What do all of these Canadians have in common? They're all either sitting politicians, media magnates, or high financiers, miltary figures...nothing of what is discussed in these conferences is ever published in the mainstream media..even by those in Media who have attended to keep the public in the dark and make excuses of what is really said by the Club Bilderburg.

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1. The Rockefeller links of Canadian politicians...
2. It may re-pay the reader to spend a few minutes tracing the connections of Paul Desmarais and Power Corp. to the leading politicians, etc. of Canada:
3. * JOHN RAE: leading strategist for Prime Minister Chretien's election campaign. Was Executive Vice- President of Power Corp. and Paul Desmarais' right- hand man. His brother is....
4. * BOB RAE: Rhodes Scholar and ex-NDP Premier of Ontario, who appointed....
5. * MAURICE STRONG to the chairmanship of Ontario Hydro, which he proceded to dramatically cut in both skilled human resources and generating capacity [to provide a future need for power from James Bay/Grand Canal?]

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Notable Canadian attendees 2010

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  CAN McKenna, Frank Former Ambassador to the US,  Deputy Chair, TD Bank Financial Group
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  CAN Munroe-Blum, Heather Principal and Vice Chancellor, McGill University
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• CAN Prichard, J. Robert S. President and CEO, Metrolinx 

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  CAN Reisman, Heather M. Chair and CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc
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  CAN Samarasekera, Indira V. President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Alberta
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  CAN - BC Gordon Cambell Premire of Britsh Columbia
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• CAN Clark, W. Edmund President and CEO, TD Bank Financial Group
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• CAN Mansbridge, Peter Chief Correspondent, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

  
  
  

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Notable Canadian attendees 2009

• W. Edmund Clark, Canada (CEO TD Bank Financial Group)
  Frank McKenna, Canada (Deputy Chairman of the Toronto-Dominion Bank)
  J. Robert S. Prichard, Canada (CEO of Torstar Corporation and president emeritus of the University of Toronto)
  Heather M. Reisman, Canada (co-founder of Indigo Books & Music Inc.).
  Indira Samarasekera, Canada (President of University of Alberta, Board of Directors Scotiabank)
  Sanata Seketa

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Notable Canadian attendees 2008

 

• CAN "Adams, John" Associate Deputy Minister of National Defence and Chief of the Communications Security Establishment Canada 
  CAN "Brodie, Ian " "Chief of Staff, Prime Minister's Office" 
  CAN "Clark, Edmund" "President and CEO, TD Bank Financial Group"
  CAN "Desmarais, Jr., Paul " "Chairman and co-CEO, Power Corporation of Canada" 
  CAN "Edwards, N. Murray " "Vice Chairman, Candian Natural Resources Limited"
  CAN "Martin, Roger" "Dean, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto"
  CAN "McKenna, Frank" "Deputy Chair, TD Bank Financial Group" 
  CAN "Prichard, J. Robert S." "President and CEO, Torstar Corporation"
  CAN "Reisman, Heather M." "Chair and CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc."

 

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Notable Canadian attendees 2007

 

• Thierry de Montbrial, President, French Institute for International Relations
  CDN - Butts, Gerald - Principal Secretary, Office of the Prime Minister of Ontario
  CDN - Kenney, Jason - Member of Parliament
  CDN - Reisman, Heather - Chair and CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc
  CDN - Frank McKenna, Ambassador to the US, member Carlyle Group

 

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Notable Canadian attendees 2006

 

• CDN - Clark, Edmund  President and CEO, TD Bank Financial Group
  CDN - Comper, Tony  President and CEO, BMO Financial Group
  CDN - Crawley, Phillip  Publisher and CEO, The Globe and Mail
  CDN - Desmarais, Jr., Paul  CEO, Power Corporation
  CDN - Koss, Johann O.  President and CEO, Right To Play
  CDN - Lloyd, Ronald S.  Chairman and CEO, Credit Suisse First Boston
  CDN - McKenna, Frank  Deputy Chair, Toronto Dominion Bank Financial Group
  CDN - Nickerson, Ken  iBinary Corp
  CDN - Nixon, Gordon  President and CEO, Royal Bank of Canada
  CDN - Prichard, J. Robert S.  Preisdent, Torstar Corporation
  CDN - Reisman, Heather  Chair and CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc.
  CDN - Waugh, Richard E.  President and CEO, Bank of Nova Scotia

 

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Notable Canadian attendees 2005

 

