In a Gowlings-sponsored report released today, Canada's top business leaders, policy experts and academics are sending a clear message: it's time for Canada to strengthen its relationships with the world's emerging markets or risk being left behind.
The report, Winning in a Changing World: Canada & Emerging Markets, was hand-delivered to Prime Minister Stephen Harper this morning during a private meeting with the report's authors, which included Gowlings strategic adviser and report co-chair Len Edwards. The report will also be shared with opposition leaders, premiers and territorial leaders.
"This report is an important wake-up call to governments and businesses alike," said Edwards, who previously served as Canada's deputy minister for Foreign Affairs and for International Trade. "Gowlings' support for this timely work reflects our appreciation of the challenges our clients face in forging winning strategies in a hyper-competitive 21st century, in which global wealth, opportunity and economic power are quickly shifting to emerging markets."
Winning in a Changing World is the result of months of research and roundtable discussions across Canada through the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University. The final report was guided by a national advisory council featuring prominent members of Canada's business, policy and academic communities, and was co-sponsored by SNC-Lavalin, Barrick Gold Corporation, AGF, CGI, Enbridge, the Centre for International Governance Innovation, CIBC and iPolitics.
Read the full report - Winning in a Changing World: Canada & Emerging Markets
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