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Are we investable?
Creating a Western Canadian eye in the midst of Hurricane Donald
Friday, Nov. 29, 2024
2:00-3:00 pm MT
USask Calgary Hub
Suite 109, 301 3rd Ave. SW
Calgary, AB
Thanks to Doug McNeill & Family for their support
Registration is closed due to full capacity
Think we can stick-handle our way through the next four years without a cross-check from behind? Think again. This new Trump administration will be nothing like the first – the game plan is already being revealed.
Take President-elect Trump’s “America First” initiative, which aims to bolster the U.S. economy by driving foreign businesses, including Canada’s, to re-locate operations to American shores. His global tariff plan, which starts at 10% but will increase 5% every year the U.S. runs a trade deficit (or might also decrease 5%), is by design chaotic. This global tariff, this global threat, has already planted seeds of uncertainty and instability.
What does this economic policy mean for Western Canada and especially Alberta, where over 30% of its GDP is reliant on exports with the U.S.? Are we making it easier or harder for the U.S. to pull jobs and investment out of Canada? Softwood lumber anyone?
Most importantly, can we create an island of stability and certainty for investors in the maelstrom of Trump’s trade wars? What will it take?
Join former Minister of Finance, Industry and Foreign Affairs John Manley to discuss what we currently know about Trump’s trade policy plans and solutions to create an investable economy.
DISCUSSANTS
Hon. John Manley
Senior Business Advisor, Bennett Jones
The Honourable John Manley is one of the most highly respected business leaders in Canada. For over a decade, he served in the Federal Government as Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Finance Minister and Industry Minister. More recently, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Business Council of Canada (formerly the Canadian Council of Chief Executives), representing the CEOs of leading Canadian corporations.
Mr. Manley is Chair of the Boards of Directors of CIBC and CAE Inc. and is a member of the Board of Directors of TELUS. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada and is active in the not-for-profit sector. He is Chair of the Advisory Council of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute and past-Chair of the Canadian branch of the Trilateral Commission. He is also a member of the International Advisory Council of the Brookings Institution and the Wilson Center Global Advisory Council.
Hon. Gary G. Mar, KC
President and CEO, Canada West Foundation
Hon. Gary Mar is an accomplished and respected leader with expertise in the Canada West Foundation’s key focus areas of resources, environment and economy, trade and trade infrastructure and skills, innovation and productivity. He was a member of Alberta’s Legislative Assembly where he held several cabinet portfolios and was Alberta’s Official Representative at the Canadian Embassy in Washington D.C and in Asia. Gary also has business experience in trade and investment and the oil and gas sector. In 2022, he was appointed a member and chair of the Council of the Alberta Order of Excellence and was also awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal for public service.