• CDN - Mau, Bruce - Bruce Mau Design
  CDN - McKenna, Frank Ambasssador to the US
  CDN - Munroe-Blum, Heather Principal and Vice Chancellor, McGill University
  CDN - Prichard, J. Robert S. President. Torstar Media Group and CEO, Torstar Corporation
  CDN - Reisman, Heather President and CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc.
  CDN - Manji, Irshad  Author/Founder of “Project Ijtihad

 

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Notable Canadian attendees. 2004:

 

• Kevin G. Lynch -- Deputy Minister of Finance
  Frank McKenna -- Counsel, McInnes Cooper, former premier of New Brunswick, current ambassador to the US.
  Heather Reisman -- President and CEO Indigo Books and Music Inc.

 

 

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 Notable Canadian attendees, 2003:

 

• Conrad M. Black -- Chairman, Telegraph Group Limited, Chairman and CEO Hollinger International Inc.
  Anthony S. Fell -- Chairman RBC Dominion Securities Inc.
  Stephen Harper -- Leader of the Opposition
  Margaret O. MacMillan -- Provost, Trinity College, University of Toronto
  Heather Reisman -- President and CEO Indigo Books and Music Inc.
  Mark Steyn -- Journalist for various publications

 

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Notable Canadian attendees, 2002:

 

• Charles A. Baillie -- Chairman and CEO TD Bank Financial Group <br />
  Conrad M. Black -- Chairman, Telegraph Group Limited, Chairman and CEO Hollinger International Inc.
  David Frum -- American Enterprise Institute; Former Special Assistant to President Bush
  Heather Reisman -- President and CEO Indigo Books and Music Inc.
  Kenneth Whyte -- Editor National Post

 

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Notable Canadian attendees, 2001:

 

• Conrad M. Black -- Chairman, Telegraph Group Limited, Chairman and CEO Hollinger International Inc. <br />
  John Hunkin -- Chairman and CEO, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
  Bernard Lord -- Priemer of New Brunswick
  Margaret O. MacMillan -- Editor, International Journal, Canadian Institute of International Affairs
  Heather Monroe-Blum -- Vice-President for Research and International Relations, University of Toronto
  Kenneth Whyte -- Editor-in-Chief, National Post

 

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Notable Canadian attendees, 2000:

 

• Israel Asper -- Chairman, CanWest Capital Group Inc.
  Conrad M. Black -- Chairman, Telegraph Group Limited, Chairman and CEO Hollinger International Inc.
  David Frum -- Columnist, National Post Newspaper

 

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Notable Canadian attendees, 1999:

 

• Conrad M. Black -- Chairman, Telegraph Group Limited, Chairman and CEO Hollinger International Inc.
  John A.D. de Chastelain -- Chairman, Independent International Commission on Decommissioning
  Peter C. Godsoe -- Chairman and CEO, Bank of Nova Scotia
  Peter A. Herndorf -- Former Chairman and CEO, TV Ontario; Senior Visiting Fellow, University of Toronto
  Roy McLaren -- High Commissioner for Canada in Britain
  Margaret O. MacMillan -- Editor, International Journal

 

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Notable Canadian attendees, 1998:

 

• Conrad M. Black -- Chairman, Telegraph Group Limited, Chairman and CEO Hollinger International Inc.
  Raymond A.J. Chretien -- Ambassador to the U.S
  Stephane Dion -- Queens Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
  Margaret O. MacMillan -- Editor, International Journal, Canadian Institute of International Affairs
  Preston Manning -- Leader of the Reform Party of Canada

 

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Notable Canadian attendees, 1997:

 

• Isabel Basset -- Parliamentary Assistant to the Ministry of Finance, Government of Ontario
  Conrad M. Black -- Chairman, Telegraph Group Limited
  David Frum -- Political Commentator
  Heather Monroe-Blum -- Vice-President for Research and International Relations, University of Toronto
  Maureen Sabia -- Corporate Director and President, Maureen Sabia International

 

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Notable Canadian attendees, 1996:

 

• Lloyd Axworthy -- Minister of Foreign Affairs
  Conrad M. Black -- Chairman, The Telegraph
  Jean Chretien -- Prime Minister of Canada
  Marie-Josee Drouin -- Executive Director, Hudson Institute of Canada
  Frederick S. Eaton -- Chairman, Executive Committee, Eaton's of Canada
  A.L. Flood -- Chairman, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
  Allen E. Gotleib -- Former Ambassador to the United States of America
  Anthony G.S. Griffin -- Honorary Chairman and Director, Guardian Group
  Michael Harris -- Premier of Ontario
  Paul Martin -- Minister of Finance
  Sylvia Ostry -- Chairman, Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto
  Edward S. Rogers -- President and CEO, Rogers Communications, Inc.
  L.R. Wilson -- Chairman, President and CEO, BCE Inc.

