Celebrating our First Century of Global Discovery
AME BC Lunch
Date: Wednesday, January 25
Location: Stanley Park Ballroom
Time: 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Sponsored by: KPMG LLP
(ticket required)
Keynote Speakers: The Honourable Christy Clark, Premier of British Columbia and Fred McMahon, Vice President of Research, International, the Fraser Institute, Canada
Christy Clark was sworn in as British Columbia’s 35th Premier on March 14, 2011 and was elected Vancouver-Point Grey MLA in a by-election on May 12, 2011.
She previously served as the MLA for Port Moody-Burnaby Mountain (1996-2001) and Port Moody-Westwood (2001-2005). She has served as Deputy Premier, Minister of Education, Minister of Children and Family Development and vice-chair of Treasury Board.
During her first term, she sat on the Select Standing Committee on Environment and Tourism and on the Official Opposition Caucus Committee for Children.
She took a break from government in 2005 to spend more time with her family. She worked in the media during her time from government, including as a columnist and commentator and host of the “Christy Clark Show” on CKNW.
Premier Clark brought the anti-bullying “Pink Shirt Campaign” to British Columbia to raise awareness of issues related to bullying in our schools, workplace and communities.
She has received several awards, including the YWCA Woman of Distinction Award and the 2009 Woman of the Year in BC by the Consumer Choice Awards. She attended Simon Fraser University (SFU), the Sorbonne (France) and the University of Edinburgh (Scotland, UK), studying Political Science and Religious Studies. She was born and raised in Burnaby and graduated from Burnaby South Senior Secondary.
Fred McMahon is Vice-President of Research, International, at the Fraser Institute, Canada. International research includes the Global Centres for Resource Studies. The centres publish the annual Global Petroleum Survey and the Fraser Institute’s Survey of Mining Companies among other studies. The centres are dedicated to researching and communicating fact-based information on resource industries.
The Institute’s international branch is responsible for The Economic Freedom of the World: Annual Report and coordinates the Economic Freedom Network of independent think tanks in 80 nations and territories. McMahon is the co-author, with Salem Al Ismaily and Amela Karabegović of the Economic Freedom of the Arab World Report. He is also co-author of the Economic Freedom of North America: Annual Report.
He has authored several books including, Looking the Gift Horse in the Mouth: The Impact of Federal Transfers on Atlantic Canada, which won the Sir Antony Fisher International Memorial Award for public policy books.
Publications he has written for include the European Journal of Political Economy, the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) Journal at Georgetown University, The Wall Street Journal, Policy Options, National Post, Time (Canada), Globe and Mail, and the Ottawa Citizen, among many others.