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Bay, Ontario, where he specializes in public policy and finance, health economics, and economic history. His most recent work examines value for money in health-care spending and the drivers and sustainability of health-care spending; fiscal economic history; and the historical evolution of economic inequality in Canada and internationally. Prof. Di Matteo is a member of the CIHI National Health Expenditure Advisory Panel and a contributor to Fraser Forum, the Fraser Institute’s blog, as well as his own policy blog, Northern Economist 2.0. His op-eds have appeared frequently in many newspapers across Canada including the Globe and Mail, National Post, Financial Post, Toronto Star, Winnipeg Free Press, Waterloo Region Record, and Hamilton Spectator. He has been listed in Canada’s Who’s Who since 1995 and holds a Ph.D. from McMaster University, an M.A. from the University of Western Ontario, and a B.A. from Lakehead University.

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and the Fraser Institute’s Centre for Municipal Studies. He holds an M.A. in Political Science from Wilfrid Laurier University and a Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning from Ryerson University. He conducts research and produces reports on land-use regulations, housing affordability, property taxation, and municipal finance. He also comments frequently (in English and French) on policy issues in these fields, notably through radio and television interviews, panel discussions, public presentations, and blogs and op-eds. His work has been featured in numerous news outlets including the Wall Street Journal, Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Maclean’s, Detroit News, and Financial Post.

Officer for the Business Council of British Columbia, one of the country’s most influential business associations. In that capacity, he directed the Council's work on economic, fiscal, tax, environmental, regulatory, and human capital issues of interest to the province’s business community. Mr. Finlayson previously worked with the Business Council of Canada and two Canadian consulting firms. He holds a master's degree in business from Yale University, undergraduate and MA degrees from UBC, and a post-graduate diploma in economics from the University of London. He received an honorary doctorate from Royal Roads University in 2014. He is the author or co-author of two books and more than 50 published articles, book chapters, and monographs. He is a frequent commentator on economic, business, and public policy issues. His articles have appeared in such newspapers as Business in Vancouver, the Vancouver Sun, the Globe and Mail, and the National Post. Mr. Finlayson served on the Board of Directors of the Bank of Canada from 2007 to 2013.

Public Policy, University of Calgary, and Chair, Aboriginal Futures, at the Frontier Centre for Public Policy.  He received his B.A. from Notre Dame and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Duke University.  He taught political science at the University of Calgary from 1968 until retirement in 2013.  He is the author of many books and articles on topics such as Louis Riel and Metis history, aboriginal rights and land claims, Canadian political parties, political campaigning, and applications of game theory to politics. His books have won six prizes, including the Donner-Canadian Prize for best book of the year in Canadian public policy. He was elected to the Royal Society of Canada in 1996.   Prof. Flanagan has also been a frequent expert witness in litigation over aboriginal and treaty land claims.  In the political realm, he managed Stephen Harper's campaigns for leadership of the Canadian Alliance and the Conservative Party of Canada, the 2004 Conservative national campaign, and the 2012 Wildrose Alberta provincial campaign.

his doctorate at the University of Oxford where he worked on the idea of liberty and personal responsibility as they find expression in English literature. He is interested in the moral foundations of free markets and many other ideas central to understanding and protecting personal freedom (individual rights, private property, rule of law, spontaneous order, decentralization). He was a Fellow with Liberty Fund for three years and was Senior Director of Academic Initiatives at the Institute for Humane Studies in Washington, DC. Since 1997 he has taught at various Oxford Colleges, and lectured at several Universities in North America. In addition to his work with the Fraser Institute, he is active as a consultant and guest lecturer.Jonathan Fortier, Directeur de Libertarianism.org à l'Institut Cato, est titulaire d'une maîtrise en philosophie et d'un doctorat de l'Université d'Oxford, où il a travaillé sur les idées de liberté et de responsabilité personnelle, telles qu'elles ont été traitées dans la littérature en langue anglaise. Il s'intéresse à la moralité du libre marché ainsi qu'à de nombreuses autres idées essentielles à la compréhension et à la protection de la liberté personnelle (droits individuels, propriété privée, primauté du droit, ordre spontané, décentralisation). M. Fortier a été fellow du Liberty Fund pendant trois ans et directeur principal des initiatives universitaires à l'Institute for Humane Studies à Washington D.C. Depuis 1997, il a enseigné dans divers collèges d'Oxford et donné des conférences dans plusieurs universités nord-américaines. En plus de sa collaboration avec l'Institut Fraser, il travaille comme consultant et conférencier.

Texas at Arlington. Prof. Gabel holds a Ph.D. and M.Sc. in economics from the University of Texas (Dallas) and a B.Sc. from Simon Fraser University.  He is an expert in the field of U.S. and Canadian social policy with a particular focus on welfare. His articles have been published widely in journals and newspapers including the Canadian Journal of Economics, Fraser Forum, Vancouver Sun, and National Post.

his Ph.D. from the London School of Economics. Previously, he was assistant professor of economics at King's University College and Bates College. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Montreal.Professor Geloso specializes in the measurement of living standards today and in the distant past. He combines his specialization in economic history with a specialization in political economy in order to explain differences in living standards over time and space. His most recent articles have been published in Public Choice, Explorations in Economic History, European Review of Economic History, Contemporary Economic Policy and Southern Economic Journal. He has also authored opinion articles in the Journal de Montréal, Journal de Québec, National Post, Globe & Mail, Toronto Star, Gazette, Le Devoir, La Presse, Le Soleil, and Huffington Post Québec.