| Date | Location | Registration fee | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 23, 2025 | ONLINE | $99 - $149 |
| Start time | 12:30am EDT | End time | 4:30pm EDT |
Overview
President-Elect Donald Trump has proposed a range of startling and challenging ideas about trade and economic development with Canada and the world. This Inauguration Week session will explore:
- America First and its implications for Canada
- Trump’s economic policies and what they mean for Canadian communities
- The possible introduction of tariffs, and their effects on Canadian industry
- The 2026 renegotiation of the CUSMA/USMCA trade agreement
Speakers
Dan Uczjo
Dan is Senior Counsel at Thompson Hine LLP, and former trade negotiator for both the United States and Canada. His practice focuses on providing end-to-end counsel across clients’ Canada-U.S., North American and global supply chains. Dan’s unique Canada-U.S. experience encompasses serving in the governments of Canada and the United States, private practice and academia. He served as an officer in Canada’s foreign ministry where he worked towards improving North America’s borders and ports-of-entry. For nearly a decade, Dan was a visiting professor of law at Case Western Reserve University School of Law and managed a lab that served as a legal adviser to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Coast Guard.
Brock Dickinson
Brock is the Director of the Economic Development Program, and has worked in local economic development for 25 years. He is currently the Entrepreneur in Residence and an Adjunct Professor with the University of Waterloo. He was previously CEO of MDB Insight, Canada’s largest specialist economic development consultancy, where he worked with hundreds of communities across North America. Before this private sector role, Brock headed a number of provincial and municipal economic development agencies in both Ontario and Nova Scotia, and spent six years as a consultant with the United Nations, leading sustainable development projects in 30 countries.
Registration fees
| Early Bird | $99 + HST |
| After January 9, 2025 | $149 + HST |