- Herb Grubel
Herbert G. (Herb) Grubel (born
February 26 ,1934 inFrankfurt ,Germany ) is a former Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district ofCapilano—Howe Sound in theCanadian House of Commons from 1993 to 1997.As a member of the Reform Party, Grubel defeated former federal cabinet minister
Mary Collins in the 1993 election. He served as the party's finance critic from 1995 to 1997, and was controversial for his outspoken support of Canada moving toward aflat tax system.He also caused controversy by comparing Canada's
First Nations to "spoiled children living in South Sea island resorts". Grubel argued that he was simply commenting on the similar social problems faced by First Nations people and South Sea islanders.Grubel did not run in the 1997 election. As of 2005 he is professor emeritus of
economics atSimon Fraser University and senior fellow of theFraser Institute . He has also worked at the economic faculties ofYale ,Stanford , theUniversity of Chicago and theUniversity of Pennsylvania .While at the Fraser Institute Herbert published a paper titled: "The Case for the Amero: The Economics and Politics of a North American Monetary Union" [http://www.fraserinstitute.ca/admin/books/files/amero.pdf] , in which he proposed that Canada and the USA adopt a shared currency called the '
amero '.References
External links
* [http://www.sfu.ca/~grubel/home_page_of_herbert_grubel.htm Herb Grubel]
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