Canada 2020/CEA Symposium: Power Talk: Investing to Keep the Country Strong

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Power Talk: Investing to Keep the Country StrongWednesday, June 22 nd , 2011 (Ottawa, Ontario)

Event OverviewThe bulk of Canadas power generation and transmission infrastructure wasbuilt more than 50 years ago when our population stood at 20 million. Today in spite of new energy efficiency and conservation efforts per capitaconsumption is up and Canadas population has grown to nearly 35 million.

The International Energy Agency, Conference Board of Canada, and others haverecently issued studies citing the need in Canada to invest more than $15billion per year over the next 20 years in electricity infrastructure starting now,in order to meet our power demands.

This symposium hosted by Canada 2020 and the Canadian ElectricityAssociation will tackle such hard hitting questions as:

Who will pay for the $15 billion annual electricity infrastructure deficitand how will it be financed?

What are the economic implications of these kinds of investments? How do we want to leverage these electricity infrastructure investments

to support economic growth? How will governments work together to make these investments a

reality?

How do you square the major investments required with the need tokeep electricity prices affordable?


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About the Event Hosts

Canada 2020 is a non-partisan, progressive centre working to create anenvironment of social and economic prosperity for Canada and all Canadians.For more information, visit: www.canada2020.ca.

Canadian Electricity Association (CEA) members generate, transmit anddistribute electrical energy to industrial, commercial, residential andinstitutional customers across Canada every day. From vertically integratedelectric utilities, to power marketers, to the manufacturers and suppliers of materials, technology and services that keep the industry running smoothly --all are represented by this national industry association. For more information,visit: www.electricity.ca.

Biographies

Craig AlexanderSenior Vice President & Chief Economist, TD Bank Financial Group

Craig Alexander holds a Master's degree in economics from the University of

Toronto. He has thirteen years of experience in conducting economic analysisin the financial industry. Prior to joining the private sector, Craig spent fouryears as an economist at Statistics Canada.

In May 2010, Craig was promoted to Chief Economist for TD Bank FinancialGroup. In his current role, he travels across the United States and Canadaspeaking to TD clients and various business groups about economic trends andprospects. He is frequently quoted by the media on economic issues and writesreports on a wide array of economic and financial subjects. In addition to hisrole at TD Bank, Craig is also the current President of the Canadian Associationfor Business Economics.


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Derek Burney, OC, LLDSenior Strategic Advisor, Norton Rose LLP

Derek Burney assists clients in dealing with cross-border and domestic issues aswell as trade and investment policy matters. Prior to joining the firm, Mr.Burney played a central role in Canada's economic and political developmentduring a career that involved senior positions in both the Canadian public andprivate sectors.

Mr. Burney entered the Canadian Foreign Service in 1963. He served for sevenyears in Japan and for three years as Ambassador to Korea. At headquarters,initially as Assistant Deputy Minister for United States Affairs and thenAssociate Undersecretary, he helped launch the Free Trade initiative.

In 1987, Mr. Burney became Chief of Staff in the Office of the Prime Minister,where he was directly involved in the negotiation and successful conclusion of the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement. Mr. Burney served as Canada'sAmbassador to the United States from 1989 to 1993. He served as the PrimeMinister's personal representative in the preparations for the G-7 Summits in1990, 1991 and 1992 and played a central role in the negotiations that led tothe North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the conclusion of theAcid Rain Treaty.

Mr. Burney's career in the private sector began in 1993 upon his appointmentas Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bell Canada International (BCI). Heoversaw successful investments by BCI in the United Kingdom, the UnitedStates, Asia and Latin America. From 1999 to 2004, he served as President andChief Executive Officer of CAE Inc., enabling it to become a leadingindependent provider of commercial aviation training.

Mr. Burney headed the Conservative Transition Team following the federalelection in early 2006 and, in October 2007, Mr. Burney was appointed byPrime Minister Stephen Harper to be on the Independent Panel on Canada'sFuture Role in Afghanistan, which delivered its report in January 2008. InSeptember 2008, he was appointed as the Chair of the Selection Committee forthe Government of Canada's "Canada ExcellenceResearch Chairs" program.


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Pierre GuimondPresident & CEO, Canadian Electricity Association

Pierre Guimond was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of the

Canadian Electricity Association (CEA) in May 2008. As President of CEA, Mr.Guimond acts as spokesperson on issues of national concern to the electricutility industry.

Prior to joining CEA, Mr. Guimond served as Director, Federal GovernmentLiaison for Ontario Power Generation Inc. (OPG). Since 2003, he was secondedto the Canadian Nuclear Association where he coordinated regulatory activitiesand guided policy development initiatives aimed at improving the nuclearlegislative and regulatory frameworks. He also served as spokesperson for thenuclear industry and contributed to building public acceptance for nuclearpowers re -emergence as a viable energy option in Canada.

