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November 30, 2011 – Halifax, Nova Scotia – Planning For Prosperity – Building Canada’s Low-Carbon Growth Plan

NRT Stakeholder Consultation Session November 30, 2011 - Halifax, Nova Scotia

The National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRT) is investigating the economic risks and opportunities of climate change for Canada. As part of this initiative the NRT is exploring what a low-carbon economy looks like for Canada. This meeting is one of ten regional events being held by the NRT and its Regional Partners across the country throughout November and December, 2011. The purpose of these sessions is to obtain stakeholder input and advice on the regional and pan-Canadian opportunities and challenges inherent in the global transition to a low-carbon economy, and how Canada can succeed and prosper in this new reality. This input will shape the findings and recommendations of the NRT in its development of a low-carbon growth plan for Canada. These meeting will help:

• Solicit broad-based private sector input on how Canada should position itself in the global low-carbon transition;
• Improve our understanding of regional priorities and opportunities; and
• Ensure that our advice is grounded in the regional realities.

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Atlantic Regional Partner

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Discussion Paper

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Participants

Elizabeth Beale President & Chief Executive Officer Atlantic Provinces Economic Council John Cuddihy Senior Policy Advisor NRT Shawn Duncan Associate Vice President AECOM Canada Darleen Duggan President Duggan International Group Jennifer Wagner Carbon Project Specialist Carbon Sense Solutions Inc. Denise Edwards Administrative Assistant NRT Jennifer Hatt Writer The Conference Publishers 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 Chief Executive Officer NRT Ryan McLeod Research Assistant Atlantic Provinces Economic Council Andrew Noseworthy Senior Advisor to President - Energy Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency Mark Parent Vice Chair NRT Steve Rankin Director, External Relations Maritime & Northeast Pipeline - Spectra Energy Transmission Jamie Thomson Board Representative - Energy Issues Committee 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

The Regional Sessions

• Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - November 2, 2011
• Vancouver, British Columbia - November 3, 2011
• Calgary, Alberta - November 9, 2011
• Winnipeg, Manitoba - November 24, 2011
• Toronto, Ontario - November 8, 2011
• Montreal, Quebec - November 24, 2011
• Saint John, New Brunswick - November 29, 2011
• Halifax, Nova Scotia - November 30, 2011
• St. John's, Newfoundland - December 2, 2011