 

 

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Notable Canadian attendees, 1995:

 

• Conrad M. Black -- Chairman, Telegraph Group Limited
  Marie-Josee Drouin -- Executive Director, Hudson Institute of Canada
  Allen E. Gotleib -- Former Ambassador to the United States of America
  Ralph Klein -- Premier of Alberta
  J. Robert Pritchard -- President, University of Toronto

 

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Notable Canadian attendees, 1994:

 

• Conrad M. Black -- Chairman, Telegraph Group Limited <br />
  Marie-Josee Drouin -- Executive Director, Hudson Institute of Canada <br />
  Roy MacLaren -- Minister for International Trade
  Frank McKenna -- Premier of New Brunswick
  William Thorsell -- Editor, The Globe and Mail
  Peter G. White -- Chairman of Unimedia; Former Head of the Prime Ministers Office

 

 

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Years below 1993 - 1954 Notable Canadian attendees

 

Notable Canadian attendees 1993 - CANADA

 

• CDN Kenneth S. Courtis First Vice President, Deutsche Bank Capital Markets Asia Ltd., Tokyo
  CDN Marie-Josee Drouin* Executive Director, Hudson Institute of Canada
  CDN Anthony G. S. Griffin** Director of Companies
  CDN Donald S. MacDonald Senior Partner, McCarthy Tetrault; Former Minister of Finance
  CDN Barbara McDougall Secretary of State for External Affairs
  CDN, Conrad M Black; Chairman, The Telegraph plc
  CDN, Marie-Josee Drouin; Executive Director, Hudson Institute of Canada

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Notable Canadian attendees 1992 - CANADA

 

• CDN Conrad M. Black* Chairman, The Daily Telegraph plc
  CDN Marie-Josee Drouin* Executive Director, Hudson Institute of Canada
  CDN Roy MacLaren President, CB Media Ltd.; Publisher, “Canadian Business; Member of Parliament; Former Minister of State (Finance)
  CDN James Pattison Chairman, President and C.E.O., Jim Pattison Group Inc.
  CDN Jeffrey Simpson National Affairs Columnist, The Globe and Mail
  CDN Norman Spector Former Chief of Staff, Officce of the Prime Minister

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Notable Canadian attendees 1991 - CANADA

 

• CAN Conrad M. Black* Chairman, The Daily Telegraph plc
  CAN Marie-Josee Drouin* Executive Director, Hudson Institute of Canada
  CAN Lysiane Gagnon Journalist, La Presse
  CAN Anthony G.S. Griffin** Director of Companies
  CAN John Polanyi Professor of Chemistry, University of Toronto
  CAN Michael H. Wilson Minister of Industry, Science and Technology and International Trade

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Notable Canadian attendees 1990 - CANADA

 

• CAN Thomas J. Bata Chairman, Bata Limited
  CAN Conrad M. Black Chairman, Argus Corporation Ltd
  CAN Derek H. Burney Ambassador to the United States of America
  CAN Marie-Josee Drouin* Executive Director, Hudson Institute of Canada
  CAN Fredrik S. Eaton Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, The T. Eaton Company Ltd.
  CAN R. Donald Fullerton Chairman, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
  CAN David R. Peterson Premier of Ontario

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Notable Canadian attendees 1989 - CANADA

 

• CAN Michel F. Belanger Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, National Bank of Canada
  CAN Conrad M. Black* Chairman, Argus Corporation Ltd.
  CAN Marie-Josee Drouin Executive Director, Hudson Institute of Canada
  CAN Allan E. Gotlieb William Lyon Mackenzie King Visiting Professor of Canadian Studies, The Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
  CAN Paul D. Manson Chief of the Defence Staff
  CAN Jeanne Sauve Governor General of Canada

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Notable Canadian attendees 1988 - CANADA

• CAN Conrad M. Black* Chairman, Argus Corporation Ltd
  CAN Marshall A. Cohen President, Olympia & York Enterprises Limited
  CAN Anthony G.S. Griffin** Director of Companies
  CAN Donald S. MacDonald* Senior Partner, McCarthy & McCarthy
  CAN Grant L. Reuber Deputy Chairman, Bank of Montreal
  CAN Gordon S. Smith Permanent Representative and Ambassador, Delegation of Canada to the North Atlantic Council

