Trevor Tombe
Senior Fellow
Trevor Tombe is a Professor of Economics at the University of Calgary and Director of Fiscal and Economic Policy at The School of Public Policy. He is also a Senior Fellow at the MEI and the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, a Fellow at the Public Policy Forum, and co-director of Finances of the Nation.
His research spans a wide range of topics in economics, including international and interprovincial trade, fiscal federalism, and public finance. He has published in leading academic journals and is co-author of the textbooks Public Finance in Canada and Macroeconomics.
Beyond his academic work, Trevor regularly advises governments on economic and fiscal issues. He is currently a member of the Government of Canada’s Working Group on Productivity in the Public Sector and its Advisory Council on Interprovincial Trade. He previously served on the Bank of Canada’s external review panel of its pandemic response.
He holds a PhD and MA in Economics from the University of Toronto and a BBA in Finance from Simon Fraser University. He also contributes to public policy conversations through frequent op-eds, articles, and media appearances.