The election of United States President Barack Obama and the world economic turmoil have transformed the United States, so Canada must move quickly to adopt new strategies to work with its neighbour and largest trading partner.
The Lawrence National Centre at the Richard Ivey School of Business will host a workshop at the InterContinental Hotel Yorkville on Monday, April 6 on redefining the strong Canada-United States partnership. The event will be held from 7:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m.
Opening with an address by Thomas d’Aquino, Chief Executive and President, Canadian Council of Chief Executives, the workshop will take participants through business strategies, the economics, politics and trade and investment plans.
Ed Clark, President and Chief Executive Officer, TD Bank Financial Group, and Tom Jenkins, Executive Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer, Open Text Corporation, will discuss “The United States in Crisis: Strategies for Canadian Business.”
Michael Bryant, Ontario Minister of Economic Development, will give the keynote luncheon address on “The Canada-United States Partnership: Trade and Investment Strategies in the Obama Era.”
Tackling the theme of “The Politics and Economics of a Transformed America: How Should Canada Respond?” will be Don Drummond, Senior VP and Chief Economist, TD Bank Financial Group; Fen Hampson, Director, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University; Michael Hart, Simon Reisman Chair in Trade Policy, Professor, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University; and William Robson, President and Chief Executive Officer, C.D. Howe Institute.
“In this time of unprecedented international change, Canadian companies need to step up with the knowledge, the skills and the flexibility to thrive,” says Dianne Cunningham, Director, Lawrence National Centre for Policy and Management at the Richard Ivey School of Business.
“Canadian companies are some of the best in the world,” says d’Aquino of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives. “There are undoubtedly challenges ahead, but there are also enormous opportunities. Business and governments must work closely together to implement winning strategies.”