Dr. DT (Troy) Cochrane

Senior Economist, Canadian Labour Congress

• PhD Social & Political Thought (York); MA Economics (University of Ottawa); BA Economics (Carleton)
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DT Cochrane is Senior Economist at the Canadian Labour Congress, Canada’s largest labour organization. He provides regular media commentary providing worker-centred perspectives on political economic issues. His op-eds on issues ranging from the bread price-fixing scandal to pipeline finance to rising concerns about productivity have appeared in both mainstream and independent progressive outlets. DT has written reports for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and Canadians for Tax Fairness on topics that include tax incidence (with Marc Lee), corporate tax avoidance, and profits in Ontario’s long-term care sector (with Toby Sanger). He has also provided testimony to Parliamentary committees on a variety of fiscal issues. DT’s expertise is in the construction, interpretation and use of financial and economic metrics including market valuation, national accounting, corporate balance sheets, price indexes, and labour force data.