Economic Council of Canada

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The Economic Council of Canada was a federally funded crown corporation of Canada established in 1963 by the Economic Council of Canada Act. It's role was to conduct a wide range of academic economic research for the government and for Canadians. The Act was repealed in 1993 and the Council was disbanded. The first chairman was John James Deutsch. Sylvia Ostry and David W. Slater were also former chairmen. The Councl was disbanded in 1992 by Brian Mulroney, Prime Minister of Canada after publishing a report suggesting that the separation of Quebec might not have the dire consequences the government maintained it would have.