Douglas Peters

Douglas Dennison Peters, PC (March 3, 1930 – October 7, 2016) was a Canadian banker, economist, and politician.

After serving as chief economist and senior vice-president of the Toronto-Dominion Bank, Peters entered politics in the 1993 election.

Prime Minister Jean Chrétien appointed Peters to the position of Secretary of State for International Financial Institutions.

In 1979, Peters and Arthur Donner wrote a book titled The Monetarist Counter-revolution: A Critique of Canadian Monetary Policy, 1975-1979.

According to author Linda McQuaig, Peters took a Keynesian economic prescription to government, and decided to leave politics when he found that his views were largely ignored.