Guest Speaker Announced for 2019 Canadian Home Furnishings Awards

Furniture World News Desk on 2/21/2019

The Canadian Home Furnishings Alliance recently announced the guest speaker for the 2019 Canadian Home Furnishings Awards Gala. Mike Holden Chief Economist for the Canadian Manufacturers' & Exporters Association (CME), will provide you with his economic outlook and answer questions.

Mike brings over 20 years of experience as an economist and public policy analyst. He leads CME's economic analysis and forecasting functions and plays a key role in policy research and setting CME's strategic agenda for government advocacy on behalf of manufacturers and exporters across Canada.

As the director of CME's major research projects, Mike has written on a wide range of issues important to manufacturers including tax competitiveness, NAFTA and female representation in the manufacturing workforce. In addition, Mike regularly speaks across Canada about the economy and the issues and challenges facing Canadian manufacturers.

At one time Mike was the Senior Economist at the Canada West Foundation, where he managed the foundation's economic analysis and fiscal policy research agenda. He worked on a number of major public policy issues including energy development, fiscal federalism, infrastructure investment and resource revenue savings.

Mike spent nine years in Ottawa at the Library of Parliament, providing research and analysis to Members of Parliament on a range of economic, policy and trade issues. He was lead analyst for both the House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade, and the Canadian section of the Pan-American parliamentary association.

Mike has a BA in honors economics from the University of Alberta and a MA in economics from Queen's University.

To Register and Purchase Sponsorship Packages for the 2019 Canadian Home Furnishings Awards Gala, visit www.chfawards.ca. Alternatively, you may contact Murray Vaughan at 905-678-4678.

About the CHFA: The Canadian Home Furnishings Alliance is a duly-incorporated not-for-profit trade association representing manufacturers, importers and distributors of furniture, furnishings, fixtures, accessories and suppliers to the industry headquartered at the Toronto International Centre in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

Originally founded during 1890 as the Furniture Manufacturers' Association, the furniture industry trade association has changed its identity while growing and maturing to keep abreast with the rapidly changing needs of the industry in the Province of Ontario. For more information, visit www.chfaweb.ca.