Presentations in conferences and seminars

Economic Outlook and Growth 

Debate - Positive vs Negative Growth : Which Model for Quebec? Is it a Choice ? (in French)

· École d’été de l’Institut du Nouveau Monde, Montréal, August 2013.

Manufacturing Productivity : implications of the Québec Industrial Barometer (in French)

· Unveiling of Québec industrial barometer, organized by Sous-traitance industrielle Québec (STIQ), Montréal, May 2012.

Confidence and Ambitions for All Generations (in French)

· Conference luncheon of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Laval, Laval, November 2011.

The Economy of the Third Millennium: Globalization and the Speed of Change (in French)

· Professional technologists' 2000 Convention 2000, as guest speaker, September 2000.
· Présentation à la réunion des représentants de General Mills (Québec), September 2001.

Quebec's Economic Performance: Are We in the Race? (in French)

· Eco-lunch, UQAM, November 2000.

The State of the Canadian Economy in the 90s: Challenges and Policies for the Short and Medium Term (in French)
· Conférencier invité par le Syndicat international des communications graphiques, local 555, Montréal, November 1990.
 
Regulation of the Financial Markets and Savers' Protection   


Access, Confidence and Supervision of Financial Markets: a Foundation for a Prosperous Economy (in French)
· Cercle de la finance du Québec, Québec, June 2012.

Quebec's Financial Sector and Regulation of the Securities Market (in French and English)
· Guest speaker to the annual dinner of the Board of the Investment Industry Association of Canada (IIAC), Montréal, April 2012.

The Voluntary Retirement Savings Plans (in French)

· Conference and Round Table on The Proposed Pooled Registered Pension Plans - Potential Market Changer, organized by the Investment Products Group,
Fasken Martineau, Montreal, April 2012.

Reassuring and Ensuring Consumers Together : a Shared Responsibility (in French)
· Journée de l’assurance de dommages, organised by the Journal de l’assurance and the Chambre d’assurance de dommages, Montréal, March 2012.

Financial Crisis, Investors' Confidence and Government Actions to Fight Against Financial Crimes (in French)
· 4th annual meeting on Fraud  prevention, organized by the Faculté d’administration of Université de Sherbrooke, Programme de lutte contre la criminalité
financière, Longueuil, March 2012.

Issues Regarding the Future of Financial Markets Regulations: Cooperation, Development and the Faulty Debate on a
Single National Securites Regulator

· Joint Forum of the Financial Markets Regulators, Québec, March 2012.

Reflections on the Protection of the Public in the Fight against Mortgage Fraud (in French)

· Quebec Symposium on Mortgage Fraud, organized by the Canadian Association of Accredited Mortgage Professionals (CAAMP), March 2012.

Public Protection at the Heart of Government Actions : From Ethics to Good Governance, through Financial Literacy (in
French)
· Meeting of the Ordre des administrateurs agréés, Montréal,  January 2012.

In Accordance with the Opinion of the Supreme Court, Quebec will Continue to Assume its Responsibilities in Securities
Market Regulations (in French)
· Synposium on the Supreme Court opinion in the matter of a reference concerning the Federal government's proposed Canadian Securties Act organised by
the Université de Montréal, Montréal,  January 2012.

The Financial Sector at the Heart of Quebec's Interests (in French)

· Rendez-vous 2011 avec l'Autorité des marchés financiers, Montréal, November 2011.

Insurance and Co-ownership: the Importance of Information for Protecting and Empowering consumers (in French)
· Symposium on Insurance and Condominiums, organized by the Regroupement des gestionnaires et des copropriétaires du Québec, Laval, November 2011.

Consumer Protection and Supervision of the Damage Insurance Industry (in French)
· Annual Meeting of the Regroupement des cabinets de courtage d’assurance du Québec, Québec, November 2011.

Better Safe than Sorry through Prevention : a Joint Insurance for Consumers and Insurers in the Face of Climate Change 
(in French)

· Meeting on Climate Change and insurance claims, organized by the Insurance Bureau of Canada, Québec, November 2011.

