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Event Summary
The Canadian
Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute’s (CDFAI) 2006 Annual
Conference on October 30, 2006 was held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel
in Ottawa, Ontario. The conference, "Foreign Policy Under a
Conservative Government: An Interim Report Card” looked at the
Harper government's record on foreign policy, defence, and
development.
Conference partners included the Centre for Security and
Defence Studies at Carleton University's Norman Patterson School
of International Affairs, the Institut québécois des hautes
études internationales at Université Laval, Queen's
University's Centre for International Relations, the Chaire
de recherche du Canada en politiques étrangère et de defense
canadiennes at the Université du Québec à Montréal, the
Groupe d'étude et de recherche sur la sécurité
internationale/Research Group in International Security, the
Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), the
Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) and the
Woodrow Wilson Center’s Canada Institute.
In conjunction with the conference, CDFAI commissioned
Innovative Research Group Inc. to conduct an online national
survey of the views of Canadians on the performance of the
Conservative government so far and on some of the major challenges
before the government, such as Canada's role in Afghanistan,
Canada-U.S. relations, and the Israel-Hezbollah conflict of the
summer of 2006. The poll results can be accessed here:
Poll Results.
Opening Remarks and Moderator:
William Hogg, Research Group in International Security and
Bishop's University
Poll Results:
Greg Lyle, Innovative Research Group Inc.
Keynote Address:
Hon. John Manley, McCarthy Tétrault
Panel 1: Parliament and Minority Government
Chair - David Pratt, Advisor to the Secretary General and
Special Ambassador for the Canadian Red Cross
Jean-Jacques Blais, former chair, Pearson Peacekeeping
Centre (click
here for conference notes).
Kim Richard Nossal, Queen's University
Denis Stairs, Dalhousie University
Panel 2: U.S.-Canadian Relations
Chair - David Biette, Canada Institute, Woodrow Wilson
International Center for Scholars
Paul Cellucci, McCarter & English (Boston)
Paul Frazer, The Livingston Group (Washington, D.C.)
Ben Stancati, Colorado Technical University
Luncheon Keynote Address:
Hon. Peter MacKay, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister
of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
To view text of speech click
here.
Panel 3: Prospects for Multilateralism
Chair - Charles Pentland, Queen's University
Adam Chapnick,Canadian Forces College (Toronto)
Bruce Jones, New York University
Gordon Smith, University of Victoria
Panel 4: The Provinces and Foreign Policy: A New Federalism?
Chair - Gérard Hérvouet, Université Laval
Louise Beaudoin, Université du Québec à Montréal
Jean-Christophe Boucher, Université Laval, and Stéphane
Roussel, Université du Québec à Montréal
David Dyment, University of Ottawa (click
here
for conference notes)
Commentary - Nelson Michaud, École Nationale
d'Administration Publique
Debate:
Chair - Peter Harder, Foreign Affairs Canada
David Bercuson, University of Calgary
Stéphane Roussel, Université du Québec à Montréal
Paul Heinbecker, Wilfrid Laurier University and Centre for
International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
Closing Remarks:
William Hogg
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