At the instigation of Oscar D. Skelton , Clark wrote a well-received memorandum on monetary policy for the 1932 British Empire Economic Conference in Ottawa . Shortly afterwards , he was appointed Deputy Minister in the Department of Finance by R. B. Bennett , a position he held until his death in 1952 . As deputy minister , he helped to establish the Bank of Canada in 1934 , chaired the World War II Economic Advisory Committee , and helped convince Mackenzie King to adopt the 1944 Family Allowance Bill
British Empire Economic Conference
British Empire Economic Conference
Clifford Clark