Monday, December 7, 2009
Room 200 West Block, Parliament Hill, Ottawa ON
AGENDA
9:00 A.M. – 10:00 A.M. Registration
10:00 A.M. – 10:05 A.M. Opening Remarks: Hon. Scott Brison, MP
10:05 A.M. – 12:00 NOON Canada – U.S. Relations
Chair: Colin Robertson, Distinguished Senior Fellow, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs
Presenters: Scotty Greenwood, Executive Director, Canadian-American Business Council and former Chief of Staff at the U.S. Embassy in Canada, Gordon Ritchie, former Canadian Ambassador for Trade Negotiations Jean-Michel Laurin, Vice President Global Business Policy, Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters, Mayor Rick Bonnette, Town of Halton Hills, John Hayward, Hayward Gordon
12:00 NOON – 1:30 P.M. Lunch and Keynote Address: A conversation with the Right Honourable Joe Clark and Lucien Bradet (President of the Canadian Council on Africa) on trade with Africa
1:30 P.M. – 2:45 P.M. Canada – China
Chair: Peter Harder, President of the Canada China Business Council and former Deputy Minister of DFAIT
Presenters: Rob Wright, former Canadian Ambassador to China and Japan and former Deputy Minister of International Trade (DFAIT), Wendy Dobson, Co-director, Institute for International Business,Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Carla Kearns, Chair of the Canada-China Environmental Forum, Yolanda Banks, Senior Corporate Social Responsibility Advisor, Export Development Canada (invited)
2:45 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Canada – India
Chair: Hon. Roy MacLaren, Chair, Canada-India Business Council and former Minister of International Trade
Presenters: Peter Sutherland, former Canadian Ambassador to India, Jason Langrish, Senior Advisor, Canada-India Business Council
4:00 P.M. – 4:15 P.M. Break
4:15 P.M. – 5:30 P.M. Canada – E.U. Free Trade Negotiations
Chair: Hon. Jim Peterson, former Minister of International Trade
Presenters: Pierre-Marc Johnson, former Premier of Quebec, Thomas d’Aquino, President, Canadian Council of Chief Executives Hon. Roy MacLaren, Canadian Chair, Canada-Europe Roundtable for Business, former Minister of International Trade and former Canadian High Commissioner to the U.K.
5:30 P.M. – 5:35 P.M. Closing Remarks: Hon. Scott Brison, MP