Tom Velk
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Tom Velk is a Canadian economist. He is presently the chair of the North American studies program at McGill University and a professor in that university's economics department.
Velk holds a Ph.D. in economics. He has edited a number of books on Canadian and American public policy issues. Additionally, he has served on the Board of Governors of the American Federal Reserve System and worked for the World Bank.
He also writes a recurring column, "From the Right", for CBC News Viewpoint.
In a column written shortly after the 2006 Canadian federal election he called an end to equalization payments to provinces, individual legal systems for each province, Canadian participation in future conflicts in the Middle East, and the appointment of Brian Mulroney as ambassador to the United States.
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- ↑ 'Harper's future issues', CBC: Viewpoint, February 2, 2006
