NPSIA and CTPL host Canada-US engagement conference
NPSIA and CTPL host Canada-US engagement conference
On December 8, a group of Canadian and American experts met to review and discuss a series of papers which address key issues in Canada-U.S. engagement — issues which include the border, defence cooperation, the Arctic, the energy-environment nexus, competitiveness, institutional linkages, the fallout from the financial crisis, the Americas, and engagement with the United States and other key allies.
The conference was hosted by the Canada-US Engagement Project, which, over the past nine months, has called for scholars and experts from Canada and the US to prepare discussion papers which seek to align Canadian interests with current and future U.S. policies in these areas.
The Canada-US Engagement Project is co-chaired by Derek Burney (former Canadian Ambassdor to the U.S.), and Fen Hampson (Director, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs). Colin Robertson (Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade) serves as project director.
Discussions at the conference will inform a strategy document on effective Canadian engagement of the next US Administration. The document will be presented to the Prime Ministers and premiers on January 20, 2009 — the date on which President Barack Obama is inaugurated as the next U.S. President.
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