On this episode of Defence Deconstructed, David Perry speaks to Michael Manulak and Brian Finlay about the current state of WMD proliferation and Canada’s role in countering increasing stockpiles.

Then, you’ll hear a discussion between Darren Hawco, Cynthia Cook, Troy Crosby, Wendy Gilmour, and Nicolas Todd about the NATO Defence Action Plan and the implications for Canada. This conversation is part of our 2023 Procurement Conference, which took place on November 29, 2023 in Ottawa. This conference was made possible thanks to the support of our strategic sponsors Lockheed Martin Canada, General Dynamics, Irving Shipbuilding, and Hanwha Defence; conference silver sponsors L3Harris, CAE, and Seaspan; as well as bronze sponsors Thales and Microsoft.

Guests biographies

Michael Manulak is an Associate Professor at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs and a CGAI Fellow – https://www.cgai.ca/michael_manulak

Brian Finlay is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Stimson Center – https://www.stimson.org/ppl/brian-finlay/

Cynthia Cook is director of the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group and a senior fellow in the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies – https://www.csis.org/people/cynthia-cook

Troy Crosby is ADM (Materiel) at the Department of National Defence – https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/corporate/organizational-structure/assistant-deputy-minister-materiel/biography.html

Wendy Gilmour was NATO Assistant Secretary General for Defence Investment from November 2022 and January 2024 – https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/who_is_who_208720.htm

Nicolas Todd is CADSI’s Vice President, Policy, Communications and Government Relations – https://www.defenceandsecurity.ca/cms4/Executive-Team

Host biography

Dr. David Perry is the President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute – https://www.cgai.ca/David_Perry

VAdm (ret’d) Darren Hawco is Executive Advisor at Deloitte and a CGAI Fellow – https://www.cgai.ca/darren_hawco

What Michael and Brian are reading

Prisoners of the Castle by Ben MacIntyre – https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/612488/prisoners-of-the-castle-by-ben-macintyre/9780771001970

Peacemaking 1919 by Harold Nicholson – https://www.amazon.com/Peacemaking-1919-Being-Reminiscences-Conference/dp/193154154X

Recording Date: 12 Jan 2024 and 29 Nov 2023

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Produced by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine. Music credits to Drew Phillips

On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Kelly Ogle and Jacquie Hoornweg continue the West Meets East series with a conversation on preparing Ontario's electricity grid for energy transition alongside extreme weather.

For the intro section, Kelly and Joe Calnan discuss events in global energy security, including Ukraine's strikes on Russia's Ust-Lunga port, and the prospects for Argentina's YPF under Milei.

Guest Bio:

- Jacquie Hoornweg is a CGAI Fellow and a Professor at Ontario Tech University

Host Bio:

- Kelly Ogle is the CEO of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute

- Joe Calnan is a Fellow and the Energy Security Forum Manager at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute

Book recommendations:

- "Rebirth: A Political History Of Europe Since World War II", by Cyril Black: https://www.amazon.ca/Rebirth-Political-History-Europe-Since/dp/0813336643

- "The Armor of Light", by Ken Follett: https://www.amazon.ca/Armor-Light-Novel-Ken-Follett/dp/0525954996

Interview recording Date: January 18, 2024

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Produced by Joe Calnan. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

On this episode of The Global Exchange, Colin Robertson is joined by Ted Bilyea Doug Hedley and Al Mussel to discuss the role of Canadian agriculture and energy on global food security.

Participants' bios

- Ted Bilyea is a Distinguished Fellow of CAPI, and a member of the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame.

- Doug Hedley had a long career as a senior executive in Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and also member of the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame.

- Al Mussel is the Research Director at the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute.

