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FINDING SUSTAINABLE PATHWAYS

OUR PROCESS

Our process helps Canada achieve sustainable development solutions that integrate environmental and economic considerations to ensure the lasting prosperity and well-being of our nation.

RESEARCH

We rigorously research and conduct high quality analysis on issues of sustainable development. Our thinking is original and thought provoking.

CONVENE

We convene opinion leaders and experts from across Canada around our table to share their knowledge and diverse perspectives. We stimulate debate and integrate polarities. We create a context for possibilities to emerge.

ADVISE

We generate ideas and provide realistic solutions to advise governments, Parliament and Canadians. We proceed with resolve and optimism to bring Canada’s economy and environment closer together.

Parallel Paths – 7.7 Stakeholder Engagement

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Meetings of the Canada-U.S. climate policy study advisory committee took place in Ottawa in July and November 2009 and April 2010; and in Calgary in April 2010. Note that some participants’ organizations may have changed during that time.

Robert Page, Ph. D.
NRTEE Chair
TransAlta Professor of Environmental
Management and Sustainability
University of Calgary
Jim Hughes
Manager of Energy Analysis
Corporate Planning Department
Imperial Oil Limited
Chris Bataille
Consultant and Associates
J&C Nyboer
Judith Hull
Special Advisor
Trading Regimes Division
Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Directorate
Environment Canada
Mark Berman
Director
Climate Change and Energy Division,
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
Rick Hyndman
Senior Policy Advisor
Climate Change and Air Issues
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
Dale Beugin
Policy Advisor
National Round Table on the Environment
and the Economy
Fiona Jones
Director, Energy and Climate Policy
Suncor Energy Inc.
Richard Boyd
Policy Analyst
Climate Change Central
Alex Long
Senior Policy Advisor
National Round Table on the Environment
and the Economy
James Brown
Consultant
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
Elizabeth Majeau
Director, Generation and Environment
Canadian Electricity Association
Mark Cameron
Director
Corporate Affairs
Ontario Power Generation
Bob Masterson
Director of Policy
Cement Association of Canada
Bruce Carson
Directeur administratif
Canada School of Energy and Environment
Université de Calgary
Dennis McConaghy
Executive Vice-President
TransCanada Corporation
Katherine Cinq-Mars
Policy Analyst
Climate Change Policies Section
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
David McLaughlin
President and CEO
National Round Table on the Environment
and the Economy
John Clarkson
Deputy Minister
Department of Innovation, Energy and Mines
Government of Manitoba
Shane McLellan
Supervisor
Emissions and Mitigation
SaskPower
Mike Cleland
President and CEO
Canadian Gas Association
Micah Melnyk
Senior Policy Analyst
Climate Change and Energy Division
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
Neil Craik
Associate Professor
Centre for Environment and Policy
University of Waterloo
Jayson Myers
President and CEO
Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters
Clare Demerse
Associate Director
Climate Change
Pembina Institute
Nancy Olewiler
Professor
Department of Economics
Simon Fraser University
John Dillon
Vice President
Regulatory Affairs and General Counsel
Canadian Council of Chief Executives
Natasha Rascanin
Assistant Deputy Minister
of Intergovernmental Operations
Privy Council Office
John Drexhage
Director of Climate Change and Energy
International Institute for Sustainable Development
Marlo Raynolds
Executive Director
Pembina Institute
René Drolet
Director, Policy and Research
National Round Table on the Environment
and the Economy
Andy Ridge
Director, Climate Change Secretariat
Alberta Environment
Carolyn Fischer
Senior Fellow
Resources for the Future
Colin Robertson
Senior Fellow
Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute
Marcel Gaucher
Directeur du Bureau des changement climatiques
Ministère du Développement durable, de
l’Environnement et des Parcs du Québec
Wishart Robson
NRTEE Member
Climate Change Advisor to the President and CEO
Nexen Inc.
Shirley-Ann George
Senior Vice-President
Policy Department
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Pierre Sadik
Manager, Government Affairs
David Suzuki Foundation
Pierre Guimond
President and CEO
Canadian Electricity Association
Dave Sawyer
Principal
EnviroEconomics Inc.
Madanmohan Ghosh
Senior Economist
Finance Canada
Robert Slater
NRTEE Vice-Chair
Adjunct Professor, Environment Policy
Carleton University
Rosanne Hahn
Manager
Modelling and Analysis Section
Air Policy Instruments and Program Design Branch
Government of Ontario
Carl Sonnen
President
Informetrica Limited
Franklin Holtforster
NRTEE Member
President and CEO
MHPM Project Managers Inc.
Don Wharton

Vice-President
Sustainable Development Planning
TransAlta

Tom Huffaker
Vice President
Policy and Environment
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
Tony Young
Director General of Economic Analysis
Strategic Policy Branch
Environment Canada

WASHINGTON STAKEHOLDER SESSION – MEETING PARTICIPANTS

In January 2010, the NRTEE, in partnership with the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars in Washington, D.C., hosted a meeting of U.S. and Canadian climate policy experts to review and discuss analysis and findings of the NRTEE’s climate policy study. Participants were as follows:

Robert Page, Ph. D.
NRTEE Chair
TransAlta Professor of Environmental
Management and Sustainability
University of Calgary
Monique Lussier
International Climate Change Advisor and Attorney
Sutherland
Dale Beugin
Policy Advisor
National Round Table on the Environment
and the Economy
L. Ian MacDonald
Public Policy Scholar in Residence
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
David Biette
Director
Canada Institute
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
David McLaughlin
President and CEO
National Round Table on the Environment
and the Economy
Ken Crist
Program Associate
Canada Institute
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Michele Nellenbach
Director, Natural Resources Committee
National Governors Association
Dale Eisler
Consul General of Canada, Denver
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
Janet Peace
Vice President, Markets and Business Strategy
Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Meera Fickling
Research Analyst
Peterson Institute for International Economics
Annie Petsonk
International Counsel, Climate and Air
Environmental Defense Fund
Paul Frazer
Principal
Three Click Solutions
Colin Robertson
Senior Fellow
Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute
David Herman
Office of Canadian Affairs
U.S. Department of State
Wishart Robson
NRTEE Member
Climate Change Advisor to the President and CEO
Nexen Inc.
Dina Kruger
Director, Climate Change Division
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Michael Smart
International Trade and Economic Advisor
United States Senate Committee on Finance
Marc Lepage
Special Advisor on Climate Change and Energy
Embassy of Canada, Washington D.C.
Jason Tolland
Counsellor and Head of Section,
Climate Change and Energy
Embassy of Canada, Washington, D.C.
Andrew Light
Senior Fellow
Center for American Progress
Elizabeth Zelljadt
Senior Analyst, Trading Analytics and Research
Point Carbon
Alex Long
Senior Policy Advisor
National Round Table on the Environment
and the Economy
 

TECHNICAL PEER REVIEW

At various stages of research and analysis, climate policy experts provided technical peer review to ensure our findings were credible and rigorous. The reviewers were as follows:

Carolyn Fischer
Senior Fellow
Resources for the Future
Colin Robertson
Senior Fellow
Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute
Mark Jaccard
Professor of Economics
Simon Fraser University
Carl Sonnen
President
Informetrica Limited
Andrew Leach
Assistant Professor
School of Business
University of Alberta
Dave Sawyer
Principal
EnviroEconomics Inc.