Tuesday, November 25, 2014 River Building, Carleton University 4:45 p.m. – Registration
5:00 p.m. – Panel 6:30 p.m. – Reception
The Honourable Jean Charest, Partner, McCarthy Tétrault
Scotty Greenwood, Senior Advisor, Canadian American Business Council
The Honourable John Manley, President and CEO, Canadian Council of Chief Executives
Moderator:
Colin Robertson, Vice-President of the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute
What does Canada want during the last two years of the Obama administration and what we can reasonably expect to achieve?
Conventional wisdom has it that nothing gets done during the final two years of a second term administration. But is Obama really a lame duck?
Consider the following:
- The Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement was negotiated during the final two years of the Reagan administration.
- The Acid Rain Agreement and the NAFTA were achieved in the final two years of the George H.W. Bush administration.
- The Canada-U.S. Partnership which morphed into the Smart Border Accord was achieved during the last two years of the Clinton administration.
In each case, Canada knew its ‘ask’. The Harper government has a series of asks (KXL, Windsor-Detroit Bridge) and initiatives (regulatory cooperation and Beyond The Border). We have shared interests around international security, the financial system, the Arctic, and negotiating the Trans Pacific Partnership.
What can we realistically accomplish leading up to the American election … and how will the Canadian election factor into this?
Carleton University’s Initiative for Parliamentary and Diplomatic Engagement invites you to attend a special panel discussion and reception.The conversation is for parliamentarians, interested diplomats and stakeholders.
This event is organized by the Carleton Initiative for Parliamentary and Diplomatic Engagement with the support of Randy Hoback, M.P., chair of the Standing Committee on International Trade; Don Davies, M.P., Official Opposition critic for International Trade; and Scott Brison, M.P., Liberal critic for Finance.
Registration is required by emailing carletonrsvp@gmail.com
Early registration is advised as numbers are limited. A map of the River Building will be sent to you upon confirmation.
More information on the Carleton Initiative is available at www.carleton.ca/parldiplo