Canada 2020 and the CACC were pleased to welcome Australian Deputy Prime Minister Wayne Swan for a luncheon address on June 26th.

The Honourable Wayne Swan has been Treasurer since December 2007, and was appointed Deputy Prime Minister on June 24, 2010 by the new Prime Minister Julia Gillard. Deputy Prime Minister Wayne Swan has been a key player on all of the main economic issues of the past two years, including bringing down two economic stimulus packages.  He has also been at the centre of debate in Australia on the two main economic issues of the day:

• The proposed emissions trading regime, which has been rejected in the Senate.  Prime Minister Gillard has re-committed her government to pushing ahead with action to address climate change including putting a price on carbon.
• The proposed resources rent tax. Prime Minister Gillard said that she wants to enter into a dialogue with the mining industry to find a way forward.

Prime Minister Gillard indicated that she plans to call a general election between now and the end of the year.

The Canada 2020 Washington, DC Oil Sands Symposium’s final report is now available.

You can read Lawson Hunter’s discussion paper, Scrambled Signals: Canadian Content Policies in a World of Technological Abundance.

Panelists:

• Konrad von Finckenstein, Chairman of the CRTC
• Robert Rabinovitch, former president, Canadian Broadcast Corporation
• Lawson Hunter, Stikeman Elliot, former senior executive at BCE and fomer federal head of competition policy and enforcement.

Moderator:

• Don Newman, CBC broadcaster, political commentator and Canada 2020 Advisory Board Member

Listen to the Debate:

See the media coverage (sub req.).

This free event was made possible thanks to the kind support of Amgen Canada, AstraZeneca, Bluesky Strategy Group, Inc., CIBC,  Nexen, Pickworth Investments LP, Plutonic Power Corporation, Scotiabank, Suncor, TELUS, and individual members of the Canada 2020 Founders’ Circle.

This free event is made possible thanks to the kind support of AstraZeneca, Bluesky Strategy Group, Inc., CIBC,  Nexen, Pickworth Investments LP, Plutonic Power Corporation, Scotiabank, TELUS, and individual members of the Canada 2020 Founders’ Circle.

Missed the event, here are some photos.

Here is Dambisa Moyo’s Canada 2020 Talk:

Here is a Canada 2020 interview with Dambisa Moyo:

Lavoie was an original participant at Canada 2020′s inaugural Mont Tremblant conference, where he argued for a strong brand Canada. Marketing Magazine recently published a story on Lavoie and his recent thinking on Brand Canada.

Join us to hear his latest thoughts on how to make Canada a stronger brand and have your say on our blog, where the discussion is heating up.

This free event is made possible thanks to the kind support of AstraZeneca, Bluesky Strategy Group, Inc., CIBC,  Nexen, Pickworth Investments LP, Plutonic Power Corporation, Scotiabank, TELUS, and individual members of the Canada 2020 Founders’ Circle.

Bill Clinton called Westen’s ground-breaking examination into the role of emotion in the political life of the nation, “The most interesting, informative book on politics I’ve read in many years.”

Here is his slide presentation:

Read his Globe and Mail interview or watch his interview on Don Newman’s Politics (starts at 27:15 minute mark). Read the NY Times review here.

Here is the video of the presentation. See below for his slides.

Here is his slide presentation:

This event is made possible thanks to the kind support of Scotiabank, CIBC, Bombardier, Nexen, AstraZeneca, TELUS, Plutonic Power Corporation, Bluesky Strategy Group, Inc., Pickworth Investments LP, and individual members of the Canada 2020 Founders’ Circle.