Officer of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: October 25, 2007
• Invested on: December 12, 2008

Through a distinguished and varied career, David Dodge has demonstrated intelligent leadership in the areas of Canadian economic and monetary policy. A former professor of economics and deputy minister of finance, he was one of the principal architects of Canada's current fiscal and monetary policies. As an outspoken and forthright governor of the Bank of Canada, he was known for his calm guidance through otherwise turbulent times, and for his efforts to clearly and directly communicate the Bank's policies and other economic issues to the Canadian public.