SOLD OUT Fall Economic Update

Sponsored by RBC Wealth Management

What to Expect in 2017: Forecast for BC Businesses and Outlook for the Global Economy

Join us November 15^th at Rosewood Hotel Georgia for a lively panel discussion about:

• The outcome of the US Election: How will the outcome of the US Election impact the Canadian and world economy?
• Changes to the housing rules:  What will the new real estate transfer tax in BC and the regulatory changes at the federal level mean for Canada's real estate market and economic growth?
• Impacts of the federal stimulus plan and the expectation for growth in Canada.
• The US economic expansion: How long will it last? 

Date

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Venue

Hotel Georgia
Spanish Ballroom, 2nd Floor
801 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC

Time

11:30 am - 12:00 pm      Registration and Networking 

12:00 pm - 2:00 pm        Panel Discussion and Luncheon 

Cost

Individual Tickets $80.00 + GST

Hosted Tables of 10 with signage $750 + GST 

Panelists

Jock Finlayson

Executive Vice President and Chief Policy Officer 

Business Council of British Columbia

Jock Finlayson is Executive Vice President and Chief Policy Officer at the Business Council of British Columbia.  He directs the Business Council’s work on economic, fiscal, tax, environmental, regulatory and human capital issues. From 2007 to 2013, Jock was a member of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Canada. He is currently a member of the National Statistics Council and sits on the Boards of the Institute for Research on Public Policy and Genome BC.  Jock holds a master’s degree in business from Yale University, undergraduate and M.A. degrees from UBC, and a post-graduate diploma in economics from the University of London. 

Dawn Desjardins

Vice President & Deputy Chief Economist

Royal Bank of Canada

Dawn Desjardins is the Vice President & Deputy Chief Economist at RBC.  She joined the RBC Economics team in January 2006 as a senior economist. She is responsible for macroeconomic and interest rate forecasts for Canada and the U.S.  Previously, Dawn worked as a reporter for Bloomberg Financial News in Toronto covering the Canadian bond and currency markets. She was also the Canadian bond market strategist for a major U.S. bank for ten years. Dawn is a graduate of the University of Toronto.