Wednesday, May 21, 2025 | 150 Elgin St, Suite 1800 Ottawa, ON

SYNOPSIS

Canada’s trade future is evolving. Trade wars is requiring the country to double down on and accelerate its trade diversification efforts initiated about a decade ago. What have those efforts looked like?  What is the direction our newly elected Prime Minister and Parliament should take?

REGISTER

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PROGRAM 

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0900– 0930: Assessing Canada’s Trade and Diversification

• Stephen Tapp, CEO and Economist, Canadian Centre for Living Standards
• Moderator: Allison Gifford, Vice President, Clear Strategies

0935-1030 Renegotiating CUSMA from a Place of Strength

• Rob Stewart, Global Affairs Canada
• Meredith Lilly, Professor, Carleton University
• Kate Kalutkiewicz, Senior Managing Director, Trade Practice, McLarty & Associates
• Moderator: Brian Kingston, President and CEO, Canadian Vehicle Manufacturer's Association

1030-1100 Break

1100 – 1155 Foreign perspectives and diagnostics on Canada’s Trade Diversification

• H.E. Kanji Yamanouchi, Ambassador, Embassy of Japan to Canada
• Moderator: David Perry, President and CEO, Canadian Global Affairs Institute

1155 - Lunch

1300 – 1355 Finding New Markets for Canadian Resources

• Monica Gattinger, CGAI Fellow and Professor, UOttawa
• Photinie Koutsavlis, Vice President, Economic Affairs and Climate Change, Mining Association of Canada
• Michael Gullo, The Business Council of Canada
• Moderator: Jacquie Hoornweg, CGAI Fellow

1400 – 1455 Canadian Agri-Food Feeding the World

• Tyler Bjornson, Principal, T. Bjornson & Associates Consulting Inc. 
• Kristy Goodfellow, Vice President of Trade and Industry Affairs, Corn Refiners Association
• Tyler McCann, Managing Director, CAPI
• Moderator: Claire Citeau, CGAI Fellow

1455 – 1530 Break

1530 – 1625 Setting out Canada’s Strategic Priorities in Digital Trade

• Peter Menzies, Senior Fellow, Macdonald-Laurier Institute
• Adriana Vega, CGAI Fellow and Vice President, Government Affairs, Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association
• Allison Gifford, CGAI Fellow and Vice President, Clear Strategies
• Moderator: Gaphel Kongsta, Director, International Policy, Canadian Chamber of Commerce

1630-1800 Reception

SPONSORS

Interested in sponsoring? Contact Charlotte Duval-Lantoine at [email protected]

This event is made possible thanks to CGAI's strategic sponsors: Lockheed Martin Canada, General Dynamics, Hanwha Defence and Ocean, BAE Systems, Amazon Web Services, Cenovus, and the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, as well as conference sponsors the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute and the Simon Reisman Chair in International Economics.