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CTV News
04-06-2025
- Business
- CTV News
‘A lot of hugging': Canada West Foundation says first ministers aligned on key priorities
Canada West Foundation President & CEO, Gary Mar, speaks with Alberta Primetime host Michael Higgins about the First Ministers' meeting.
CBC
23-05-2025
- Business
- CBC
What do G7 talks mean for Alberta? An opportunity to centre province in world discussions
The Canada West Foundation and University of Calgary School of Public Policy want world leaders to cast their eyes on Western Canada for innovation, trade and energy potential.
Ottawa Citizen
27-04-2025
- Politics
- Ottawa Citizen
Develop natural resources to unify Canada: Frank McKenna, Gary Mar on Canada's unity crisis
Article content Two of Canada's most prominent business and former political leaders are urging the next government to make national unity a top priority. Article content Article content Former New Brunswick premier and ambassador to the U.S. Frank McKenna championed the nation-building Energy East pipeline. Gary Mar, formerly Alberta's intergovernmental relations minister and representative in Washington, now president of the Canada West Foundation. Article content Both joined columnist Tasha Kheiriddin on Thursday for a live discussion about national unity and the federal election. Watch the full video above. Article content Article content McKenna suggested to National Post that Mark Carney, if elected, should spend a lot of time out west to heal the wounds of division. Article content Article content However, McKenna pointed to a long history of high-level representation from Alberta in particular: 'Alberta has enjoyed a lot of respect at the national level,' he said. Article content Still, McKenna firmly acknowledged that sensitivity to western concerns continue: 'I hope and pray that when (the election) is all over that the pain points, the points of stress will be worked out. That we will have national leaders, the premiers included, that will work on assuaging some of these issues.' Article content Article content Article content Mar noted a shift in national politics has given rise to the present sense of western alienation. Past prime ministers, such as Brian Mulroney, Jean Chretien and Stephen Harper 'had national visions' leading to 'legitimacy as a national government, because you represented the whole country,' he said. This resulted in inevitable, but acceptable compromises. Article content Today, he said leadership is more equivalent to 'followership,' and 'vote maximization for the sake of power' — pushing politics to where the majority sits — in central Canada.
Vancouver Sun
26-04-2025
- Business
- Vancouver Sun
Develop natural resources to unify Canada: Frank McKenna, Gary Mar
Two of Canada's most prominent business and former political leaders are urging the next government to make national unity a top priority. Article content Former New Brunswick premier and ambassador to the U.S. Frank McKenna championed the nation-building Energy East pipeline. Gary Mar, formerly Alberta's intergovernmental relations minister and representative in Washington, now president of the Canada West Foundation. Article content Article content Both joined columnist Tasha Kheiriddin on Thursday for a live discussion about national unity and the federal election. Article content Article content However, McKenna pointed to a long history of high-level representation from Alberta in particular: 'Alberta has enjoyed a lot of respect at the national level,' he said. Article content Still, McKenna firmly acknowledged that sensitivity to western concerns continue: 'I hope and pray that when (the election) is all over that the pain points, the points of stress will be worked out. That we will have national leaders, the premiers included, that will work on assuaging some of these issues.' Article content Article content Article content Mar noted a shift in national politics has given rise to the present sense of western alienation. Past prime ministers, such as Brian Mulroney, Jean Chretien and Stephen Harper 'had national visions' leading to 'legitimacy as a national government, because you represented the whole country,' he said. This resulted in inevitable, but acceptable compromises.
National Post
26-04-2025
- Business
- National Post
Develop natural resources to unify Canada: Frank McKenna, Gary Mar
Two of Canada's most prominent business and former political leaders are urging the next government to make national unity a top priority. Article content Article content Former New Brunswick premier and ambassador to the U.S. Frank McKenna championed the nation-building Energy East pipeline. Gary Mar, formerly Alberta's intergovernmental relations minister and representative in Washington, now president of the Canada West Foundation. Article content Article content Both joined columnist Tasha Kheiriddin on Thursday for a live discussion about national unity and the federal election. Article content Article content However, McKenna pointed to a long history of high-level representation from Alberta in particular: 'Alberta has enjoyed a lot of respect at the national level,' he said. Article content Still, McKenna firmly acknowledged that sensitivity to western concerns continue: 'I hope and pray that when (the election) is all over that the pain points, the points of stress will be worked out. That we will have national leaders, the premiers included, that will work on assuaging some of these issues.' Article content Article content Article content Mar noted a shift in national politics has given rise to the present sense of western alienation. Past prime ministers, such as Brian Mulroney, Jean Chretien and Stephen Harper 'had national visions' leading to 'legitimacy as a national government, because you represented the whole country,' he said. This resulted in inevitable, but acceptable compromises. Article content 'In the last 10 years, we have lost $60-80 billion dollars in Canadian wealth to the United States of America because we have not been able to get the appropriate economic rents for our resource. Any Canadian, properly instructed, would say that's not acceptable.'
