Speeches

• March 11, 1999

  Then and now: the change in views on the role of monetary policy since the Porter Commission

  Lecture Gordon Thiessen C.D. Howe Institute Toronto, Ontario

  Tony Hampson made a number of outstanding contributions to Canadian public life as well as having a successful business career. Many in this audience will be familiar with the fact that for a number of years he was Chairman of the C.D. Howe Institute's Policy Analysis Committee.

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• January 20, 1999

  The euro: Its economic implications and its lessons for Canada

  Remarks Gordon Thiessen Canadian Club of Ottawa Ottawa, Ontario

  We have just witnessed the dawn of a new era in Europe. Beginning this month, 11 of the 15 member countries of the European Union have joined in a currency union. And they are using the euro as their common currency. The currency union is yet another step on the road to greater economic, social, and political integration in Europe - a vision some 50 years in the making.

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