Mr Thiessen discusses the change in views on the role of monetary policy since the Porter Commission Text of the Tony Hampson Memorial Lecture by Gordon G Thiessen, Governor of the Bank of Canada, at the C D Howe Institute, Toronto, Ontario, on 11 March 1999.
A. TONY HAMPSON AND THE PORTER COMMISSION Tony Hampson made a number of outstanding contributions to Canadian public life as well as having a successful business career. Many in this audience will be familiar with the fact that for a number of years he was Chairman of the C.D. Howe Institute’s Policy Analysis Committee.