Compliance in the Financial Ecosystem: a Necessary Evil or an Opportunity?  (in French)
· Symposium organized by the law firm Langlois Kronström Desjardins on Compliance, governance and liability in financial markets, Montréal, September
2011.

The Globalization of Financial Markets and the Stock Market (in French)

· Conference with experts registred in the master's program on financial crimes at the Université de Sherbrooke, Longueuil, June 2011.

The Implementation of a Revised Regulatory Framework for Real Estate Brokerage in Quebec (in French)

· Annual Meeting of the Organisme d’autoréglementation du courtage immobilier du Québec, Brossard, May 2011.

Building Trust in the Financial Sector, Empowering Investors and an Improved Framework against Financial Crimes (in
French)

· Guest speaker to Ghislain Dufour's Business Forum, Montréal, May 2011.

The Importance of Financial Litteracy (in French)
· Journée de l’éducation de l’Autorité des marchés financiers, Montréal, April 2011.

Issues Pertaining to the Supervision of the Financial Sector as a Foundation for Sustainable Economic Growth

· Winter Meeting of l’Autorité des marchés financiers, Québec, February 2011.

Economic Challenges, the Role of Financial Markets, Specific Challenges and Regulatory Developments (in French and
English)

· Guest speaker to the annual dinner of the Board of the Investment Industry Association of Canada (IIAC), Montréal, October 2004.
 
Financial Economics 

Apparent patterns in the Stock Market: Are They Misleading or Profitable? An Assessment of Technical Analysis (avec A.
Mahroug)

· Mathematical Finance Days, in the session Investment Strategies, Montréal, April 2014.
· Annual Meeting of la Société canadienne de sciences économiques, in the session Financial Economics I, Ottawa, May 2014 (Presented in French)
· Annual Meeting of the Canadian Economic Association, in the session Finance -Asset Pricing II,  Vancouver,  May 2014.

The Relationship between a Firm's Social Performance and the Investor's Financial Performance: a theoretical
perspective  (with B. M’Zali and H. Shalchian)

· Annual Meeting of la Société canadienne de sciences économiques, in the session Finance and Investment, Manoir Richelieu, May 2005, (Presented in French
by H. Shalchian).
· Annual Meeting of the Canadian Economic Association, in the session Financial Economics I,  Montréal,  May 2006. (Presented in French by H. Shalchian).

What do Economists Know about Interest Rates and their Future Paths?

· University seminar organized by the J. Fish and Lillian Smith Chair endowment for Free Market Economics, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. January
1999.
Entrepreneurship   

Entrepreneurship ... an Invitation to Stimulate the Determinants of Economic Growth in Depth and in Scope (in French)

· Meeting of the Regroupement des jeunes chambres de commerce du Québec, Laval, June 2012.
To Foster Financial Entrepreneurship (in French)

· 5e Gala des sociétés cotées en Bourse de la région de Québec et de Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, April 2012.

Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship at the Conquest of Global Markets and Innovation in the Corporate Finance
Industry (in French)

· Tables de l’ADRIQ, Montréal, April 2012

Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Venture Capital (in French)

· 21rst Annuel Meeting of Réseau capital -- Québec Venture Capital and Private Equity Association, Montréal, February 2012.

Sowing Prosperity by Cultivating Entrepreneurship among Young People (in French)

· Fall Forum, Une vision commune de l’entrepreneuriat à l’école : osons ensemble pour la réussite des jeunes, Mont-Saint-Anne, November 2011.

Towards a strategy for entrepreneurship in tune with the regions and the entrepreneurs (in French)

· Rendez-vous des élu(e)s, des acteurs économiques et des entrepreneurs de la région de Lanaudière - Entrepreneuriat : Le pouvoir économique des leaders
lanaudois, Joliette, September 2011.

Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Pillars of Economic Prosperity (in French)

· Table InnovAction de l’ADRIQ, Montréal, April 2011.

For an Inclusive Economic Vision Integrating Social Responsibility in Individual and Collective Corporations (in French)

· Symposium of the Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche et d’information sur les entreprises collectives, Montréal, January 2011.

