TORONTO – Delegates from unions, business,
government, and community agencies meet in Toronto next week for
two days of discussion on what Ontario could look like in 2020.
Ontario 2020: Shaping Our Future Together
will take place at the Sheraton Centre Toronto March 4-5.
Steering committee members include Ontario Finance Minister
Dwight Duncan; Ontario Chamber of Commerce President & CEO
Len Crispino; United Way of Toronto President & CEO Frances
Lankin; CAW President Ken Lewenza; Toronto Community
Housing Corporation CEO Keiko Nakamura; music
entrepreneur Farley Flex; Ontario Transportation Minister
Kathleen Wynne; Paul Juniper, Director of the Industrial
Relations Centre at Queen’s University; and Warren (Smokey)
Thomas, President of the Ontario Public Service Employees
Union.
“To my knowledge no one has ever brought
together business, labour, government, and community agencies
for an in-depth exploration of possible futures for Ontario,”
said OPSEU’s Thomas, who initiated the conference. “Our goal is
to look past the immediate issues of the day so we can better
understand the choices before us and the consequences – for all
of us – of choosing one path over another.
“We’re looking forward to some electrifying
discussions that I know will get a tremendous boost from our
high-voltage guest speakers,” said Thomas. Featured speakers
include:
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On March 4: Roger Martin, Dean of the
Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto;
Thomas Homer-Dixon, Chair of Global Systems at the
Balsillie School of International Affairs, University of
Waterloo; Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland,
former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights,
and current Chair of Realizing Rights: The Ethical
Globalization Initiative.
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On March 5: Justin Trudeau, MP,
Papineau; Chris Charlton, MP, Hamilton Mountain; and
The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State
responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for
Southern Ontario.
More than 200 conference participants will
explore alternate scenarios of the future of Ontario’s economy,
communities, health care, and education. The scenario sessions
will be facilitated by Arden Brummell of Scenarios to Strategy,
Inc. and Marc Zwelling of Vector Research.
For the conference agenda, an overview of the
scenarios, and steering committee bios, visit
www.ontario2020conference.ca.
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