On today's 'Global Exchange' Podcast, we continue our series on positioning Canada in a shifting international order. Today's episode, recorded during our May 8th foreign policy conference in Ottawa, has Monica Gattinger, Michael Cleland, and Ian Brodie in conversation with CGAI President Kelly Ogle on the future of Canada as a major energy producer and exporter.

Bios:

Colin Robertson (host) - A former Canadian diplomat, Colin Robertson is Vice President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute and a Senior Advisor to Dentons LLP.

Kelly Ogle (moderator) - President & CEO of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.

Michael Cleland - a private consultant with extensive experience in energy and environment policy. He is Senior Fellow with the University of Ottawa and a member of uOttawa’s Positive Energy research team’, Chair of the Board of Directors at the Canadian Energy Research Institute, a member of the Board of Directors of QUEST and Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.

Monica Gattinger - Dr. Gattinger is the Director of the University of Ottawa’s Institute for Science, Society and Policy, Associate Professor at uOttawa’s School of Political Studies, and Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. She also chairs Positive Energy at the University of Ottawa.

Ian Brodie - From 2006 to 2008, Ian Brodie worked as the Chief of Staff for Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Book Recommendations:

Kelly Ogle (moderator) - "Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice" by Bill Browder (https://www.amazon.ca/Red-Notice-Finance-Murder-Justice/dp/1476755744/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1531775654&sr=8-1&keywords=red+notice+by+bill+browder)

Monica Gattinger - "Go, Went, Gone" by Jenny Erpenbeck (https://www.amazon.ca/Go-Went-Gone-Jenny-Erpenbeck/dp/0811225941/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1531775688&sr=8-1&keywords=go+went+gone)

Michael Cleland - "How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World" by Steven Johnson (https://www.amazon.ca/How-We-Got-Now-Innovations/dp/1594632960/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1531775709&sr=8-1&keywords=how+we+got+to+now)

Ian Brodie - "Operation Medusa: The Furious Battle That Saved Afghanistan from the Taliban" by MGen (ret'd) David Fraser (https://www.amazon.ca/Operation-Medusa-Furious-Afghanistan-Taliban/dp/0771039301/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1531775766&sr=8-1&keywords=operation+medusa)

Related Links:

- "Positioning Canada in the Shifting International Order" [CGAI Conference Information] (https://www.cgai.ca/positioning_canada_in_the_shifting_international_order)

- "Canada and the Shifting International Energy Order: Superpower, Climate Leader or Land of Myth?" by Michael Cleland [CGAI Policy Update] (https://www.cgai.ca/canada_and_the_shifting_international_energy_order_superpower_climate_leader_or_land_of_myth)

- "A Value Proposition and Narrative for Energy and Climate in Canada" by Mike Cleland, Dave Collyer, John Dillon, Monica Gattinger and Ken Ogilvie [CGAI Policy Update] (https://www.cgai.ca/a_value_proposition_and_narrative_for_energy_and_climate_in_canada)

- "CGAI Energy Series" [CGAI Paper Series] (https://www.cgai.ca/energy_series)

- "Positive Energy" [University of Ottawa] (https://www.uottawa.ca/positive-energy/)

- "At the Centre of Government: The Prime Minister and the Limits on Political Power" by Ian Brodie (https://www.amazon.ca/At-Centre-Government-Minister-Political/dp/0773552901/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1531775663&sr=8-1&keywords=at+the+centre+of+government)

Recording Date: May 8th, 2018

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Produced by Jared Maltais. Music credits to Drew Phillips.