July 6th, 2017 |
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Guy Saint-Jacques
In October the Chinese Communist Party agreed at its 19th Party Congress on the new lineup of the Standing Committee of the Politburo. What does this mean for the leadership of President Xi Jinping and what can we expect in terms of political and economic developments in the next five years? What role China will want to play on the international scene? Guy Saint-Jacques, Ambassador of Canada to China from 2012 to 2016, will address these questions as well as talk of the status of relations between Canada and China, including the possible launch of formal negotiations of a bilateral free trade agreement. A question period will follow his presentation.
Poster
Guy Saint-Jacques worked for one year as a land planner for the Quebec Government before joining the Department of External Affairs in 1977, holding office in New York, Mexico City, Kinshasa, and Hong Kong as well as twice in Washington, D.C., the last time as Minister and Deputy Head of Mission. He has also been Deputy High Commissioner at the High Commission of Canada in London, UK and has been posted three times to Beijing. At Headquarters, he first worked in the Consular Affairs division, in the Francophone Africa division, and then in the Science and Technology division and in the Office of the Associate Deputy Minister. He also served as Deputy Director of the Energy and Environment division, as Director of both the Personnel (Political and Commercial) and the Assignments divisions, and as Director General of the Personnel Management Bureau .
He served as Chief Negotiator and Ambassador for Climate Change for the Government of Canada and was the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary for Canada to the People’s Republic of China until October 2016. For Mr. Saint-Jacques who speaks fluent Mandarin, this was a fourth assignment in China. Mr. Saint Jacques holds a B. Sc. (Geology), University of Montreal, and a M. A. (Land Planning and Regional Development), Laval University. He is married to Sylvie Cameron and the couple has two daughters and two grandchildren.
Tuesday November 21, 2017 –7:30 pm
(following the Annual General Meeting of the CCFS which starts at 7:00)
Christ Church Cathedral
414 Sparks St., Ottawa
(between Bay St. and Bronson Ave)
Free parking on site off Sparks St., accessible access
All welcome. Entry is free for CCFS members and $10 for non-CCFS members.
(Only members in good standing may vote in the AGM)
July 5th, 2017 |
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Beijing’s Relations with Other Asian Countries
Senator Yuen Pau Woo
Senator Yuen Pau Woo has three decades’ experience in strategy and policy for business, government and not-for-profit organizations. Widely recognized as a leading thinker on international economic issues and Canada-Asia relations, he was appointed to the Senate of Canada in November 2016, and sits as an independent representing British Columbia. He is a member of several Senate committees, namely, Foreign Affairs and International Trade, National Finance, and Agriculture and Forestry. He is also a Vice-Chair of the Canada-US Inter-Parliamentary Group.
Prior to joining the Senate, he was President of HQ Vancouver, a public-private partnership that promotes British Columbia as a location for head offices of international companies. From 2005-2014, he was President and CEO of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, where he continues to serve as Distinguished East Asia Fellow. He is also Senior Resident Fellow at the Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University; Senior Fellow in Public Policy at the Institute of Asian Research, University of British Columbia; as well as co-founder and President of China Global: The Vancouver Society for Promotion of Chinese Art and Culture. He is chair of the board of the Vancouver Academy of Music, and a member of the Global Council of the Asia Society, as well as on the Advisory Boards of the Mosaic Institute and the Canadian Ditchley Foundation.
From 2002-2012, he was Canada’s representative on the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council and served as the founding chair of PECC’s flagship State of the Region report. Mr Woo has previously worked for the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation; and he has been an advisor/consultant to the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank, APEC, and the OECD. He has published widely on international economic issues and contemporary Asian affairs. His previous board appointments include the Public Policy Forum, the Ontario Brain Institute, the Standards Council of Canada, and the Greater Vancouver Advisory Council for the Salvation Army. In 2012, he was honoured with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Award for his contributions to Canada-Asia relations
October 25, 2017, 7:30 pm
Christ Church Cathedral
414 Sparks St., Ottawa
(between Bay St. and Bronson Ave)
Free parking on site off Sparks St., accessible access
All welcome. Entry is free for CCFS members and $10 for non-CCFS members.
