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Past Events
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With the Canadian government actively crafting a strategy for economic cooperation across Africa, our panel of experts will dissected how Canada's Strategy for Responsible Business Conduct Abroad should be at the forefront of this engagement. They discussed the pivotal role Canada can play in shaping a sustainable and responsible business landscape in the dynamic African markets. The featured panelists were Trevor Kennedy (Vice President, Trade and International Policy, Business Council of Canada), Miguel Simard (Senior Vice-President and Chief Legal Officer, Export Development Canada), Susan Namulindwa (Executive Director, Africa Trade Desk), Terry Cowl (Director, Trade Strategy and Responsible Business Conduct, Global Affairs Canada).
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December 8-10, 2020
We launched the coalition by hosting three virtual dialogues to discuss the core findings from the CAGC’s Opportunity 2050 report.
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We discussed these recommendations in our Ambassadorial Roundtable Series in the summer of 2021:
Stakeholder Roundtable with South Africa’s High Commissioner to Canada – June 17, 2021
Stakeholder Roundtable with Senegal’s Ambassador to Canada – July 21, 2021
Stakeholder Roundtable with Nigeria’s High Commissioner to Canada – August 10, 2021
Gowling WLG and Crestview Strategy's Shaping Canada's Engagement with Africa event on promoting responsible business conduct in Canada-Africa trade and investment
Ambassadorial Roundtables
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December 7-8, 2022.
At these events, we engaged stakeholders on substantive, final policy recommendations in the lead-up to various federal Canada-Africa planning frameworks.
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June 14, 2023
We engaged PS Virani and Global Affairs Canada on the Canada Africa Economic Cooperation Strategy (CAECS), which was subject to an open public consultation at the time of the event.
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July 14, 2023
CAGC stakeholders met with PS Oliphant to discuss the Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs’ diplomatic framework for Africa.