Preliminary Conference Programme

3:00 p.m.

REGISTRATION

4:00 p.m.

WORDS OF WELCOME

4:15 p.m.

OPENING ADDRESS

His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston,Governor General and Commander in Chief of Canada

INTRODUCED BY:Alex Paterson,Founding Co-Chair, Board of Trustees, McGill Institute for the Study of Canada

5:00 p.m.

PRESIDENTS & PRIME MINISTERS

L. Ian MacDonald, Editor-in-Chief, Policy Options, Institute for Research on Public Policy
Gil Troy, Professor, Department of History, McGill University
 

INTRODUCTION BY: The Honourable Charles R. Bronfman, Founding Co-Chair, Board of Trustees, McGill Institute for the Study of Canada

The Right Honourable Brian Mulroney, Lawyer & Senior Partner, Ogilvy Renault

The Honorable James A. Baker, III, the 61st U.S. Secretary of State and 67th U.S. Secretary of the Treasury

6:30 p.m.

COCKTAIL

8:00 a.m.

REGISTRATION

9:00 a.m.

WORDS OF WELCOME

9:10 a.m.

SPECIAL PRESENTATION - Crossing Borders: A Survey of Public Opinion in Canada and the United States

9:30 a.m.

BREAK

9:45 a.m.

DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS: MANAGING THE CANADA-U.S. RELATIONSHIP

The Honourable Pamela Wallin, Senator, The Senate of Canada

Gary Doer, Canadian Ambassador to the United States, The Embassy of Canada
David Jacobson, United States Ambassador to Canada, The Embassy of the United States of America

10:45 a.m.

BREAK

11:00 a.m.

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, Department of Finance Canada

INTRODUCED BY: Heather Munroe-Blum, Principal and Vice-Chancellor, McGill University

11:45 a.m.

LUNCH

1:30 p.m.

ECONOMICS, TRADE AND INNOVATION

Derek H. Burney, former Canadian ambassador to the United States; Senior Strategic Advisor, Ogilvy Renault LLP; former President and Chief Executive Officer, CAE Inc

Sean Finn, Executive Vice-President, Corporate Services and Chief Legal Officer, CN; Former Chairman of the Quebec and Canadian Chambers of Commerce
The Honourable Frank McKenna, Deputy Chair, Toronto Dominion Bank Financial Group
Alvin Segal, Chairman and CEO, Peerless Clothing

2:30 p.m.

ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY

Velma McColl, Principal, Earnscliffe Strategy Group

Patrick Daniel, President and Chief Executive Officer, Enbridge Inc.
The Honorable Gordon Giffin, Partner, McKenna Long & Aldridge
Thierry Vandal, President and Chief Executive Officer, Hydro-Québec

3:30 p.m.

BREAK

3:45 p.m.

PREMIERS AND GOVERNORS

David Biette, Director, Canada Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

The Honourable Jean Charest, Premier of Québec, Canada
The Honorable Peter Shumlin, Governor of Vermont, United States of America

4:45 p.m.

COCKTAIL