6.5 Stakeholder Engagement : Regional Stakeholder Sessions
Framing the Future: Embracing the Low-Carbon Economy
The NRT held nine regional sessions in November and December 2011 to elicit stakeholder input on building Canada’s low-carbon growth plan. Each session was jointly hosted by a regional partner: Canada West Foundation in Vancouver, Calgary, Saskatoon and Winnipeg; Mowat Centre in Toronto; Écotech Québec in Longueuil; and the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency in Saint John, Halifax and St. John’s.
Vancouver, British Columbia
November 3, 2011
Jill Baker
Senior Policy Advisor
NRT
Shawn Burns
President and CEO
Carbon Credit Corp.
John Cuddihy
Senior Policy Advisor
NRT
Roger Gibbins
President and CEO
Canada West Foundation
Sarah Goodman
VP, Business Development and Services
Tides Canada
Doug Hooper
CEO and Chair
Canadian Bioenergy Corporation
Roslyn Kunin
Director of BC Office
Canada West Foundation
Tim McEwan
President & CEO
Initiatives Prince George
Richard Prokopanko
NRT Member
Director, Government Relations
Rio Tinto Alcan Inc
Juergen Puetter
President
Blue Fuel Energy Corp.
John Richards
School of Public Policy
Simon Fraser University
Shawna Stirrett
Researcher
Canada West Foundation
Erich Schwartz
Founder and President
Greenomics
Ian Thomson
Partner
Waterfall Advisors Group
Jasper Van de Wetering
Environmental Manager
Lehigh Cement
Calgary, Alberta
November 9, 2011
Jill Baker
Senior Policy Advisor
NRT
Rosemary Boulton
President
Kitimat LNG, Inc.
James Brown
Principal
Kaya Strategies
David Butler
Executive Director
Canadian Clean Power Coalition
Jenna Dunlop
Manager, Climate Change Policy
CAPP
John Cuddihy
Senior Policy Advisor
NRT
Gerry Ertel
Manager
Shell
Roger Gibbins
President and CEO
Canada West Foundation
Ken Hogg
Founder and President, Renewable Energy Solutions
Board Member of Alberta Energy Efficiency Alliance
(AEEA)
Peter Howard
President and CEO
Canadian Energy Research Institute
Eddy Isaacs
CEO
Alberta Innovate
Brenda Kenny
President
Canadian Energy Pipeline Association
Robert Kulhawy
NRT Member
Executive Chairman
Calco Environmental Group
Lois Macklin
Manager of Foresight Research
Alberta Innovates
Peter May
Director, Sustainability
Viterra
Susan Nelson
Owner
OpenGate Properties Inc
Robert Page
TransAlta Professor of Environmental
Management & Sustainability
University of Calgary
Shaun Peddie
Director, Policy
Western Economic Diversification Canada
Justin Pockar
Energy & Environment Coordinator
City of Calgary
Shawna Stirrett
Researcher
Canada West Foundation
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
November 2, 2011
Craig Abernethy
Analyst
Enterprise Saskatchewan
Jill Baker
Senior Policy Advisor
NRT
David Bishop
NRT Member
Partner
McKercher LLP
Dick Carter
CEO
Crown Investments Corporation of Saskatchewan
John Cuddihy
Senior Policy Advisor
NRT
Brett Gartner
Research Fellow
Canada West Foundation
Roger Gibbins
President and CEO
Canada West Foundation
Laura Hartney
Future Growth Manager
City of Saskatoon
Lisette Mascarenhas
Senior Innovation Officer
SpringBoard West Innovations
Shawna Stirrett
Researcher
Canada West Foundation
Winnipeg, Manitoba
November 24, 2011
Jill Baker
Senior Policy Advisor
NRT
James Battershill
Policy Analyst
Keystone Agricultural Producers
Norm Blagden
Vice President
Manitoba Trucking Association
Tom Carson
Director, Manitoba
Canada West Foundation
John Cuddihy
Senior Policy Advisor
NRT
John Fjeldsted
Executive Director
Manitoba Environmental Industries Association
Philip Gass
Project Manager
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Roger Gibbins
President and CEO
Canada West Foundation
Thomas Henley
Executive Director
Natural Resources Institute
Associate Head and Associate Professor
University of Manitoba
Roslyn Kunin
Director, BC
Canada West Foundation
Ed Lohrenz
Vice President, Geo-Xergy Systems
Manitoba Geothermal Energy Alliance
Dan MacLean
President and CEO
Tundra Oil and Gas Partnership
Jane McDonald
Energy Policy Advisor
Manitoba Hydro
David McLaughlin
President and CEO
NRT
Dan McInnis
Assistant Deputy Minister
Government of Manitoba
Shawna Stirrett
Researcher
Canada West Foundation
Toronto, Ontario
November 8, 2011
Ed Agar
Vice President Sales
Zerofootprint
Zel Artan
Eco-Social Entrepreneur
Jill Baker
Senior Policy Advisor
NRT
Michael Brooks
Chief Executive Director
Real Property Association of Canada
John Cuddihy
Senior Policy Advisor
NRT
Svetlana Diomin
Vice President, Policy
Ontario Energy Association
Denise Edwards
Administrative Assistant
NRT
Ken Elsey
President and Chief Executive Officer
Canadian Energy Efficiency Alliance
Garry Fortune
Consultant
Stanton Farms
Duncan Hawthorne
President and Chief Executive Officer
Bruce Power
Sasha Jacob
President and Chief Executive Officer
Jacob Securities
Robert Joshi
Executive Researcher in Residence, Energy Policy
Mowat Centre for Policy Innovation
Isabella Kavafian
Research Associate
NRT
Tatiana Khanberg
Energy Policy Associate
Mowat Centre for Policy Innovation
Robert Lyng
Acting Vice President, Sustainable Development
Ontario Power Generation
Dan McCarthy
Director, Energy, Environment Policy and Coordination,
Senior Vice-President, Policy and Programs
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
David McLaughlin
President and CEO
NRT
Matthew Mendelsohn
Director
Mowat Centre for Policy Innovation
James Milway
Executive Director
Institute on Competitiveness and Prosperity
Tom Rand
Advisor, Cleantech and Physical Science
Venture Group
MARS
Nigel Taylor
Principal
Novus Environmental
Member, Environmental Committee
Ontario Energy Association
Martin Vroegh
Corporate Environment Manager
St. Marys Cement Inc.
