Gerard is the founding President/Executive Director of The Regulatory Research Institute of Canada. Gerard is an economist, author, and university lecturer. Gerard has lectured on microeconomics, macroeconomics, globalization, and engineering economics over the last two decades at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Alberta. 

As an author, Gerard has published numerous papers, commentaries, infographics, and videos regarding various municipal, provincial, economics and policy issues in Canada. Gerard has presented his research at conferences in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, and Rio De Janeiro.

Gerard is passionate about education and believes in life-long learning. He believes in the necessity of educating the next generation of policy makers in Canada.