Benoît Robidoux

Benoît Robidoux is an economist. Between 2015 and 2020 he was associate and senior associate deputy minister of Employment and Social Development Canada.

He previously held various positions at Finance Canada, including assistant deputy minister of the Economic and Fiscal Policy Branch beginning in September 2010. In that position, he was responsible for overseeing the analysis and forecast of the country’s economic and fiscal situation, including the Budget Plan and the Economic and Fiscal Update.

After retiring from the public service, he served on the P.E.I. Guaranteed Basic Income team and the Government of Canada’s Working Group on Public Service Productivity. He is currently an associate with Andrew Sharpe and Associates Consulting.