Business Leaders Propose Ambitious
"Made-in-Canada" Strategy on Climate Change
The Canadian Council of Chief Executives (CCCE) today called for an innovative and ambitious made-in-Canada strategy to deal with the critical issue of global climate change. “Canadian business has been taking significant actions to deal with greenhouse gas emissions and wants to be an important partner in a national strategy to move the goalposts further,” said CCCE President and Chief Executive Thomas d’Aquino. “We believe that such a strategy can win the clear support of Canadians only if it both delivers demonstrable improvements in the environment and enhances Canada’s prosperity.” He emphasized that the national consultations launched this month by the federal government must not degenerate into a battle between energy producing and energy consuming regions of Canada, nor would it be helpful to have the consultations limit the advance of a full range of constructive ideas. “Any plan with a realistic prospect of addressing the global climate change challenge […]
The Kyoto Protocol Revisited:
A Responsible and Dynamic Alternative for Canada
The Kyoto Protocol Revisited: A Responsible and Dynamic Alternative for Canada
Shared Enterprise:
Working Together to Improve
Public Health Care in Canada
Good afternoon and thank you. Canada’s business leaders have been strong supporters of Canada’s universally accessible public health care system, and we too are worried about its future. The cost and quality of health care has real implications for the competitiveness of our enterprises and for our country’s ability to attract people and investment.In Volume Five of this Committee’s report on health care, you noted that much of the debate over the roles of the private sector in health care has been counterproductive and diverted attention and energy away from the vital task of systemic reform. The Canadian Council of Chief Executives agrees, and on behalf of the Council, I would like to thank the Committee’s members for creating a more constructive framework for discussion, one in which ideas can be debated on the basis of their merits.As the Committee has observed, the private sector already is a vital partner […]
Tribute to David Rockefeller, Honorary Chairman, The Americas Society
Tribute to David Rockefeller, Honorary Chairman, The Americas Society
Perspectives, Spring 2002: Excerpts from recent speeches by members of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives
Perspectives, Spring 2002: Excerpts from recent speeches by members of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives
Private Sector Can Help to Improve Public Health Care, Business LeadersTell Romanow Commission
The private sector can make a real contribution to sustaining and improving the public health care system in Canada, the Canadian Council of Chief Executives (CCCE) says in a 32-page submission to the Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada. “In health care as in economic growth, Canadians should be proud of our past achievements, but we can and must do better. In the shared enterprise of providing universal access to high quality and timely health care for Canadians, business can help,” said David Stewart-Patterson, the Council’s Senior Vice President, Policy, in an appearance today in Toronto before Commissioner Roy Romanow. The Council noted a wide range of avenues for increased private sector involvement in health care, including innovation, human resource policies, community investment and the provision of expertise, access to capital, support services and clinical services. The Council said that provincial governments could reinforce efforts to improve […]
Shared Enterprise:
Sustaining and Improving Health Care for Canadians
Good morning and thank you. The Canadian Council of Chief Executives, then known as the Business Council on National Issues, had the benefit of the Commissioner’s insights last autumn, and I am now happy to offer some of our thoughts in return. Canada’s business leaders have been strong supporters of Canada’s universally accessible public health care system, and we too are worried about its future. The cost and quality of health care has real implications for the competitiveness of our enterprises and for our country’s ability to attract people and investment. The Commission has defined its inquiry in terms of four themes: Canadian values, sustainability, managing change and cooperative relations between governments. We have addressed the first three themes in the following terms: 1. Sustainability: How much money will we as a country be able to afford for health care?2. Fairness: How should Canadians share the costs of health care […]
A. Charles Baillie Elected Chairman of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives
A. Charles Baillie, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TD Bank Financial Group, has been elected Chairman of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives (CCCE), and Paul M. Tellier, President and Chief Executive Officer of Canadian National, has joined the Council’s Executive Committee as a Vice-Chairman. “As the premier vehicle for enabling Canadian chief executives to engage in critical public policy issues, the Council has been an extraordinarily effective force for change for more than a quarter century,” said Mr. Baillie. “I am honoured by the opportunity to contribute to the next chapter in the organization’s development.” Mr. Baillie succeeds Jean C. Monty, who resigned from the Council in April after stepping down as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bell Canada Enterprises Inc. “It is always a blow to lose a person of the calibre and commitment of Jean Monty,” said CCCE President and Chief Executive, Thomas d’Aquino. “But […]
A Canadian Business Perspective on the Euro
A Canadian Business Perspective on the Euro
Canada and Japan: Partnering for Growth and
Opportunity in a Challenging Environment
Canada and Japan: Partnering for Growth and Opportunity in a Challenging Environment
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