Graeme Clinton

Graeme is an economist with 30 years of professional experience. His understanding of the economic forces  shaping growth and development across the NWT and Nunavut began in 1999 when he conducted the research and co-authored the original Nunavut Economic Outlook and then the NWT Economic Outlook a year later while working for the Conference Board of Canada in the role of Senior Economist. Since that time, Graeme relocated to the North (2002) and established an independent economic research firm (2004), and has since become a recognized voice in the economic discourse of the two territories.

 

Graeme views economics as being the study of choices and the job of an economist being someone who can quantify and qualify the outcomes of the choices made and those passed over and to then explain those results in everyday language. In doing his job, Graeme helps people, organisations, governments, and companies make informed decisions based on a better understanding of the economic consequences of their choices. 

 

Graeme is currently serving as the Chairperson for the Giant Mine Oversight Board, as well as leading the Board on questions regarding the economics of the $4.3 billion Giant Mine Remediation Project.