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Notable Canadian attendees 1987 - CANADA

 

• CAN Thomas J. Bata, Sr. Chairman, Bata Limited
  CAN Conrad M. Black* Chairman, Argus Corporation Ltd.
  CAN Fredrik S. Eaton President and Chief Executive Officer, Eatons of Canada Limited
  CAN Anthony G.S. Griffin** Director of Companies
  CAN Norman E. Webster Editor-in-Chief, “The Globe and Mail

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Notable Canadian attendees 1986 - CANADA

• CAN Conrad M. Black* Chairman, Argus Corporation Ltd.
  CAN Barbara Frum Host of The Journal (Television Program of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
  CAN Allan E. Gotlieb Ambassador to the United States
  CAN Anthony G.S. Griffin** Director of Companies
  CAN Donald S. MacDonald* Senior Partner, McCarthy & McCarthy
  CAN Jeanne Sauve Governor General of Canada

 

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Notable Canadian attendees 1985 - CANADA

• CAN Thomas J. Bata Chairman, Bata Ltd.
  CAN Conrad M. Black Chairman, Argus Corporation, Ltd.
  CAN Franklyn Griffiths Professor, Center for Russian and East European Studies, University of Toronto
  CAN Donald S. Macdonald Senior Partner, McCarthy & McCarthy; Chairman, Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada
  CAN Roy MacLaren President, CB Media Ltd. and Publisher, Canadian Business; Former Member of Parliament and Minister of National Revenue
  CAN Pierre Elliott Trudeau Former Prime Minister
  CAN Bernard Wood Director, North-South Institute

 

Agenda May 10-12, 1985 – Rye Brook, New York, USA

 I. Divergent social and economic trends in the Atlantic World

 II. How should the West deal with the Soviet Bloc?

 III. The Strategic Defense Initiative

 IV. How should the West deal with developing countries?

 V. Current events: the U.S. Budget and the European perspective

 VI. Operating the Alliance

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Notable Canadian attendees 1984 - CANADA

• CAN Albert A. Breton Professor of Economics, Institute for Policy Analysis, University of Toronto
  CAN W. Harriet Critchley Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Political Science, University of Calgary
  CAN L.A. Delvoie Chairman, Task Force Work Group, Prime Minister’s Task Force on East-West Relations and International Security
  CAN David A. Dodge Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Planning, Department of Employment and Immigration
  CAN Charles H. Hantho President and Chief Executive officer, C-I-L Inc.
  CAN Donald S. Macdonald* Senior Partner, McCarthy & McCarthy; Chairman, Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada

 

Agenda May 11-13, 1984 – Saltsjobaden, Sweden

 I. Western Power and the Middle East: A Case Study in Atlantic Relationships

 II. The State of Arms Control Negotiations

 III. Future Employment Trends in the Industrialized Democracies

 IV. Discussion of Current Events

 IV. The Soviet Union, the West and the Third World – A Case Study: Central America

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Notable Canadian attendees 1983 - CANADA

• CAN Lise Bissonette Editor-in-Chief, Le Devoir
  CAN Conrad M. Black Chairman, Argus Corporation, Ltd.
  CAN Anthony G.S. Griffin** Director of Companies
  CAN Gilles Lamontagne Minister of Defense
  CAN Donald S. Macdonald* Senior Partner, McCarthy & McCarthy
  CAN Allan J. MacEachen Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for External Affaris
  CAN Leighton W. McCarthy President, McCarthy Securities Ltd.
  CAN William D. Mulholland Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Bank of Montreal
  CAN Alfred Powis Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Noranda Mines Ltd.
  CAN Jacques Rastoul Executive Director, Canadian Institute of International Affairs
  CAN C.G.E. Theriault Vice-Chief of the Defnse Staff
  CAN Pierre Elliott Trudeau Prime Minister
  CAN Tom Axworthy Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister
  CAN Joseph Caron Secretariat of Privy Council Office (Foreign and Defense Policy)
  CAN Robert Fowler Assistant Secretary to the Cainet (Foreign and Defense Policy)
  CAN Ted Johnson Executive Assistant to the Prime Minister
  CAN Kenzie MacKinnon Executive Assistant to the Secretary of State for External Affairs
  CAN Jim Mitchell Department of External Affairs (Policy Analysis)
  CAN Michael Phillips Senior Departmental Assistant to the Secretary of State for External Affairs
  CAN Bernard C. Thillaye Director, Strategic Policy Planning, Department of National Defense

