FROM THE EDITOR
Time to Deliver. Yes, it is. From June 3 to 6, the world’s largest conference on gender equality and the health, rights and wellbeing of girls and women is taking place in Vancouver. And we should be proud that Women Deliver chose Canada to host this prestigious conference. We have a lot to be proud of but we can do more. Why wouldn’t we want to live in a country that can enjoy the contributions of everyone equally? And so this is where we begin with The Review.
Dale Smith recaps a session hosted by Susan Delacourt on International Women’s Day. Sixth Estate convened a panel from business, politics, and civil society to discuss this year’s theme of #BalanceForBetter, and how they and their organizations are working to close the gaps that exist in their fields.
Later, Derek Nighbor, president and CEO of the Forest Products Association of Canada, talks about the initiatives his member companies are taking to encourage more women to work and grow in the sector. You can read his opinion in Canada’s Forest Sector Branches Out.
And the forestry sector relies heavily on intermodal transportation systems to get their product to market. So this segues nicely into Dale Smith’s recap of a Before
the Bell edition on Canada’s Transportation Infrastructure: a backbone to the economy.
Shifting the discussion to foreign direct investment (FDI) in Canada, Before the Bell looked at what we are doing collectively to grow the economy through FDI and what obstacles exist. The timely session occurred one year after the creation of Invest in Canada and featured a discussion with CEO Ian McKay. Again, you can read a recap in Dale Smith’s piece called Temperature Check: Canada’s Investment Climate.
Finally, we are introducing a new feature called Chasing Answers. During each edition of Before the Bell we get far more questions than time permits to answer on the show. So, beginning with our edition on foreign direct investment, we are pleased to introduce Chasing Answers on Foreign Direct Investment. We went back to Ian McKay, CEO of Invest in Canada and Goldy Hyder, president and CEO of the Business Council of Canada, and asked them to respond to the top five audience questions we didn’t have time for during the session. We’re pleased to include their responses in a Q&A format.
So from gender equality, to building our economy and making Canada a model for other nations to follow, we need continued actionable outcomes. It’s time to deliver.