Christine Wickett
Founder/Director
Seeds of Tomorrow
Longueuil, Québec
November 23, 2011
Écotech Québec — 3e Forum des technologies propres
The NRT’s Director of Policy and Research, René Drolet, moderated a panel session at Écotech Québec’s 3e Forum des technologies propres entitled “The low-carbon economy or how to adapt to the winds of climate change.”
Conference Chair
Denis Leclerc
President and CEO
Écotech Québec
Panelists
Philippe Bourke
PDG
Réseau national des conseils régionaux en environnement
Pierre-Luc Desgagné
Directeur principal planification stratégique
et affaires gouvernementales
Hydro Québec
Jean-Pierre Noël
Directeur principal, Énergies nouvelles
Gas Métro
Bruce Parry
Chef responsabilité sociale
Bombardier Aéronautique
Frédéric Verreault
Directeur des affaires corporatives et des communications
Chantiers Chibougamau
Saint John, New Brunswick
November 29, 2011
Rob Belliveau
General Manager
Emera New Brunswick
Bill Borland
Vice President, Canadian Federal Programs
AMEC Earth Environmental
Bill Breckenridge
Director, Renewable Energy and Emerging Technologies,
Department of Energy
Government of New Brunswick
Andrew Carson
Legal Affairs & Government Relations, Irving Oil
Operations G.P.
Irving Oil
David Coon
Executive Director
Conservation Council New Brunswick Action
John Cuddihy
Senior Policy Advisor
NRT
Darwin Curtis
A/Executive Director
New Brunswick Climate Change Secretariat
Susan Farquharson
Executive Director
Canadian Rivers Institute
John Herron
President
Atlantica Centre for Energy
Paul Jordan
Community Planner
New Brunswick Climate Change Secretariat and Green
Economy Project
Isabella Kavafian
Research Associate
NRT
Thomas MacDermott
Energy Efficiency Analyst
Efficiency NB
Dan McCarthy
Director, Energy and Environment Policy and Coordination
Atlantic Canada Energy Office
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
David McLaughlin
President and CEO
NRT
William Stanley
Chairman
Atlantic Hydrogen Inc. (AHi)
David Rayworth
Consultant
Michael Riley
President
Riley Environment Limited
Halifax, Nova Scotia
November 30, 2012
Jill Baker
Senior Policy Advisor
NRT
Elizabeth Beale
President & Chief Executive Officer
Atlantic Provinces Economic Council
Shawn Duncan
Associate Vice President
AECOM Canada
Darleen Duggan
President
Duggan International Group
John Cuddihy
Senior Policy Advisor
NRT
Denise Edwards
Administrative Assistant
NRT
Jacob Irving
President
Canadian Hydropower Association
Douglas Keefe
Executive Director
Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy
Lois Levine
Executive Director
Nova Scotia Research and Innovation Trust
Don McIver
Director of Research
Atlantic Institute for Market Studies
David McLaughlin
President and CEO
NRT
Ryan McLeod
Research Assistant
Atlantic Provinces Economic Council
Andrew Noseworthy
Senior Advisor to President – Energy
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
Mark Parent
NRT Vice Chair
Steve Rankin
Director, External Relations
Maritime & Northeast Pipeline –
Spectra Energy Transmission
Jamie Thomson
Board Representative – Energy Issues Committee
Jennifer Wagner
Carbon Project Specialist
Carbon Sense Solutions Inc.
Shelley Wilcox
President and Chairman
Community Economic Development Investment Funds
Management Ltd. (CEDIF)
Peter Wright
Industry Development Officer,
Atlantic Canada Energy Office
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador
December 2, 2011
Jill Baker
Senior Policy Advisor
NRT
Steve Bettles
Environmental Lead
Husky Energy Inc.
Harvey Brenton
Chief Executive Officer
Argentia Management Authority
Doug Cook
Chief Executive Officer
Petroleum Research Atlantic Canada
Gerald Crane
Director of Evidence
Office of Climate Change, Energy Efficiency & Emissions Trading
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
John Cuddihy
Senior Policy Advisor
NRT
Robert Dunphy
Senior Environment Advisor, Environment and Regulatory
ExxonMobil Canada Ltd.
Denise Edwards
Administrative Assistant
NRT
Sheryl Groeneweg
Acting Director, Intergovernmental Affairs External
Relations Branch, Science and Policy Integration
Natural Resources Canada
Stephen Henley
Country Manager Canada
SubSea 7 Canada
Terry Hubele
Manager, Safety, Health, Environment and Security
ExxonMobil Canada Ltd.
Jackie Janes
ADM and Senior Policy Advisor
Office of Climate Change, Energy Efficiency &
Emissions Trading, Executive Council Government
of Newfoundland and Labrador
David King
President and Chief Executive Officer
Genesis Group Inc.
Dan McCarthy
Director
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
Gerry O’Connell
Executive Director
Mining Industry NL
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