaches are likely to be the most fruitful in addressing these challenges.

This year’s conference will once again bring together some of Canada’s best economic minds and most engaging speakers to help us think through these crucial issues for our collective economic future. 

Conference Program

Dinner – Tuesday, March 23 (Ballroom)

5:30 pm          
Registration desk opens

6:00 pm – 7:00 pm      
Reception

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm      
Dinner — Speaker:
Don Drummond (Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, TD Bank),
“What Next to Address Canada’s Appalling Productivity Record?”

Speaker Sessions - Wednesday, March 24 (Ballroom)

7:30 am – 8:00 am       
Registration & continental breakfast

8:00 am                       
Opening Remarks (OEA President/CABE Executive)

8:10 am – 9:00 am
“Global Economic Recovery and the Demand for Resources: In a Strait Jacket?”        
Peter Hall  (Vice President and Chief Economist, Export Development Canada)

9:05 am – 9:55 am
“The Retirement Income System: What We Now Know from Research as a Guide to Policy"
Jack Mintz  (Palmer Chair in Public Policy, University of Calgary) 

10:00 am – 10:30 am    Coffee break (and hotel check-out)

10: 30 am – 11:20 am  
“Canada’s Looming Demographic Fiscal Squeeze”
Christopher Ragan (Clifford Clark Visiting Economist, Finance Canada, and Department of Economics, McGill University)

11:25 am – 12:15 pm  
“Lessons From The Restructuring of Canada’s Automotive Sector”
Paul Boothe (Senior Associate DM, Industry Canada)

12:15 – 2:00 pm          
Luncheon – KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Mark Carney - Governor of the Bank of Canada 
(Luncheon Address – Adam Room)

2:10 pm – 3:00 pm
“Triple Threat: Household Debt, Income Inequality, and Economic Insecurity”
Armine Yalnizyan  (Senior Economist, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives) 

3:05 pm – 3:55 pm      
“The Road Ahead: Two Steps Forward or One Step Back?”
Brian Lee Crowley  (Managing Director, Macdonald-Laurier Institute)

4:00 pm           
Concluding remarks and thanks — Christopher Ragan

4:15 pm – 5:30 pm      
Conference wind-up reception

REGISTRATION:

See pricing and method of payment options below.  When registering, please include name, organization, address, phone, fax and email information as well as any special dietary. Pricing: prices include all meals during the conference.

PRICE: 

OEA/CABE MEMBERS:          $495.00 (plus GST $519.75)
NON-MEMBERS:                    $595.00 (plus GST $624.75)

METHOD OF PAYMENT:

Credit card: For registration by credit card payment go to www.cabe.ca (on homepage see CABE Store and click on “OEA Events” or  “Main Store” then “CABE Events”) A link is provided below: https://www.cabe.ca/jmv1/index.php?option=com_kstore&task=listitems&Itemid=365&cat_id=7

Invoice: Provide P.O. and invoicing instructions. A $25.00 fee will apply. Invoice requests can be emailed to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or faxed to 613-238-7698 marked  “OEA/CABE Spring Policy Conference”.  Payment due in 45 days.

Cheque: Make payable to the “Ottawa Economics Association” and mail to:

OEA/CABE Spring Policy Conference
P.O. Box 828, Station B
Ottawa, Ontario   K1P 5P9

Registration form available by clicking on the following link: http://www.cabe.ca/jmv1/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=644&Itemid

Cancellation Policy:  Cancellations must be received in writing prior to March 2, 2010 to be eligible for a refund. A service charge of $50.00 will apply. Substitutions allowed.

Hotel Accommodation: For those requiring a room at the Fairmont Château Laurier, call 1-800-441-1414 quoting “OEA/CABE Spring Policy Conference” to get conference rate of $189 per night. (Note: rooms are separate from registration price).

OEA/CABE Spring Policy Conference

P.O. Box 828, Station B

Ottawa  ON   K1P 5P9

Tel - CABE Secretariat: 613-238-4831

Fax: 613-238-7698

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Web: www.cabe.ca