Gordon Gibson
Gordon Gibson is a Senior Fellow in Canadian Studies
at The Fraser Institute. He received his BA (Honours) in
Mathematics & Physics from the University of British
Columbia and his MBA from Harvard Business School followed by
research work at the London School of Economics. His current
areas of study include federalism, governance, and
aboriginal/non-aboriginal relations. Mr. Gibson has also
written Fraser Institute books and monographs that include,
Plan B: The Future of the Rest of Canada, Thirty Million
Musketeers, Fixing Canadian Democracy, Comments on the Draft
Nisga'a Treaty, A Principled Analysis of the Nisga'a Treaty,
Principles for Treaties, and his most recent study Challenges
in Senate Reform: Conflicts of Interest, Unintended
Consequences, New Possibilities. In 2002, He was commissioned
by the BC Government to design the Citizens' Assembly on
Electoral Reform. His report was substantially adopted (with
amendments as to size) and the Assembly process is now
successfully completed. The Assembly architecture is currently
the subject of extensive world-wide study as an innovative
technique in tackling difficult public policy problems. His
columns appear frequently in the Vancouver Sun, Winnipeg Free
Press and the Globe & Mail.
He has served as Assistant to the Minister of Northern Affairs,
then Executive and later Special Assistant to the Prime
Minister, and then ran in three federal elections. In addition,
he was elected twice to the B.C. Legislature and served as both
MLA and Leader of the British Columbia Liberal Party. He is
currently on the Board and Chair of the Audit Committee of the
Westshore Terminals Income Fund.