The Department of Finance just provided the “invite list” to Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s sixth annual policy retreat, held this year as in other years, at the beautiful Wakefield Inn and Spa in Wakefield, QC, just up the road from Ottawa. This meeting is closed to the press and public and is held under what are known as Chatham House Rules. Here’s the names of the 22 people Flaherty is meeting with this afternoon.
- André Bisson, Chair of the Board, Centre for Interuniversity Research and Analysis of Organizations
- Robert Blakely, Director of Canadian Affairs, Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO
- John Brace, President and Chief Executive Officer, Northland Power
- Deborah Brown, President and Managing Director, EMD Serono, Canada
- Bob Cartmel, President and Chief Executive Officer, Eastern Canada, Lafarge Canada Inc.
- Connie Clerici, Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer, Closing The Gap Healthcare Group
- Paul Douglas, President and Chief Executive Officer, PCL
- Dawn Farrell, President and Chief Executive Officer, TransAlta Corporation
- Bruce Flatt, Senior Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer, Brookfield Management
- Linda Hasenfratz, Chief Executive Officer, Linamar Corporation
- Roberta Jamieson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Indspire
- Darby Kreitz, Chief Executive Officer, Allnorth Consultants Limited
- James Lopez, President and Chief Executive Officer, Tembec
- L. Ian MacDonald, Outgoing Editor, Policy Options Magazine
- Calvin McDonald, President and Chief Executive Officer, Sears Canada Inc.
- Francis P. McGuire , President and Chief Executive Officer, Major Drilling Group International Inc.
- Marcus New, President, Stockhouse Publishing Ltd.
- Paul Romer, Professor of Economics, Leonard N. Stern School of Business
- Reza Satchu, Managing Partner, Alignvest Capital Management
- Barbara Stymiest, Chair of the Board, Research in Motion Limited
- William Watson, Associate Professor and Chairman, Economics Department, McGill University
- Zoe Yujnovich, President and Chief Executive Officer, Iron Ore Company of Canada
By my count this group includes:
- 15 Presidents and/or CEOs
- 3 academics
- 1 journalist
- 1 representative of organized labour
- 0 NGOs
- 0 “Radical environmental groups“
I look at these lists and think about the fact that none of the men are authorized to make major household purchases. More and more, that is the milieu of women. Maybe that explains the state of the global economy.
and only one francophone
..and one to many francophones.
@Richard — 2 francophones (André & Francis)