Prime Ministers Series: Delivering Transformative Change for Canadians, with the Right Honourable Brian Mulroney
Video on demand
How does transformative change happen in government? The Prime Ministers Series—a partnership between the University of Ottawa Professional Development Institute and the Canada School of the Public Service—highlights transformative policy initiatives of Canadian Prime Ministers. The purpose of this annual day-long event is to inform, educate and inspire policy makers and public service leaders to conceive and deliver change. The series begins with the Right Honourable Brian Mulroney and will be followed in 2020 by the Right Honourable Jean Chrétien.
The 2019 conference will interactively explore four nation-building initiatives with those who were close to the action, facing not only tough choices but fierce resistance:
There will also be a panel discussion on leadership at the end of the day.
Event information
This special event is offered for all public servant groups and levels and to the general public. The registration fee of $395 per person (plus HST) includes lunch.
Ottawa
March 5, 2019 | 8:45 am to 4:30 pm (EST)
Shaw Centre, 55 Colonel By Drive, Trillium Ballroom, Ottawa, Ontario
Right Honourable Brian Mulroney, former Prime Minister of Canada
- Taki Sarantakis, President, Canada School of Public Service
- David Graham, Vice-President Academic and Provost, University of Ottawa
- Serge Blais, Director, Professional Development Institute, University of Ottawa
- Annie Champagne, Director General, Government of Canada and Public Sector Skills, Learning Programs Branch, Canada School of Public Service
Panellists by initiative:
Tax reform
- Peter Daniel, Recently retired as Executive Vice-President, Communications and Marketing for BCE Inc. and Bell Canada; former assistant deputy minister of communications at the Department of Finance Canada, and other public sector executive positions
- David Dodge, Senior Advisor at Bennett Jones LLP; former deputy minister of finance and governor of the Bank of Canada
- Hon. Barbara McDougall, Chair of Global Panel America; former minister of state for finance, minister of state for privatization, minister of employment and immigration, minister responsible for the status of women and secretary of state for external affairs
- Michael Sabia, President and Chief Executive Officer of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec; former deputy secretary to the Cabinet of the Privy Council Office and director general of tax policy at the Department of Finance Canada
- Hon. Wayne Wouters, Strategic and Policy Advisor with McCarthy Tétrault LLP; former clerk of the Privy Council
A Green Canada
- Hon. Pauline Browes, Chair of the Friends of Rouge National Urban Park; former minister of State for the Environment and minister of Indian and Northern Affairs; and former member of the National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy
- Elizabeth May, Member of Parliament for Saanich‒Gulf Islands; former policy advisor to the minister of the environment during the Mulroney administration
- William Pristanski, Founder and Principal at Prospectus Associates and Chair of the Terry Fox Foundation; former executive assistant to Brian Mulroney and chief of staff to the minister of the environment
- Dr. Robert Slater, Adjunct Professor in Environmental Policy at Carleton University and President of Coleman, Bright and Associates; former senior assistant deputy minister at Environment Canada
- Anne McIlroy, Director, Principal Gifts, University of Ottawa, former Parliamentary Bureau Chief for the Globe and Mail
Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement
- Derek Burney, Senior Strategic Advisor at Norton Rose Fulbright; former Canadian ambassador to the United States
- Thomas d'Aquino, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Intercounsel Ltd.; former president of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives (CCCE)
- Dr. Laura Dawson, Director, Canada Institute at the Wilson Center
- James McIlroy,Lead and founder of McIlroy & McIlroy, Counsel on Public Policy; former senior policy advisor to the Minister for International Trade on the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement and the North American Free Trade Agreement
North American Free Trade Agreement
- Derek Burney, Senior Strategic Advisor at Norton Rose Fulbright; former Canadian ambassador to the United States
- Meriel Bradford, President, Snowberry Investments Ltd.; former member, Canadian International Trade Tribunal; former services negotiator, FTA, GATT, NAFTA
- Donald Campbell, Senior Strategy Advisor at DLA Piper LLP; former deputy minister of international trade
- Reverend Canon Laurette Glasgow,Special Advisor Government Relations to the Anglican Church of Canada; former Canadian ambassador and trade negotiator
Leading Transformative Change and Delivering Results for Canadians: Key Principles and Lessons Learned
- Jocelyne Bourgon, President, Public Governance International (PGI Inc). and President Emeritus, Canada School of Public Service, former Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet
- John Hannaford,Deputy Minister of International Trade, Global Affairs Canada
- Hon. Wayne Wouters, Strategic and Policy Advisor with McCarthy Tétrault LLP; former clerk of the Privy Council
Moderator: Catrina Tapley,Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy Council Office
- Michael Wernick, Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet
- Fen Osler Hampson, Distinguished Fellow and Director of the Centre for International Governance Innovation's (CIGI) Global Security & Politics program, Chancellor's Professor at Carleton University and author of Master of Persuasion
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