The Competitiveness Question: Business opportunities and challenges in a cap-and-trade environment

Event Details

  • Wednesday June 3, 2015
  • 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm
  • Free
  • Desautels Hall
    (2/F South Building)
    Rotman School of Management
    University of Toronto
    105 St. George Street
    Toronto, Ontario

    OR via Webcast

The Competitiveness Question: Business opportunities and challenges in a cap-and-trade environment

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On April 13, the Ontario Government announced its intention to join Quebec and California’s cap-and-trade market as part of its new climate action plan. With this new policy come important questions such as: what will be the impact on Ontario’s competitiveness? what are the risks and opportunities? what about systems transparency and how do we safeguard its integrity? As the Ontario Government works through the new cap-and-trade policy details, now is the time for business leaders to increase their understanding of this policy. The panel’s objective is to bring together leading government and business experts to share their practical experiences and policy expertise.

Program

  • 5:00 pm: Welcome
    • Tiff Macklem, Dean and Professor of Finance, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto and Chair, Institute for Competitiveness and Prosperity
  • 5:05 pm: Keynote
    • Dominic Barton, Global Managing Director, McKinsey & Company
    • Topic: A Global Perspective on Competitiveness and Carbon Pricing
  • 5:20 pm: Paper Release
    • Chris Ragan, Chair, Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission and Associate Professor, Macroeconomics and Economic Policy, McGill University
    • Topic: Cap-and-Trade in Ontario: Framing the New Environment
  • 5:30 pm: Panel Presentation and Discussion 
    • Moderator: Chris Ragan, Chair, Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission and Associate Professor, Macroeconomics and Economic Policy, McGill University
    • Panel:
      • Guy Drouin, President and CEO, Biothermica
      • Michael Gibbs, Assistant Executive Officer, California Air Resources Board
      • Faith Goodman, Climate Change Consultant –Oil and Gas Industry
      • Ken Kimmel, President, Union of Concerned Scientists, former Massachusetts Environment Commissioner and former Chair of the Multi-State Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
  • 6:15 pm: Audience Q&A
  • 6:45 pm: Closing Remarks and Reception Begins
    • Jamison Steeve, Executive Director, Martin Prosperity Institute, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto and Executive Director, Institute for Competitiveness and Prosperity
  • 7:30 pm: Session Ends

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