Date: Thursday 15 May | Location: Online Webinar | Time: 14:00 – 15:00 (UTC+1)

Canada is holding a snap general election on 28 April. The new government will replace the demoralised, decade-old administration of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The Liberal Party’s replacement candidate, Mark Carney — the former central bank governor in both Canada and the UK — is a political novice who is running against the Conservative Party’s scrappy and battle-hardened, Pierre Poilievre. For the winner, the biggest fight lies ahead: surviving the Donald Trump’s second presidency and building a resilient economy that can survive on a North American continent that has suddenly grown inhospitable.

The webinar will cover:

• Key events in the Canada’s most closely-watched election in years
• Analysis of the results and likely composition of the new government
• Conflict between Trump’s Administration and the US’ largest and closest trading partner
• What's next for Canada in North America, in NATO, and in the world
• Canada's macro-economy and business environment

Speakers

Paul Wells is one of Canada's most experienced political journalists. After 30 years in large news organisations, he has a Substack newsletter whose 37,000 subscribers include leaders in Canadian politics, business and journalism. He also hosts a leading current-affairs podcast and has covered political events in Britain, Europe and the US. He is a Senior Fellow at the Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University.

Heather Scoffield is Senior Vice-President of Strategy at the Ottawa-based Business Council of Canada, focused on collaborating with business leaders and policymakers to find practical solutions to current economic challenges. In her previous 30-year career in journalism she was the Ottawa bureau chief for both the Toronto Star and The Canadian Press, as well as spending 12 years at the Globe and Mail. She and her team won several National Newspaper Awards. She has covered monetary and fiscal policy, economics, trade policy, social policy, aboriginal affairs, environment and energy, and several different political parties. Heather has a MA in Journalism from the University of Western Ontario, and a BA in international Relations from Toronto’s York University.