WCEF THEMES

Western Canada Economic Forum will focus on the following key themes:

1. Western Canada Economic Outlook

2. Investment Attraction, Trade & Exports

2. Financing Business Growth in the West

3. Economic Reconciliation

4. Provincial Opportunities and Challenges to Growth

  • The Honourable Wab Kinew

    Premier of Manitoba

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  • The Right Honourable Mark Carney

    Prime Minister of Canada

    *

  • Chuck Davidson

    Chief Executive Officer
    Manitoba Chamber of Commerce

  • Ryan Kuffner

    Chief Executive Officer
    Winnipeg Economic Development

  • Matthew Steward

    Partner
    Deloitte

  • Alex Fallon

    Founder & Chair
    Western Canada Economic Forum

  • Alison Nankivell

    Chief Executive Officer
    Export Development Canada

  • Patrick Kennedy

    Principal
    Earnscliffe Strategies

  • Rebekah Young

    Vice President & Head of Inclusion and Resilience Economics
    Scotiabank

  • Michael Solberg

    Partner
    New West Public Affairs Inc

  • Prabha Ramaswamy

    Chief Executive Officer
    Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce

  • Chris Lane

    Chief Executive Officer
    STEP (Saskatchewan Trade & Export Partnership)

  • Vina Nadjibulla

    Vice-President, Research & Strategy
    Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada

  • Heather Exner-Pirot

    Director of Energy
    Natural Resources and Environment program, Macdonald-Laurier Institute

  • Bram Strain

    President
    Business Council of Manitoba

  • Alicia Planincic

    Director of Policy & Economics
    Business Council of Alberta

  • BDC

    Representative

  • Canada Infrastructure Bank

    Representative

  • Mike Holden

    Vice President, Policy & Chief Economist, Business Council of Alberta

  • Shachi Kurl

    President, Angus Reid Institute

  • Jennifer Ditchburn

    Chief Executive Officer, Institute for Research on Public Policy

  • Emily Fleckner

    U.S. Consul General to Alberta, Saskatchewan, and the Northwest

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  • MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED (*invited)

  • Dean Gagné

    Chief Disruption and Growth Officer Innovation Federal Credit Union

  • Heather Exner-Pirot

    Director of Energy, Natural Resources and Environment, Macdonald-Laurier Institute