“Basket Case to World Beater: How Canada Made the Hard Choices to Become Fiscally Sound”
Brian Lee Crowley
Managing Director, Macdonald-Laurier Institute for Public Policy
11:20 a.m. at the Holiday Inn Emerald Beach
Talk will start at 11:50 and go to 12:50
Brian Lee Crowley has a long and distinguished record in the think tank world. He was the founder of the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS) in Halifax, one of the country’s leading regional think tanks. He is a former Salvatori Fellow at the Heritage Foundation in Washington DC and is a Senior Fellow at the Galen Institute in Washington. In addition, he is a member of the "Conseil scientifique" (Research Advisory Board) of l'Institut Turgot (Paris, France); the Research Advisory Board of the Frontier Centre for Public Policy (Winnipeg); and the Nigerian Institute for Public Policy (Lagos, Nigeria). He has headed up the Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) in Ottawa since its inception in March of 2010.
Crowley has published numerous books, including in 2009, Fearful Symmetry: the fall and rise of Canada’s founding values, which quickly found its way onto the Canadian best sellers lists. Most recently, he co-authored MLI’s first book, The Canadian Century; Moving Out of America’s Shadow, which has received widespread acclaim in Canada and the United States.
Crowley co-authored two projects on the Canadian health-care system both of which won the Sir Antony Fisher Award. Other major policy areas where Crowley has taken a leadership role include equalization, Canada-US relations, public school performance and accountability, EI reform, natural resources and public finances, and regional development policy.
From 2006-08 Crowley was the Clifford Clark Visiting Economist with the federal Department of Finance, during which time he worked on a broad range of policy files and redesigned the pre-budget consultation process. He has also headed the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council (APEC), taught politics, economics and philosophy at Dalhousie University, University of Manitoba, University of Winnipeg, le Collège Universitaire de Saint-Boniface, the City of London Polytechnic (UK) and the Université d'été at Aix-en-Provence (France). He has been a constitutional advisor to the governments of Nova Scotia and Manitoba. He has also served as a diplomat for the EEC Commission, an aid administrator for the UN in Africa and an advisor to the Quebec government on parliamentary and electoral.
Crowley is a frequent commentator on political and economic issues across all media. He holds degrees from McGill and the London School of Economics, including a doctorate in political economy from the latter.
The $5.00 discounted price for early registration of $25 for members and active duty military in uniform, $32.50 for non members, and $18 for students, ends at noon Monday, April 25. Normal prices are $5 more. The event will take place at 11:30. All reservations must be pre-paid. For reservations and/or membership information, call 361.241.2018 or mail your check to World Affairs Council, PO Box 260096, Corpus Christi TX 78426. |