Future Conditions for the Future Development of the Biotechnology Industry in Quebec

· Round Table with industry leaders and government officials on making a future for the bio-economy in Canada, International Bio Conference 2010, Chicago,
May 2010.
 
 
 
International Finance  

What do Economic Theory and Empirical Evidence Have to Say on the Exchange Rate?

· Seminars to the Department's Economic Studies and Policy Analysis Division, Department of Finance Canada, July 2002.
· Seminar, Bank of Canada, October 2002.

Stylized Facts on Interest Rate Differentials, Fiscal and Monetary Variables, and the Business Cycle  (with P. Fenton)

· Éco-lunch, CREFE, UQAM. August 1996.
· International Department Seminar, Bank of Canada. August 1996.
· Joint Conference Bank of Canada-CREFE/UQAM on Interest Rates in Open économies and the Transmission of Business Cycles, Ottawa, April 1997.
(Presented by A. Paquet and P. Fenton).
· Annual Meetings of the Society of Economic Dynamics, Oxford, United Kingdom. July 1997. (Presented by A. Paquet).
· Canadian Macroeconomic Study Group Annual Meeting, in the session "International Money", University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, November 1997.
(Présenté par A.  Paquet).
· Seminar, Wilfrid-Laurier University. April 1998.
· Canadian Economic Association Meeting, in the session Monetary and Fiscal Policy, Université d'Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, May 1998. (Presented by A. 
Paquet).
· 1998 North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society, in the session New Empirical Model in Macroeconomics, UQAM, Montréal, June 1998.
(Presented by A.  Paquet).


Economic Policy and integration of financial markets: what can we learn from the interest rate differentials? (with P. Fenton)
(in French)

· Annual Meeting of the Association des économistes québécois (ASDEQ) on Technological Progress: evolution or revolution?, in the session
The Financial Markets : Are they the New Masters ?, Montréal, May 1997. (Presented by A. Paquet and P. Fenton)

Economic policy and interest rate gap between Canada and the United States  (in French)
· Eco-lunch, UQAM, September 1997.

An Empirical Investigation of the Real Interest Rate Differential Between the Canada and the United States

· Canadian Macroeconomic Study Group Annual Meetings, in the session International Finance, UQAM.  October 1988.
· Seminar, Bank of Canada, February 1988.
· Department Seminar, UQAM, January 1988.
Innovation and Productivity

Positioning Quebec in Information Technology for the Future (in French)
· CEO Vision 12th Forum of the Quebec Technology Association, Mont-Tremblant, February 2012.

Setting the course for growth: innovation, entrepreneurship, strategic alliances and commercialization for the benefit
ofo the aviation industry and Quebec (in French)

· Keynote address at the Annual Meeting of Aéro Montréal, Montréal, April 2011.

Innovation and creativity as keys to prosperity  (in French)
· Annual Meeting of the Association des professionnels en développement économique du Québec (APDEQ), Québec, September 2010.

Quebec's economic growth necessarily involves innovation or the economic context, a challenge to creativity  (in French)

· Colloque Valorisation 2010, organisé par le Centre québécois de valorisation des biotechnologies, Trois-Rivières, September 2010.

Setting the right conditions and incentives for fostering growth in Québec bio-technology sector

· Roundtable with industry leaders and government representatives about the future of the bio-economy in Canada, International Bio Conference 2010,
Chicago, May 2010.

Innovation and commercialization in the ICT : sources of productivity and solutions to compete  (in French)

· Crystal Ball Conference, 2010 edition, organized by the Centre de recherche en informatique de Montréal, Montréal, April 2010.

The economic context: a challenge to creativity (in French)
· Conference luncheon of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Laval, Laval, May 2009.

Productivity & Innovation: is Quebec in the race? (in French)

· General Council of the Quebec Liberal Party, Laval, June 2002.

The Canada-US Productivity Gap (in French)

· Annual Meeting of the Société canadienne de sciences économiques, Panel, Aylmer, May 2002.
 
