Speaker Programs

A Variety of Speakers and Topics

In addition to conferences and workshops, the Council conducts several luncheon/breakfast meetings throughout the year featuring Canadian and American business and political leaders.

Corporate executives, Ambassadors, Canadian and American government leaders, journalists and other thought- leaders have stood at the podium to brief members about timely North American, regional, and industry-specific issues and trends.

Past speakers include:

Diane Francis, Author and business journalist

Lawrence Summers, Charles W. Eliot University Professor, Harvard University

David Johnston, former Governor-General of Canada

Brian Gallant, Premier of New Brunswick 

Bardish Chagger,  Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister of Small Business & Tourism  

 Scott Gilmore,  Journalist, former diplomat and political observer 

Paul LePage, Governor of Maine

Stephen McNeil, Premier of Nova Scotia

John Manley, President & CEO, Canadian Council of Chief Executives

Philippe Couillard, Premier of Quebec

David Alward, former Premier of New Brunswick and Canada's Consul General to Boston

Westley Thompson, President, Sun Life Financial U.S. 

Allan Rock, President & Vice Chancellor, University of Ottawa

Paul Cellucci, former U.S. Ambassador to Canada and former Governor of Massachusetts 

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