Throughout his extensive career, Mr. Guimond has worked in a wide range of government relations as well as political roles. From 1991 to 1999 he was thehead of government relations at CEA, and prior to that managed Consumer andCorporate Affairs Canadas (now Indust ry Canada) Grants and ContributionsProgram where he implemented a regulatory program in the area of consumer

protection.Mr. Guimond has also served as Executive Assistant and political advisor to anumber of federal cabinet ministers, and in 1979 was the Executive Assistant tothe Speaker of the House of Commons, the late Honourable James Jerome.

Originally from Sudbury, Ontario, Mr. Guimond has lived in the National CapitalRegion for over thirty years. He holds an Honours B.A. in Political Science fromCarleton University.


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Hon. John Manley, PCPresident & CEO, Canadian Council of Chief Executives

The Hon. John Manley, P.C., O.C., was appointed President and Chief Executive

of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives (CCCE) effective January 1, 2010.Mr. Manley is a former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada. He was first electedto Parliament in 1988, and re-elected three times. From 1993 to 2003 he was aMinister in the governments of Jean Chrtien, serving in the portfolios of Industry, Foreign Affairs and Finance, in addition to being Deputy PrimeMinister.

Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Mr. Manley was named

Chair of a Cabinet Committee on Public Security and Anti-terrorism, serving ascounterpart to Governor Tom Ridge, the first U.S. Secretary of HomelandSecurity. In recognition of the role he played following 9/11, TIME Canadanamed him 2001 Newsmaker of the Year.

After a 16-year career in politics, Mr. Manley returned to the private sector in2004. From 2004 to 2009 he served as Counsel to McCarthy Ttrault LLP, aleading Canadian law firm. In that capacity he provided strategic advice inmatters relating to public affairs, including trade, telecommunications, security

and finance.

Since leaving government, Mr. Manley has continued to be active in publicpolicy, as a media commentator, speaker and adviser to government. In 2003,Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty asked him to lead a review of the provinceselectricity sector. In 2005, he co-chaired the Independent Task Force on theFuture of North America for the Council on Foreign Relations, a non-partisanthink tank based in New York City. In 2007, Prime Minister Stephen Harper

named Mr. Manley to chair an Independent Panel on Canadas Future Role inAfghanistan.

In addition to his role as President and Chief Executive of the CCCE, Mr. Manleyserves on the boards of several publicly traded companies and is active in thenot-for-profit sector.


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Jayson MyersPresident & CEO, Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters

Jayson Myers is the President & CEO of Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters,

Canadas largest industry and trade association. CME is dedicated to improvingbusiness conditions for Canadas manufacturers and exporters and helping itsmore than 5,000 members compete and win in domestic and internationalmarkets.

Mr. Myers is also the Chair of the Canadian Manufacturing Coalition, a coalitionof over 40 industry associations that have come together to speak with acommon voice on priority issues for Canadas manufacturing sector.

Mr. Myers is a well-known economic commentator, and is widely published inthe fields of Canadian and international economics, technological and industrialchange. He has been recognized by consulting firm Watson Wyatt as the mostaccurate economic forecaster in Canada.

Mr. Myers sits on special advisory councils to the Minister for InternationalTrade, the Minister of Industry, Immigration Canada, Human ResourcesDevelopment Canada, and the Canadian Border Services Agency. He is co-chairof Canadas Roun dtable on Workforce Skills and Vice-Chair of both the Ontario

Manufacturing Council and the Great Lakes Manufacturing Council.

Mr. Myers studied at Queen's University, Kingston and the University of BritishColumbia in Canada, and at the London School of Economics and OxfordUniversity in the United Kingdom. He has held teaching and research positionsat Oxford University and Warwick University, also in the U.K.


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Don Newman (Moderator)Chairman, Canada 2020 Advisory Board

Don Newman, Chairman of Canada 2020 s Advisory Board, is a highly respected

Canadian journalist and award-winning broadcaster. He is widely known andwell-recognized for his incisive, balanced coverage, high journalistic standardsand in-depth knowledge of politics, public policy and current events.

Over his forty year career, he has reported from Ottawa and every Canadianprovince, as well as from Washington, London and the United Nations. For twodecades, he served as Senior Parliamentary Editor of CBC Television News aswell as anchor and host of a daily politics program and special live broadcastson its all-news network. He was named to the Order of Canada over a decadeago and was recently made a life member of the Canadian Parliamentary PressGallery. He is also a recipient of a Gemini award for lifetime achievement inpublic affairs broadcasting, the Parliamentary Press Gallerys Charles LynchAward for outstanding coverage of national affairs, the Public Policy ForumsHyman Solomon Award for excellence in public policy journalism, and hasreceived honorary degrees from Queens and Winnipeg universities.

He is now a Senior Columnist with iPolitics.ca, a media commentator on

political and public affairs issues, and a sought-after public speaker, emcee andpanel moderator.


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About Canada 2020 Canadas Progressive Centre

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and the many individual donors to the Canada 2020 Founders' Circle .

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