January 20, 2025 | 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM ET | Delivered Virtually via Zoom

SYNOPSIS

In this 60-minute webinar moderated by CGAI Senior Advisor Colin Robertson, foreign policy experts Martha Hall Findlay, Glenn Williamson, Bernie Etzinger, and John Parisella discuss their first takeaways from the Inauguration and considerations for how Canada should respond to the coming storm.

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SPEAKERS

Martha Hall Findlay is the Director and Palmer Chair, of the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary. Prior to the SPP, Martha was Chief Sustainability Officer for Suncor Energy; CEO of the Canada West Foundation; and a Member of Parliament, part of the Official Opposition shadow cabinet in several portfolios, including International Trade. She served on the House of Commons International Trade Committee and the Finance Committee. Before politics she worked as an international corporate lawyer and senior executive in North America and Europe.

Glenn Williamson is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Canada Arizona Business Council. He is also a Member of the Board of Directors of the University of Arizona Tech Park, the Chairman of the Advisory board at EPCOR USA, and a former Honorary Consul of Canada for Arizona.

Bernard Etzinger is a former Canadian diplomat with assignments in New York, Silicon Valley and Washington, DC, where he served as head of the press office spokesperson to Ambassadors Kergin, McKenna and Wilson. Upon his return to Canada, he was the senior executive leading communications in two federal government departments, before taking on a role as the Chief Communications Officer for The Ottawa Hospital, one of Canada’s largest hospitals.

John Parisella is a Senior Advisor, Business Outreach at NATIONAL Public Relations and a former delegate general in New York City and Washington D.C. for the Government of Quebec. John was also the Chief of Staff to Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa, and is the author of several books on politics, including "Élections Made in USA" and "La politique dans la peau".