- Michel Kelly-Gagnon
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Michel Kelly-Gagnon is a Canadian lawyer and businessman born in 1971. He graduated in law from the Université de Montréal and was admitted to the Quebec Bar in 1994. He is currently the president and CEO of the Montreal Economic Institute.
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After practicing law with Colas & Associates, Michel Kelly-Gagnon went into business as an associate of Formatrad, an in-house employee training firm. In 1998, he assumed leadership of the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI). The annual budget was $15,000 in 1998 and rose to $ 1 400 393[1] by 2005. To achieve this growth, he explained that he raised funds from corporations and wealthy individuals in Canada and the US by offering to represent their interests.[2]
In 2006, he became the president of the Quebec Employers Council where he changed an operational deficit of $110,196[3] the year before his arrival, into a $205,804[4] surplus after his first year. In 2009, he returned to the MEI as president and moved the organisation from a $269,342[5] deficit for financial year ending December 31, 2008 to a $153,188[6] surplus (as of December 31, 2009) in the context of a severe recession. From 2006 to 2009, he also served on the board of directors of Quebec Workers Compensation Board (CSST). He is also member of the Mont Pelerin Society, president of the advisory committee of Global Ressources Humaines, and he is in the board of directors of the Fondation universitaire Pierre Arbour, the John W. Dobson Foundation, and the Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF).
Michel Kelly-Gagnon was one of six individuals from the province of Quebec honoured in Canada’s Top 40 Under 40™ 2008 awards.
In his columns (including in the Journal Les Affaires), Mr. Gagnon has defended a philosophy of economic freedom in a realistic context given existing political constraints.
Mr. Kelly-Gagnon is credited for using a business model to operate the institute and positioning it as an information broker:
“What sets [Michel] Kelly-Gagnon apart is the degree to which his ideas are transformed into actions”[7] – National Post, Reford MacDougall (November 2nd, 2005)
Chroniques économiques : Des idées pour démystifier les politiques publiques (Montreal: Varia, 2004).
Un budget assorti à la réalité politique, Montreal Economic Institute (April 2010), URL: http://www.iedm.org/main/show_editorials_fr.php?editorials_id=831
Un dialogue crucial - Le Québec aurait tort de maintenir une attitude négative envers l’Alberta, Montreal Economic Institute (January 2010), URL: http://www.iedm.org/main/show_editorials_fr.php?editorials_id=804
Trust the owners - Companies need flexibility in choosing how much to pay their executives, Montreal Economic Institute (January 2010), URL: http://www.iedm.org/main/show_editorials_fr.php?editorials_id=798
Business elite deserves big bucks: Executive pay should concern only shareholders - nobody else, Montreal Economic Institute (January 2010), URL: http://www.iedm.org/main/show_editorials_fr.php?editorials_id=799
Le Point sur l'explosion des dépenses du gouvernement fédéral américain, Montreal Economic Institute (March 2009), URL: http://www.iedm.org/uploaded/pdf/point0309.pdf
Several other articles and columns are reproduced on the Montreal Economic Institute's website (below).
Montreal Economic Institute: www.iedm.org
- ^ http://www.iedm.org/uploaded/pdf/rapport05_fr.pdf
- ^ http://archive.corporateeurope.org/stockholmnetwork.html
- ^ http://www.cpq.qc.ca/assets/files/divers/2006/rap_acti_2006_07_fr_web.pdf
- ^ http://www.cpq.qc.ca/assets/files/divers/2006/rap_acti_2006_07_fr_web.pdf
- ^ http://www.iedm.org/uploaded/pdf/rapport08_fr.pdf
- ^ http://www.iedm.org/uploaded/pdf/rapport09_fr.pdf
- ^ http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=addd7787-bf5e-4c39-8954-7a91178d6e4d
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