Wednesday, May 26th, 2021 The Future of Foreign Investment in Canada?

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Wednesday, May 26, 20214:30PM - 6:00PMOnline Event, Online Event

Description

For much of the country’s history, foreign investment has been integral to Canada’s economic growth and to the prosperity of its people. As an open economy, Canada has clearly benefited from international capital investment. Recently, however, major events like Covid-19, and the changing nature of technology in the global economy have called into question the assumptions underlying foreign investment around the world.

In this seminar, leading Canadian and international experts will share their insights on evolving strategic competition for resources, IP, talent, and taxation, their impact on Canada’s prosperity and national security, and their changing nature in an economy driven by intangible assets and strategic competition between states, including proposed changes to Canadian rules on foreign investment.


Speakers

Dan Breznitz
Speaker
Professor, Munk Chair of Innovation Studies, Co-Director of the Innovation Policy Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy; Co-Director, CIFAR Program on Innovation, Equity & the Future of Prosperity

Susan M. Hutton
Speaker
Partner, Competition and Foreign Investment Group, Stikeman Elliott LLP

Jim Balsillie
Speaker
Retired Chairman and Co-CEO of RIM, Chair of the Council of Canadian Innovators

Peter Loewen
Moderator
Associate Director, Global Engagement; Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy and the Department of Political Science, University of Toronto

Graeme Moffat
Moderator
Chief Scientist and Co-Founder, System 2 Neurotechnology; Senior Fellow, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy


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