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David Allison Dodge is a Canadian economist. He served a seven-year term as Governor of the Bank of Canada from February 1, 2001 to January 31, 2008. He was succeeded by Mark Carney. On September 12, 2008, he joined Bennett Jones LLP, a leading Canadian law firm, as a senior advisor in their Ottawa office. On May 2, 2008, he was elected as incoming chancellor of Queen's University, with that position to begin on July 1, 2008. Dodge served a three-year term as Queen's chancellor, and accepted a further three-year term beginning on July 1, 2011.

Dodge co-chairs the Global Market Monitoring Group of the Institute of International Finance, is chairman of the board of directors of the C.D. Howe Institute and the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. and is a member of the board of directors of Canadian Utilities Limited. Wikipedia  

✵ 8. June 1943
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David A. Dodge Quotes

“We’re going to have some very unpleasant circumstances. There are some people that are going to die in protesting construction of this pipeline. We have to understand that. … Nevertheless, we have to be willing to enforce the law once it’s there … It’s going to take some fortitude to stand up.”

David A. Dodge

About the Trans Mountain Pipeline, as quoted in People 'are going to die' protesting Trans Mountain pipeline: Former Bank of Canada governor https://edmontonjournal.com/business/energy/people-are-going-to-die-protesting-trans-mountain-pipeline-former-bank-of-canada-governor (June 13, 2018) by Gordon Kent, Edmonton Journal.

“We have seen it other places, that equivalent of religious zeal leading to flouting of the law in a way that could lead to death … Inevitably, when you get that fanaticism, if you will, you’re going to have trouble. … Are we collectively as a society willing to allow the fanatics to obstruct the general will of the population? That then turns out to be a real test of whether we actually do believe in the rule of law.”

David A. Dodge

About the Trans Mountain Pipeline, as quoted in People 'are going to die' protesting Trans Mountain pipeline: Former Bank of Canada governor https://edmontonjournal.com/business/energy/people-are-going-to-die-protesting-trans-mountain-pipeline-former-bank-of-canada-governor (June 13, 2018) by Gordon Kent, Edmonton Journal.

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