PAST EVENT | CWF Arthur J.E. Child POP UP POLICY
Implications of the U.S. Election
for Western Canada
POP UP POLICY with Gary Mar, President and CEO of the Canada West Foundation, moderated by Deborah Yedlin, Chancellor of the University of Calgary
November 10, 2020
Time: 12:00-1:00 PM MST
Virtual event on Zoom
*Attendance is limited
The United States election on November 3 is being called the most important election in the modern era. But what does the outcome hold for Western Canada and how the four provinces engage with Washington? Will engagement with the northwestern states become more crucial? What will happen to the Keystone XL pipeline? What impact will it have on trade? Climate change policy?
Join Gary Mar, President and CEO of the Canada West Foundation, for his unique insights on dealing with the United States. As a former Alberta Cabinet Minister and Official Representative of Alberta at the Canadian Embassy in Washington D.C., Mar knows the players and understands the policy implications of the result and how those must be managed. In conversation with moderator Deborah Yedlin, one of Calgary’s leading business columnists and current Chancellor of the University of Calgary, this is an important discussion on the future of Western Canada’s most important international relationship.
A Q&A session will follow, moderated by Deborah Yedlin.
BIOS
Gary Mar | President and CEO, Canada West Foundation
Gary served as an MLA in the Alberta Government from 1993-2007, including several Cabinet portfolios. He later served as Alberta’s representative in the Canadian Embassy in Washington D.C. (2007-2011) and then in Asia (2011-2015). Prior to joining the Canada West Foundation, Gary was the President and CEO of the Petroleum Services Association of Canada.
Deborah Yedlin | Chancellor, University of Calgary
Deborah has been observing, commenting and writing about business and politics for more than two decades as a journalist for the Financial Post, Globe and Mail and Calgary Herald newspapers, and she has been a regular commentator for CBC Radio and Television and CTV. She currently sits on the Board of Directors for the Canada West Foundation and she was elected as the 14th Chancellor of the University of Calgary in 2018.