Macroeconomics and Business Cycles 

What Has the U.S. Phillips Curve Been Up To?  (with Y. Fauvel and A. Guay)

· Bank of Canada Workshop on the Phillips Curve, Banque du Canada, Ottawa, août 2002.
· Journées du CIRPEE, dans la session Macroéconomie II, Montréal, November 2002.

Symposium on Applied Macroeconomics: What's New in theTheory of the business cycles (in French)
· Round table between researchers from the Bank of Canada and from universities,  Bank of Canada, Montréal, June 2002.

Qu’est-il arrivé à la courbe de Phillips aux États-Unis? (with Y. Fauvel and A. Guay)  (in French)
· Annual Meeting of the Société canadienne de sciences économiques, in the session Monetary Policy and Inflation, Aylmer, May 2002.

Recent Developments in macroeconomic theory (in French)

· Annual Meeting of the Société canadienne de sciences économiques, panel on Macroeconomic Developments, Hull, May 1999.

Asymmetric Effects of Monetary Policy Evidence from the Yield Curve (with Tiff Macklem and Louis Phaneuf)

· Annual Meeting of the Société suisse de statistique et d'économie on Monetary Policy at the Dawn of the 21rst Century, Lucerne, March 1997. (Presented by
A. Paquet).
· IMF Research Department Seminar, Washington, May 1996.  (Presented by T. Macklem).
· Bank of Canada Inter-Departmental Seminar, mai 1996. (Presented by T. Macklem).
· Conférence conjointe Banque du Canada-CREFÉ/UQAM -- Joint Conference Bank of Canada-CREFE/UQAM sur les Méthodes nouvelles de l'impact de la
politique monétaire au Canada et aux États-Unis (New Approaches in the Estimation of Monetary Policy Effects in Canada and the U.S.), Montréal, avril 1996.
(Presented by L. Phaneuf).
· Canadian Macroeconomic Study Group Annual Meeting, dans la session Empirical Studies on Monetary Policy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver,
British Columbia, octobre 1996. (Presented by T. Macklem).

Issues on the Measurement of the Solow Residual and the Testing of its Exogeneity: A Tale of Two Countries  (with B.
Robidoux)

· Macroeconomics Seminar, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada. March 1995.
· Brown Bag Lunch Seminar, Bank of Canada. March 1995.
· Éco-lunch, RCEEF, UQAM. January 1995.
· Seminar, Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. December 1994.
· Annual Meeting of the Société canadienne de Sciences économiques, in the session Croissance. Lac Delage. May 1995.
· Annual Meeting of the Canadian Economic Association, in the session Measurement of Productivity. UQAM.  June 1995.
· Seminar, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, sponsored by the J. Fish and Lillian Smith Chair endowment for Free Market Economics. January 1999.
· Symposium on Theories and Methods in macroeconomics, in the session Internation Comparisons, Montréal.  May 1999.

Stochastic Depreciation and the Business Cycle (with S. Ambler)

· Montreal Workshop in Econometrics, UQAM. May 1993.
· Annual Meeting of the Société canadienne de sciences économiques, in the session Macroeconomics I, UQAM. May 1993.
· Seminar in macroeconomics, Queen's University. November 1992. (Presented by S. Ambler).

The Contribution of Monetary and Real Factors to Output Growth: Evidence for a Balanced View (with L. Phaneuf)

· Montreal Workshop in Macroeconomics, McGill University. December 1992.
 
Forecasting Modeling

Short-term Forecasting of National and Provincial Employment in Canada (with Y. Fauvel and C. Zimmermann)

· Seminar to the General division on Applied Research, Strategy and Policy, Human Resouces Development Canada. April 1999.
· Annual Meeting of the Société canadienne de sciences économiques, in the session Macroeconomics, Hull, May 1999. (Presented by A. Paquet).

A Survey of Econometric Forecasting Methods with Applications to Interest Rates (with Y. Fauvel and C. Zimmermann) (in French)

· Research Seminar, Department of Economics, Université de Montréal, November 1998. (Presented by A. Paquet).

A synthetic leading indicator of the Canadian economy based on  Stock and Watson's method (with L. Bergeron and Yvon Fauvel)
(in French)

· Annual Meeting of the Canadian Economic Association, in the session Economic Forecasting. UQAM. June 1995.
(Presented by L. Bergeron). 
 