 

Agenda May 13-15, 1983 – Montebello, Canada

 I. East-West relations: constraints, detente or confrontation

 II. Issues in medium-term prospects for growth in the world economy:

 A. Protectionism and employment

 B. Risks in banking and finance

 III. Discussion of current events.

 

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Notable Canadian attendees 1982 - CANADA

• CAN Jean Chretien Minister of Justice and Attorney General
  CAN Paul Desmarais Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Power Corporation of Canada
  CAN William A. Dimma President, A.E. LePage Ltd. and Board Chairman, Polysar Ltd.
  CAN H.N.R. Jackman Chairman of the Board, The Empire Life Insurance Company
  CAN Donald S. MacDonald Senior Partner, McCarthy & McCarthy
  CAN James R. Nininger President, The Conference Board of Canada
  CAN Bernard C. Thillaye Director, Strategic Policy Planning, Department of National Defense
  CAN Jacques Demers Special Advisor, Officer of the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada

 

Agenda May 14-16, 1982 – Sandefjord, Norway

 Tensions in European-American Relations

 I. Divergent policies and attitudes in the North Atlantic Community

 II. What can arms control achieve?

 III. Middle East: Issues at stake

 IV. Economic issues: dogmas and realities

 V. Discussion of Current events:

 A. The Falkland Islands Crisis

 B. East-West Relations: Poland, Trade, and Finance

 

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Notable Canadian attendees 1981

 

• CAN Black, Conrad M.
  CAN Fisher, Gordon N.
  CAN Ford, Robert A. D.
  CAN Levesque, Jacques
  CAN MacDonald, Donald S.*
  CAN McKechnie, Malcolm J.

 

Agenda May 14-17, 1981 – Burgenstock, Switzerland

 I. What should Western policy be toward the Soviet Union in the 1980’s?

 A. Changes in the Soviet Union

 B. Assessing Soviet Intentions

 C. Arms Negotiations and the Military Balance

 II. Obstacles to effective coordination of Western policies

 A. Internal Stresses and Strains

 B. The Need for Consultation

 C. The Middle East

 III. How can the Western economies put their house in order?

 A. President Reagan’s Economic Program

 B. The State’s Growing Share of the National Product

 C. The Decline in Productivity and Economic Growth

 D. Political Aspects

 IV. Panel on Current International Economic Issues

 A. East-West Economic Relations

 B. Energy

 C. Japan’s Performance

 D. Trade and Protectionism

 E. Interest Rates and Exchange Rates

 F. Recycling and Debts

 G. The North-South Dialogue

 H. International Economic Cooperation

 V. Discussion of Current Events

 A. Foreign Poicy Prospects Under the New U.S. Administration

 B. Analyzing the French Election Results

 C. Crises Outside the NATO Area

 

 

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Notable Canadian attendees 1980

 

• Griffin, Anthony G.S
  Legault, Albert
  MacDonald, Donald S.
  Maconald, H. Ian

 

Agenda April 18-20, 1980 – Aachen, Germany

 America and Europe: Past, Present, and Future

 I. Political Aspects

 A. Iran

 B. Afghanistan

 C. Relations Among the Allies: Communication, Understanding, Leadership

 D. Division of Labor

 E. The Current American Mood

 F. The Political Evolution of Europe

 G. The Alliance and The Third World

 H. The Arab-Israeli Conflict

 II. Security Aspect

 A. The Present Military Situation of NATO

 B. Strategic Issues

 C. The Need for Stronger Conventional Forces

 D. Security Threats Outside the Alliance Area

 E. The Question of Political Will

 III. Economic Aspect

 A. The Management of Our Economies

 B. Monetary Relations

 C. Energy Considerations and the Impact of the Oil Price Increases

 D. The Less-Developed Countries

 E. Trade Relations

 

 

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Notable Canadian attendees 1979

 

• Macdonald, Donald S.
  Neufeld, Edward P.
  Rastoul, Jacques
  Savory, Roger M.

