Event Date: April 27, 2023 - 11:30am to 1:30pm
Location: FSS 4004; in person, 120 University Private, University of Ottawa
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Presented by CIPS, IPEN, the CN-Paul M. Tellier Chair on Business and Public Policy, and the Hyman Soloway Chair on Business and Trade Law
11:30 am – Lunch and Networking
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm – Panel Discussion
A paradigm change is underway. Gone is the laissez-faire mentality that production allocation decisions are best taken in corporate board rooms. Instead, states are engaging in a new industrial policy to bring manufacturing supply chains home (reshoring), to deepen ties with neighbours and allies (friendshoring), and to lessen reliance on autocracies (decoupling). The CHIPS Act and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), adopted by the United States in 2022, are probably the best examples of this paradigm shift. This panel of experts from business, government and academia will discuss the implications of this shift for Canada.
This event will take place in English.
Panelists:
Patricia Fuller – Senior Fellow, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, uOttawa
Throughout her career, Patricia Fuller has specialized in trade and economic policy, as well as climate change and energy. Upon her retirement from the Government of Canada, she was Canada’s ambassador for climate change. Prior to that appointment, she served, notably, as Director General of Economic Development, Director General of Planning and Reporting, Chief Economist, Director of the Softwood Lumber Division, and Deputy Director for Trade Remedies at Global Affairs Canada. Patricia also served abroad as Ambassador of Canada to Uruguay and Chile. Other international assignments include Mexico and Guatemala. Patricia also headed the Office of Energy Efficiency at Natural Resources Canada and contributed to the development of the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change. She also gained experience on environment and climate change files earlier in her career while working at the Privy Council Office and supporting the Cabinet Committee on Economic and Regional Development Policy. She holds a B.A. (Honours) in Economics and Political Studies from Queen’s University and an M.Sc. in Economics (with distinction) from the London School of Economics.
Martha Harrison – Partner, McCarthy Tetrault
Martha Harrison is a partner in the International Trade and Investment Law, and Retail and Consumer Markets Groups in Toronto. She is also the coordinator of the firm’s Advertising and Marketing practice. With industry expertise spanning retail & consumer markets, power, mining, food / agriculture, oil & gas, and the technology sector, Martha acts as a trusted business advisor to clients, balancing international trade and regulatory law, from a Canadian perspective. A former adjunct professor of international arbitration at Queen’s University and MBA sessional instructor at DeGroote School of Business, Martha regularly speaks on matters related to trade, consumer regulation and international arbitration. She was also selected by the Government of Canada to be listed on the roster of arbitrators to serve on panels established under Chapter 19 of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). In 2013, she was named one of Lexpert’s Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40 and is recognized as a leading Canadian international trade lawyer by a number of industry and peer-review directories. Martha received her LLM from The University of Toronto in 2005, her LLB in 2001 from the University of Windsor, and her M.A. and her B.A. from York University in 1998 and 1997 respectively. She was called to the bar in Ontario in 2002.
Sheryl Groeneweg – Director General, Advanced Manufacturing and Industrial Strategy Branch, Innovation, Sciences and Economic Development Canada
Sheryl Groeneweg is the Director General, Advanced Manufacturing and Industrial Strategy at Innovation, Sciences and Economic Development Canada, where she leads work on industrial policy, micro-economic analysis and advanced manufacturing across a range of industrial sectors including metals (steel and aluminum), critical minerals, chemicals and plastics, energy, machinery and equipment, food processing, textiles and apparel, consumer products manufacturing, and forestry products. She also leads work on growing and strengthening sustainable industrial supply chains in Canada. In her tenure in the Public Service of Canada, Sheryl has held positions at the Privy Council Office, Natural Resources Canada, Transport and Infrastructure Canada, Indian and Northern Affairs and Human Resources Development Canada. Sheryl holds a Master of Arts and Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics from Carleton University.
Nicolas Lamp – Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Queen’s University
Nicolas Lamp joined the Faculty of Law at Queen’s University as an Assistant Professor in 2014. In 2020, he was cross-appointed to the Queen’s School of Policy Studies. He also serves as the Academic Director of the International Law Programs, an eight-week summer course that Queen’s Law offers at the Bader International Study Centre at Herstmonceux castle in England during the summer term. Since 2019, he has also been the Director of the Annual Queen’s Institute on Trade Policy, a professional training course for Canadian trade officials that is hosted by the Queen’s School of Policy Studies. Prior to joining Queen’s, Professor Lamp worked as a Dispute Settlement Lawyer at the Appellate Body Secretariat of the World Trade Organization, where he advised the Members of the Appellate Body on legal issues arising in appellate proceedings under the WTO’s dispute settlement mechanism. His teaching subjects include Contracts, International Trade Law, the International Trade Law Practicum, and Public International Law. Assistant Professor Lamp received his PhD in Law from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2013. His doctoral thesis on “Lawmaking in the Multilateral Trading System” investigates the origins and implications of the discourses, practices and techniques that shape international lawmaking in the trade context. His current research focuses on competing narratives about the winners and losers from economic globalization. His co-authored book (with Anthea Roberts) on “Six Faces of Globalization: Who Wins, Who Loses, and Why It Matters” is was published by Harvard University Press in 2021.
Marie-France Paquet – Chief Economist and Director General, Trade Analysis Bureau, at Global Affairs Canada
Marie-France Paquet has been Chief Economist and Director General, Trade Analysis Bureau, at Global Affairs Canada since September 2017. As Chief Economist, she leads a team of analysts in reporting and advising on international trade, investment and economic issues. Current economic research and analysis projects include the impact of trade agreements on labor and gender, the determinants of export for SMEs, the impact of the Trade Commissioner Services on Canadian exporters’ performance, or the impact of foreign direct investment on the economy. Dr. Paquet has previously worked in other government departments and in academia. In academia, she taught economics at the Tefer School of Management at the University of Ottawa. She worked in the Economic and Fiscal Policy Branch, and in the International Trade and Finance Branch, at Finance Canada. Dr. Paquet was the Director of Operations, Economic and Regional Development Policy Secretariat at the Privy Council Office, providing policy advice to the Clerk of the Privy Council and the Prime Minister on a wide range of economic and regional development issues. She also worked at Transport Canada on the coordination of the policy response to the Lac-Mégantic tragedy. Dr. Paquet received her PhD in Econometrics from Université Laval jointly with Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne.
Organizers:
Wolfgang Alschner is Associate Professor at the Common Law Section with cross-appointment to the Faculty of Engineering, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and is the Hyman Soloway Chair in Business and Trade Law at the University of Ottawa.
Patrick Leblond is an Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and the CN-Paul M. Tellier Chair on Business and Public Policy at the University of Ottawa.
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