Fiscal Policy : Government Spendings and Taxation  

Revoir la fiscalité: pour favoriser durablement la croissance et l’équité (in French)
· Forum Ideas for Québec, the Plenary Session on Taxation: Fostering Growth and Social Justice, Saint-Lambert, August 2013.

Perspective on the 2013 Québec Government Budget and Quebec's Public Finance: From an Economy of means to an
Economy of Results versus Economic means Geared towards Economic results

· Guest speaker to a conference organized by the Association des étudiants en sciences économiques de l'UQAM, Montréal.  November 2012. (in French)
· Guest speaker in Russell Copeman's course POLI 367 Quebec Public Administration, Concordia University, Montréal.  Novembre 2012. (in English)

Economy, Taxation and Politics: the Quest for Optimality (in French)

· Symposium on Consumption taxes : issues, perception and perspective, organized by ASDEQ-Montréal and the Chaire de recherche en fiscalité et en finances
publiques de l’Université de  Sherbrooke, March 2011.

The tax on Capital : a Tax to Get Rid of ? (in French)

· Association de planification fiscale et financière (APFF), Symposium on ‘The tax on capital : where are we?’, Québec et Montréal, February 2003.


The 2003 Federal Budget: Why and What Should the Provinces Hope For?

· C.D. Howe Institute Policy Meeting on ‘The 2004 Federal Budget: Problems and Priorities - Provincial Fiscal Issues’, Toronto, janvier 2003.

How to Explain the Macroeconomic Effects of War? (with L. Phaneuf et N. Rebei) (in French)
· Journées du CIRPÉE, in the session Macroéconomie I, Montréal, November 2002 (Presented by L. Phaneuf).

The Effects of Fiscal Policy: the Role of Imperfect Competition and Nominal Rigidities? (in French)
(with L. Phaneuf and N. Rebei)

· Annual Meeting of the Société canadienne de sciences économiques, in the session Dynamic General Equilibrium and Money, Aylmer, May 2002 (Presented
by L. Phaneuf).

Fiscal Policy and Macroeconomic Stability in a Business Cycle Model with Nominal Wage Rigidities (with L. Phaneuf and N.
Rebei) (in French)

· Annual Meeting of the Société canadienne de sciences économiques, in the session Macroeconomics Policy Analysis 2, Montréal, May 2000. (Presented by N.
Rebei).

Evaluation and Interprovincial Comparison of Effective Tax Rates in Canada from 1961 to 1995  (with M.-O. Charbonneau)  (in
French)

· Annual Meeting of the  Société canadienne de sciences économiques, in the session Macroeconomics, Québec, May 1998. (Presented by A. Paquet).

Government Spending and Proportional Taxes in Real Business Cycle Models

· Séminaire, Division des études économiques et de l'analyse des politiques, Ministère des finances, Gouvernement du Canada, Ottawa. June 1994.
· Séminaire, Département des sciences économiques & CREFÉ, UQAM. November 1995. (in French)

Fiscal Spending Shocks, Endogenous Government Spending and Real Business Cycles  (with S. Ambler)

· Conférence sur les modèles du cycle économique, organisé par le CREFÉ, UQAM, Montréal. May 1993.

Brief of the Consumers' Association of Quebec on the State of Quebec Public Finance (in French)

· Hearings of the Standing Committee on Public Finance, Québec National Assembly. Québec. February 1993.

The Government as Engine of Growth and of Cyclical Fluctuations (with S. Ambler)

· Conférence-midi du CERPÉ.  March 1992.
· Canadian Economic Association Meetings, dans la session Business Cycles I, Queen's University. June 1991.
· Society for Economic Dynamics and Control, Capri, Italy. June 1991. (Presented by S. Ambler)

Fiscal Spending Shocks, Real Business Cycles and Stabilization Policies (with S. Ambler)

· Canadian Macroeconomic Study Group Annual Meetings, dans la session Real Business Cycle Models, University of British Columbia, October 1990.
· Séminaire T.I. Matuszewski, Université Laval. October 1990.
· European Economic Association Meetings, dans la session Fiscal Policy in Open Économies, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, August 1990.
· Canadian Economic Association Meetings, dans la session Business Cycles. University of Victoria, June 1990.
· Congrès de la Société canadienne de sciences économiques, dans la session Politique de stabilisation, Gray Rocks, mai 1990.
· Journées de l'optimisation GERAD, École des HEC, Montréal, May 1990. (Presented by S. Ambler).