 

Agenda April 27-29, 1979 – Baden, Austria

 I. The present international monetary situation and its consequences for world economic cooperation

 A. The Bretton Woods System and the Role of the Dollar

 B. Exchange Rates: Fixed or Floating?

 C. “Stateless Currency” and the Euromarkets

 D. The European Monetary System

 E. What Future for the I.M.F.?

 F. Multilateral Cooperation and Harmonization

 G. Monetary Implications of the Oil Situation

 II. The implications of instability in the Middle East and Africa for the Western world.

 A. The Iranian Revolution

 B. The Arab-Israeli Conflict

 C. Turkey: Again the Sick Man

 D. The Oil Imbroglio

 E. Islam, the Third World, and the West

 F. Security Considerations

 G. The Republic of South Africa and Namibia

 H. Rhodesia-Zimbabwe

 I. Economic Considerations

 III. Other current issues bearing on European-American relations

 A. Relations with the Communist Powers

 B. “The German Question”

 C. The Austrian Example

 D. Transatlantic Moods and Attitudes

 

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Notable Canadian attendees 1978

 

• Bell, George B.
  Griffin, Anthony G. S.
  Ostry, Sylvia

 

Agenda April 21-23, 1978 – Princeton, New Jersey, USA

 I. Western defense with its political implications.

 A. An Overview of the Alliance Today

 B. The General Evolution of East-West Relations

 C. Crises Outside the Alliance Area

 D. The Current Military Balance

 E. Theater Nuclear Systems and the Neutron Bomb

 F. Consultation and Mutual Understanding

 G. Political and Economic Strains Within the Alliance

 H. Détente and Arms Control

 II. The changing structure of production and trade: consequences for the Western industrialized countries.

 A. The Role of the State in Structural Adaptation

 B. Structural Change and Economic Growth

 C. Implications for Employment, and the Role of Labor

 D. Trade Policy

 E. The Need for Monetary Stability

 III. Current Problems in European-American Relations

 

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Notable Canadian attendees 1977

 

• Griffin, Anthony G.S.
  LaLonde, Marc
  MacIntosh, Robert M.
  Regan, G. A.

 

Agenda April 22-24, 1977 – Torquay, England

 I. North American and Western European attitudes towards:

 II. The future of the mixed economies in the Western democracies

 III. The Third World’s demand for restructuring the world order and the political implications of these attitudes

 

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Notable Canadian attendees 1976

 

• 1976 No meeting

 

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Notable Canadian attendees 1975

 

• Deutsch, John J.
  Gordon, Duncan L.
  Griffin, Anthony G. S.
  Morris, Joseph

 

Agenda April 25-27, 1975 – Golden Dolphin Hotel, Cesme, Turkey

 I. Inflation: its economic, social and political implications

 II. Recent international political developments:

 III. The present status and prospects to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict and the effect on relations among NATO members

 IV. Other recent developments affecting the relations among NATO countries

 

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Notable Canadian attendees 1974

 

• Aird, John B.
  Dupuy, Michel
  Griffin, Anthony G. S.
  Sauve, Jeanne

 

Agenda April 19-21, 1974 – Hotel Mont d’Arbois, Megeve, France

 I. Prospects for the Atlantic world

 

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Notable Canadian attendees 1973

 

• Griffin, Anthony G. S.
  Lougheed, Peter
  Macdonald, Donald S.
  Ritchie, Albert E.

 

Agenda May 11-13, 1973 – Saltsjobaden, Sweden

 I. The possibilities of the development of a European energy policy, and the consequences of European-North American

 relations.

 II. Conflicting expectations concerning the European Security Conference.

 

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Notable Canadian attendees 1972

 

• Griffin, Anthony G. S.
  MacLaren, Roy
  McLean, William F.
  Raynauld, Andre
  Warren, Jack H.

 

Agenda

April 21-23, 1972 – Knokke, Belgium

 

I. The state of the Western community in the light of changing relationships among the non-communist industrialized countries and the impact of changing power relationships in the Far East on Western security

 

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Notable Canadian attendees 1971

 

• Bourassa, Robert
  Griffin, Anthony G. S.
  Leman, Paul H.
  MacDonald, Donald S.
  Rotstein, Abraham

 

Agenda April 23-25, 1971 – Woodstock, Vermont, USA

 I. The contribution of business in dealing with current problems of social instability

 II. The possibility of a change of the American role in the world and its consequences

 

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Notable Canadian attendees 1970

 

• Filion, Gerard
  Griffin, Anthony G. S.
  Head, Ivan
  LePan, Douglas V.
  Roberts, John

 

Agenda April 17-19, 1970 – Bad Ragaz, Switzerland

 I. Future function of the university in our society

 II. Priority in foreign policy

 

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Notable Canadian attendees 1969

 

• Bissell, Claude
  Cadieux, Marcel
  Griffin, Anthony G.S.
  McLuhan, Marshall

 

