Let’s Talk Housing
Minister of Families
Children and Social Development
Government of Canada
Lunch and Program: 12:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos
One of the significant challenges facing Greater Vancouver is the deteriorating affordability of housing. In the 2016 Greater Vancouver Economic Scorecard, Vancouver earned a "D" grade in Housing Affordability, coming 15th out of the 17 jurisdictions measured.
While being one of the most desirable places in the world to live, there is increasing concern about what rising housing prices mean for the future of residents and would-be residents who keep our economy moving.
Jean-Yves Duclos, Federal Minister of Families, Children and Social Development and Minister Responsible for the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation, will discuss the federal government's vision to keep housing in Canada's urban centres affordable and accessible for everyone.
Minister Duclos will outline some of the steps the federal government is taking to achieve this vision, including the development of a National Housing Strategy and collaborating with other levels of government to support affordable housing.
About the speaker:
Jean-Yves Duclos was Director of the Department of Economics and a tenured professor at l'Université Laval. As a well-published author, conference speaker, and renowned economics expert, he was often asked to comment on current events in Quebec and Canada.
In addition to his professorial duties, Jean-Yves held and co-founded the Industrial Alliance Research Chair on the Economics of Demographic Change, was President-elect of the Canadian Economics Association, and was a member of the Institut sur le vieillissement et la participation sociale des aînés. He was also Vice-President and Fellow of the Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en analyse des organisations, Senior Fellow of the Fondation pour les études et les recherches sur le développement international and Fellow-in-Residence at the C.D. Howe Institute. Lastly, Jean-Yves is co-founder of the Poverty and Economic Policy Research Network (Partnership for Economic Policy, PEP).
Jean-Yves earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics (First-Class Honours) from the University of Alberta, and his master's and doctoral degrees in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He has been rewarded for relentless hard work with prestigious grants, the Société canadienne de science économique's prix Marcel Dagenais, and the Harry Johnson Award for best paper published in the Canadian Journal of Economics. In 2014, Jean-Yves was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the highest accolade bestowed on Canadian researchers.
