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David Dodge to be Conferred with the 2012 Couchiching Award for Public Policy Leadership

March 28, 2012

TORONTO, March 28, 2012 - The Couchiching Institute on Public Affairs is pleased to announce David Dodge, Counsel to Bennett Jones LLP, Chancellor of Queen's University and former Governor of the Bank of Canada, as this year's recipient of the Couchiching Award for Public Policy Leadership.

Established in 2004 to honour the accomplishments of a Canadian who has demonstrated leadership and daring in public policy, the award recognizes exemplary actions taken by an individual to create policy that has had a proven positive impact on Canada or a community within Canada, often in the face of public opposition. The Award will be presented to Mr. Dodge at the 81st Annual Couchiching Summer Conference, which takes place August 9-12, 2012 at YMCA Geneva Park, on Lake Couchiching, in Ontario.

The 2012 Award celebrates the singular leadership of David Dodge in Canadian public policy as exemplified by his immense contribution to complex portfolios steering this country's economy, both in his roles as Deputy Minister of Finance (1992-97) and as Governor of the Bank of Canada (2001-2008), during times of fiscal restraint and uncertainty. It also recognizes his significant contribution to health policy in this country during his term as Deputy Minister of Health (1998-2001).

"Leadership is the courage to speak the truth, to start a dialogue, and to be vulnerable to criticism," notes President of the Couchiching Institute, Rima Berns-McGown. Furthermore, she says, "Leaders present a vision when we are unsure where to go; they present a plan when we don't know how to get there; they lead the charge when we must join the battle. David Dodge has shown himself to possess these qualities."

Past recipients of the Award include: Michael Wilson (2004), Jane Jacobs (2005), Henry Morgentaler (2005), Elizabeth May (2006), Preston Manning (2007), Fraser Mustard (2008), Lincoln Alexander (2009), Sylvia Ostry (2010), and Stéphane Dion (2011).

The Couchiching Institute on Public Affairs, a charitable non-partisan organization, has played a pre-eminent role in Canada's civic discourse on public affairs since its inaugural conference in 1932. A civil place to disagree, its mission is to increase awareness, understanding and knowledge of domestic and international issues among people in Canada through open and inclusive discussion, without advocacy or partisanship at its annual Summer Conference and throughout the year in programs across Canada.

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