Agenda May 9-11, 1969 – Marienlyst, Denmark

 I. Elements of instability in Western society

 II. Conflicting attitudes within the Western world towards relations with the USSR and the other Communist states of Eastern Europe in the light of recent events

 

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Notable Canadian attendees 1968

 

• Allard, Jean V.
  Beaton, Leonard
  Belanger, Michel
  Griffin, Anthony G. S.
  Holmes, John W.
  Lambert, Allen T.
  Martin, Paul
  McLean, William F.
  Parizeau, Jacques
  Pearson, Lester B.
  Rasminsky, Louis
  Ritchie, Ronald S.
  Ryan, Claude
  Thornbrough, Albert A.
  Trudeau, Pierre E.
  Thillaye, Bernard C.

 

 

Agenda April 26-28, 1968 – Mont Tremblant, Canada

 I. The relations between the West and the Communist countries

 II. Internationalization of business

 

 

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Notes on participants

Andrzej Olechowski

Former minister of foreign affairs and finance in his native Poland, where he has frequently been involved in politics since the 1990s. He ran unsuccessfully in the 2000 presidential election and Warsaw's 2002 mayoral race. Mr. Olechowski was a founding member of the centrist Civic Platform party, and is currently a member of the supervisory boards of Vivendi Universal, Citibank Handlowy and PKN Orlen.

Egil Myklebust

Served as president and CEO of Norsk Hydro, a Norwegian oil and gas group that is one of that countries biggest companies, between 1991 and 2001. He then served as Norsk's chairman until 2004 and was also a member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. While he is a well-known face in the world's oil and gas industry, Mr. Myklebust is currently chairman of Scandinavian Airlines.

Robert Zoellick

Reports to Condoleeza Rice as the U.S. deputy secretary of state, after serving as the U.S. trade representative from 2001 to 2005. A lawyer, Mr. Zoellick has worked in economic and diplomatic policy development in different Republican administrations for more than two decades. He has a strong reputation for hammering out international trade deals; he played a key role in sealing NAFTA and has been an important player in World Trade Organization talks.

James B. Steinberg

Best known for his work as deputy national security adviser to U.S. president Bill Clinton from 1996 to 2000. After working in government, Mr. Steinberg went on to direct foreign policy studies at the Brookings Institution in Washington and is now the dean of the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. He is a frequent media commentator on U.S. foreign policy and has written several books on national security topics.

Juan Luis Cebrian

CEO of the Spanish media conglomerate Grupa Prisa, which owns El Pais, a centre-left daily that is the country's leading newspaper. Mr. Cebrian is a former editor at El Pais and has also served as chairman of the International Press Institute. He is also an acclaimed author of books such as Red Doll and the essay collection, The Press and Main Street.

Mario Monti

Dubbed "Super Mario" by the press, is an Italian economist, president of Bocconi University in Milan and chairman of the European think-tank Bruegel. He has most notably served on the European Commission, where he was sometimes called an antitrust czar. Mr. Monti fought against a proposed merger between General Electric and Honeywell in 2001. The European Union eventually blocked that merger, earning criticism from U.S. regulators.

Jean-Pierre Hansen

CEO of energy giants Electrabel, Belgium's top power producer, and Suez-Tractebel, Belgium's top utility holding company and one of the world's biggest independent power producers. Mr. Hansen holds advanced degrees in engineering and economics and has worked in the electricity and gas sectors since the 1970s.

Neelie Kroes

Veteran Dutch politician and businesswoman who has served as European Commissioner for Competition since 2004. Ms. Kroes' appointment to the position was met with some controversy, due to her extensive business contacts. Since assuming her post, Ms. Kroes has been in the middle of Microsoft's on-going dispute with the EU over a 2004 antitrust ruling against the company. Ms. Kroes has also been a staunch ally of controversial Dutch politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali.

Franco Bernabe

Vice-chairman of the European investment bank Rothschild Europe, former CEO of the Italian energy giant ENI and a board member of Petro-China. Mr. Bernabe headed ENI's privatization process in the early 90s and was recently quoted as saying the world oil industry remains "uneasy" with the feverish development of Alberta's oilsands near Fort McMurray. Mr. Bernabe also worked as a chief economist at Fiat, and started his career as an academic at Turin University.

David Rockefeller

Founder of the Trilateral Commission, formed in 1973 by citizens of Japan, European Union countries, the U.S. and Canada with the goal of fostering closer co-operation among those regions. Mr. Rockefeller, who has a PhD from the University of Chicago, spent 35 years as an officer of the Chase Manhattan Bank and was chairman and CEO from 1969 to 1980. He serves as honorary chairman of the Americas Society, the Council on Foreign Relations and Rockefeller University.