Brief of the Consumers' Association of Quebec on the Effects of the GST on Prices and the Role of the Consumers
Information Bureau (in French)

· Hearings of the Standing Committee on Consumer and Corporate Affairs and Government Operations of the House of Commons. Ottawa. May 1990.

The impact of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) for consumers. (in French)

· Guest Speaker to the Orientation Meeting of the Quebec Consumers' Association. Drummondville. September 1989.

Optimal Fiscal Policy and Time-Consistency in an Economy with Public Investment

· Conférence-midi du CERPÉ, UQAM, August 1989.
· Economic Department Seminar, Université Laval, February 1988.
· Economic Department Seminar, Texas A&M University, January 1988.
· Economic Department Seminar, Université de Montréal, November 1987.
 
Fiscal Policy : Public Debt 

Quebec's Public Finance in 2014: Challenges, Opportunities and Decisions (in French)


· Les rencontres Maîtres chez vous de Force Jeunesse, dans le panel Finances publiques: Les jeunes Québécois sont-ils assis sur une bombe budgétaire?,
Montréal, février 2014.


Can the Choice of Currency Matter when Issuing Federal Debt Instruments : Suggestions from the Management of
Federal Debt between 1972 and 2001  (with B. M’Zali and H. Shalchian) (in French)

· Annual Meeting of the Société canadienne de sciences économiques, in the session Dette publique et politique budgétaire, Aylmer, May 2002 (Presented by
H. Shalchian).
· Annual Meeting of the Canadian Economic Association, Calgary, June 2002. (Presented by H. Shalchian).

Comparative assessment of the public finances of federal and provincial governments in Canada (in French)

· Conférence-midi du CREFÉ, December 1996.

How to dispose of federal budget surpluses to come? (in French)

·   Eco-lunch, UQAM, debate organized by the Association des étudiants en économique. Participants: Pierre Fortin, Alain Paquet et Ruth Rose, UQAM, October
1997.

The situation of the federal budget deficit( in French)
· Eco-lunch, UQAM, debate organized by the Association des étudiants en économique. Participants: Pierre Fortin et  Alain Paquet, UQAM, February 1994.
 
Monetary Policy 

Renovation of a central bank in Madagascar (in French)

· Eco-lunch, UQAM, March 2000.

Seminar on the orientations and the conduct of monetary policy in Madagascar II (with members of the Operational Liaison
Committee):

· Seminar to the Governor, the Monetary Committee and the Liaison Committee operating the Central Bank of Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar,
February 2000.

Seminar on  the orientations and the conduct of monetary policy in Madagascar I" (with members of the Operational Liaison
Committee):

· Seminar to the Governor, the Monetary Committee and the Liaison Committee operating the Central Bank of Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar, August
1999.

Reflections on Money's Place in Monetary Policy : A Discussion on McPhail's (1999) "Broad Money : A Guide for Monetary
Policy ?

· Conference on Money, Monetary Policy and Transmission Mechanisms, Bank of Canada, Ottawa, November 1999.

Impact of Inflation Uncertainty on Relative Price Dispersion in Canada (with A.-C. Duval) (in French)

· Annual Meeting of the Société canadienne de sciences économiques, in the session Macroeconomic Indicators, Hull, May 1999. (Presented by A.-C. Duval).

Outlook on monetary policy: reflections from anchor points of economic theory (in French)

· Seminar for the Governor, the Comité Monétaire and the Comité de Liaison Opérationnelle de la Banque Centrale de Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar,
May 1997.
· Conférence-midi du CREFÉ, June 1997.

