Dr. Stephen Tapp

Dr. Stephen Tapp is the CEO and Chief Economist at the Centre for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS). Established in 1995, CSLS is a national, independent, non-profit research organization focused on enhancing understanding of productivity, living standards and economic well-being. Stephen was previously the Chief Economist and SVP of Research, Data and Analytics at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. In that role, he successfully launched and managed the Business Data Lab as well as economic analysis and research, and was a key member of the executive leadership team. Stephen is currently the President of the Canadian Association for Business Economics and a member of the Canadian Statistics Advisory Council. He has 25 years of diverse experience at many of Canada's top economic organizations including at: Export Development Canada as the Deputy Chief Economist, the Bank of Canada, Parliamentary Budget Office, Finance Canada, academia as well as think tanks such as the Institute for Research on Public Policy and the C.D. Howe Institute. Stephen's research was awarded the Purvis prize for Canadian economic policy and has been published in academic journals, including the Canadian Journal of Economics and Canadian Public Policy. He has a Ph.D. and M.A. in Economics from Queen's University and an Honours B.A. in Economics with Distinction from Western University.

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