Frank McKenna

Was Canada's ambassador to the U.S. under prime minister Paul Martin. When Mr. Martin lost the election, Mr. McKenna returned to private life, quickly quelling rumours he would run for the Liberal party leadership. Before his U.S. stint, Mr. McKenna practised law and served on numerous corporate boards. He became New Brunswick's premier in 1987, winning every seat. He served for a decade and created a call centre industry in the resource-based province.

Jorma Ollila

Chairman and CEO of Nokia Corporation for 14 years, from 1992 until this month when he became non-executive chairman of Royal Dutch Shell while hanging on to his Nokia association, also as non-executive chairman. He is the first non-Dutch, non-Briton to head Shell. He took Nokia from a cellphone company on the brink of takeover to the world's most successful. The Finn is a member of the board of directors of Ford Motor Company, and UPM-Kymmene.

Queen Beatrix

...of the Netherlands became queen in 1980 when her mother, Juliana, abdicated. Ottawa is not new to the queen, who moved to the capital in the 1940s, and lived in Stornoway. While there her father and mother Juliana and Bernhard took a trip to Cape Cod just as a German XIb U-Boat carrying the failed Hitler assassination indistrialists and military was arriving off the coast. She went to Rockcliffe Park Public School and her sister, Princess Margriet, was born in Canada. Queen Beatrix, who has a degree in law, married Claus von Amsberg, a German diplomat, in 1966.

Richard Perle

Assistant secretary of defence to U.S. president Ronald Reagan and is still considered influential in the U.S., having advised President George W. Bush. Mr. Perle served as chairman of the Defence Policy Board from 2001-2003 and was assistant secretary of defence for international security policy from 1981 to 1987. His opinions appear regularly in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and London's Daily Telegraph.

James Wolfensohn

As president of the World Bank, walks the fine line between being a banker and an advocate for the world's poor. Born in Australia, he ended up on Wall Street via London, eventually founding a banking firm with former head of the U.S. Federal Reserve, Paul Volker. Today, he is credited with working to return the World Bank to its original mandate of relieving poverty.

Etienne Davignon

Former Belgian politician and president of the annual Bilderberg conference. Mr. Davignon was born in Hungary and quickly established a name for himself in business and politics. He was the first president of the International Energy Agency from 1974-77 and at the age of 32, he became head of cabinet. Between 1977 and 1985, he was an influential member of the European Commission. In 1989, he joined the board of the Societe Generale de Belgique.

John Vinocur

Senior correspondent for the International Herald Tribune and reports on everything from politics to sports. He went to the Tribune from the New York Times, where he was metropolitan editor. He served as the Times' bureau chief in France and Germany. He went to the Tribune as executive editor and served as the newspaper's vice-president from 1986-96. He writes for Foreign Affairs and the New York Times Magazine.

Adrian Wooldridge

The Economist's Washington bureau chief. Prior to this, he was the magazine's west coast correspondent, and also held positions as its management correspondent and its correspondent in Britain. He co-wrote The Company: A Short History of a Revolutionary Idea, and A Future Perfect: The Challenge and Hidden Promise of Globalisation, Witch Doctors, and The Right Nation, a look at American conservatism.

Vernon Jordan

A Washington insider, Mr. Jordan chaired the Clinton transition team in 1992. He started his public life through the civil rights movement in the 1960s, working for the NAACP, and served as executive director of the United Negro College Fund and National Urban League in the 1970s. The lawyer is a managing director with the investment banking firm Lazard Freres & Co. LLC and is on several boards, including American Express and Dow Jones & Company.

Tony Comper

Has been chief executive officer of BMO Financial Group since 1999. In his three decades with BMO, he served as chairman from 1999 to 2004, when the company moved to a non-executive chairman model. He first signed on with the bank in 1967, after completing a BA in English. Mr. Comper is a member of the board of directors of the International Monetary Conference and vice-chairman of the C.D. Howe Institute.

Dermot Gleeson

Chairman of Allied Irish Banks, is a lawyer. He is a member of the Royal Irish Academy and chairman of the Irish Council for Bioethics and is the former attorney general of Ireland. He also served as a member of the Council of State for Ireland and as then-Irish prime minister John Bruton's chief legal adviser from 1994-97. He joined the board of Allied Irish Banks in 2000 and was appointed chairman in 2003.