Monetary policy and economic activity: evolution of facts and ideas in Canada from 1971 to 1993

· Symposium of Quebec CEGEPS professors on the Economic Outlook and the Evolution of Economic Ideas, Collège André-Laurendeau.  May 1993.

Inflation Uncertainty and the Cost of Inflation (avec P. Ouellette)

· Montreal Workshop in Econometrics, Université de Montréal.  September 1992.
· Annual Meeting of the Société canadienne de sciences économiques, in the session Macroeconomics III, Orford.  May 1992.
· Canadian Macroeconomic Study Group Annual Meetings, in the session Money and Finance, University of Waterloo. October 1991.

Cointegration and the Demand for M2 and M2+ in Canada (with S. Ambler)

· Conférence-midi du CERPÉ, UQAM. July 1990.
· Monetary Seminar 90, in the session on Money Demand, Bank of Canada. May 1990.


On the Level and Variability of Inflation: An Empirical Assessment

· Department Seminar, Université de Sherbrooke.  November 1989.
· Canadian Economic Association Meetings, dans la session Macroeconomic Policy Issues, Université Laval.  June 1989.
· Montreal Workshop in Econometrics, Université de Montréal. June 1989.
 
Other Topics

Facing the Future: Challenges and Opportunities for the Quebec Economy in Canada (in French)

· LPC biennial Convention, in the panel  Quebec in 2017,  Montréal, February 2014.

The Duty and Opportunity to Grow Sustainability Out of Inequalities both Individually and in Aggregate (in French)

· Les rencontres Maîtres chez vous de Force Jeunesse, in a panel on Economic Inequalities: How to Reduce the Gap?,  Montréal, March 2013.

An Economist's Experience : a Single Destination with a Diverse Career Path (in French)

· Guest Speaker in the course  ECO1003 Expériences de carrières en économique taught by Professor Claude Felteau , Montréal,  November 2012 and February
2013.

Promoting Ideas and Projects: No Matter How, Principles and Practice of Government Relations (in French)

· Symposium of the Canadian Society of Association Executives,  Québec division, Panel on the Administration and the Politics : Similar or Different
Approaches, Montréal, November 2012.

Representative democracy and the role of an MNA - a multi-dimensionals task (in French)

· Guest Speaker in a Political Seminar taught by Professor Louis Massicotte, Université Laval, Québec , October 2010.

To Valorize Democratic Institutions and the Media Situation in Quebec (in French)

· Annual Meeting of the Youth Commission of the Quebec Liberal Party on "Renewed democracy for a committed generation", Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures,
August 2010.

A well done home inspection, a sound foundation for a valued transaction (in French)

· Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Home and Property Inspectors, Montréal, October 2009.

Should we Fund a New Baseball Stadium for the Expos with Public Funds? (in French)

· Éco-lunch, UQAM, debate organized by the Association des étudiants en économique. Participants: Alain Guay, Nicolas Marceau, Phil Merrigan and Alain
Paquet UQAM, November 1997.

Brief of the Consumers' Association of Quebec on Bell-Canada's request for a general increase in Rates  (in French)

· Testimony in the intervener's final argument, National hearings of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Ottawa. June
1993.

Brief of the Consumers' Association of Quebec on  Bill C-91, an Act to amend the Patent Act (for pharmaceutical
products) (in French)

· Testimony in front of the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce Comparution, Ottawa. January 1993.


Competitiveness of the agri-food sector and economic value for consumers: the partners' involvement in the future (in
French)

· Meeting of the Conférence internationale des directeurs et doyens des établissements supérieurs d'expression française des sciences de l'agriculture et de
l'alimentation (CIDEFA), Québec. August 1992.

Brief of the Consumers' Association of Quebec Regarding the Introduction of Competition in the Long-Distance Industry
(in French)

· Testimony at the formal national hearings of the CRTC, Ottawa. June 1991.

Brief of the Consumers' Association of Quebec on the Introduction of Competition in Long-Distance Calls in Canada

· Testimony at the informal national hearings of the CRTC, Ottawa.  March 1991.
 

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