Energy and the Economy The Honourable Chris Bentley, MPP was elected to the Ontario legislature in 2003, 2007 and 2011. On October 20, 2011, Bentley was appointed Minister of Energy. He has previously served as Attorney General, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs, Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities and Minister of Labour. Chris is a lawyer who practiced criminal and labour law for almost 25 years. For 10 of those years he also taught part-time at the University of Western Ontario…

Senior Fellow, Maytree Foundation Naomi Alboim is a fellow, adjunct professor and Chair of the Policy Forum at the School of Policy Studies at Queen’s University in Kingston. She is also a Senior Fellow at the Maytree Foundation, where she leads its policy work on immigration issues. Ms. Alboim is an active public policy consultant, advising governments and NGOs across Canada and abroad in Europe, the Caribbean, Ghana, Vietnam, Indonesia and Kenya. Previously, Ms. Alboim worked at senior levels in…

Chief Economist and Managing Director, BMO Capital Markets Douglas Porter has over 25 years of experience analyzing global economies and financial markets. He excels in interpreting and communicating the impact of key economic and financial data for businesses. Come out to The Canadian Club of London’s breakfast event on Wednesday, February 27 to meet Douglas Porter who was identified as the best economic forecaster in Canada for the prior two years by Bloomberg in May 2012!

Kate Young was first elected Member of Parliament for London West in October 2015 and was subsequently appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Prior to being elected, Kate had a lengthy career in journalism and public relations in both the private and public sector. Best known as the first female news anchor at CFPL-TV in London, Kate also served as Manager of Public Affairs and Community Relations for the Thames Valley District School…

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Steve Paikin is host of TVO’s flagship current affairs program, The Agenda with Steve Paikin, the gold standard for depth of analysis and thoughtful debate in Canadian media. In more than 30 years in the business, Steve has built a sterling reputation as an eminently fair journalist who has moderated federal and Ontario election debates. Earlier in his career, Steve worked at CBC News as an anchor and correspondent, a reporter for the Hamilton Spectator and CHFI radio, as well…

Join us for breakfast to learn how the new USMCA Free Trade Agreement will impact South Western Ontario. Bardish Chagger was elected to the House of Commons in 2015 as the Member of Parliament for Waterloo. She was appointed to cabinet by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as Minister of Small Business and Tourism, a responsibility she held until recently. In this role, she announced the reduction of the small business tax rate to 9 per cent by January 2019, and…

This event is sponsored by the City of London. Join panelists Dr. Alan Shepard, President and Vice-Chancellor of Western University, and Peter Devlin, President of Fanshawe College, to hear about the Future of Education and how these two organizations compliment each other. This session will be moderated by Mayor Ed Holder.