Host bio:

Colin Robertson is a former diplomat and Senior Advisor to the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, www.cgai.ca/colin_robertson

Read & Watch:

- UN FAO Publications: https://www.fao.org/publications/home/fao-flagship-publications/en

- "Energy in Nature and Society: General Energetics of Complex Systems", by Vaclav Smil: https://www.amazon.ca/Energy-Nature-Society-General-Energetics/dp/0262693569

- "How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen", by David Brooks: https://www.amazon.ca/How-Know-Person-Seeing-Others/dp/059323006X

- "Agricultural Domestic Support Under the WTO: Experience and Prospects", by Lars Brink and David Orden: https://www.amazon.com/Agricultural-Domestic-Support-Under-International/dp/1316514056

- "Death Followed Us Home", by J.S. Rioux: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/204879849-death-followed-us-home

Recording Date: January 11, 2023.

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Produced by Joe Calnan. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

On this episode of Defence Deconstructed, two segments.

First, David Perry speaks to Alexander Salt, Triple Helix's Post-Doctoral Fellow, about military innovation and what it means for the integration of advanced capabilities.

Then, you'll hear a panel conversation between Microsoft's Derek Dobson, RAdm Lou Carosielli, MGen Peter Dawe, and Christopher Zimmer about the defence procurement nexus with C4ISR.

This conversation is part of our 2023 Procurement Conference, which took place on November 29, 2023 in Ottawa. This conference was made possible thanks to the support of our strategic sponsors Lockheed Martin Canada, General Dynamics, Irving Shipbuilding, and Hanwha Defence; conference silver sponsors L3Harris, CAE, and Seaspan; as well as bronze sponsors Thales and Microsoft.

Guests biographies

Alex Salt is Triple Helix's Post-Doctoral Fellow – https://www.cgai.ca/triple_helix_our_team

RAdm Lou Carosielli is Chief of Staff for Assistant Deputy Minister (Information Management).

MGen Peter Dawe is the Canadian Armed Forces’ Chief of Combat Systems Integration

MGen Christopher Zimmer is Chief of Staff of the Department of National Defence's Digital Transformation Office.

Hosts bios

Dr. David Perry is the President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute – www.cgai.ca/David_Perry

Derek Dobson is the leader of Microsoft Canada's Defence, Intelligence, Public Safety & Justice businesses.

What Alex Salt is reading:

Command: The Twenty First Century General by Anthony King – https://www.amazon.com/Command-Twenty-First-Century-General-Anthony-King/dp/1108476406

Recording Date: 18 Jan 2024 and 29 Nov 2023

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Produced by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine. Music credits to Drew Phillips

On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Kelly Ogle and Joe Calnan interview Kathryn Porter about the impact of the polar vortex on Alberta's electrical grid and growing energy nationalism in Europe.

For the intro session, Kelly and Joe Calnan talk about the Trans Mountain pipeline and moves by Chinese companies to gain more control over the cobalt market.

Guest Bio:

- Kathryn Porter is an energy consultant and founder of Watt-Logic: https://watt-logic.com/

Host Bio:

- Joe Calnan is a Fellow and Energy Security Forum Manager at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute

Reading recommendations:

- "The Prince of Nothing", by R. Scott Bakker: https://www.amazon.com/The-Prince-of-Nothing-3-book-series/dp/B0749XZ9DM

Interview recording Date: January 17, 2023

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Produced by Joe Calnan. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

On this special episode of The Global Exchange, Colin Robertson is joined by the Honourable Jean Charest, Honourable Peter MacKay and the Honourable John Manley.

Participants' bios

- The Honourable Jean Charest served as premier of Quebec from 2003 to 2012, as well as deputy prime minister under Prime Minister Kim Campbell

- The Honourable John Manley served as deputy prime minister of Canada from 2002 to 2003, as well as portfolios including Industry, Foreign Affairs and Finance

- The Honourable Peter MacKay served as minister for Atlantic Canada Opportunities, Foreign Affairs, Defence, Justice and as Attorney General

Host bio:

Colin Robertson is a former diplomat and Senior Advisor to the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, www.cgai.ca/colin_robertson

Read & Watch:

- "Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World", by H.R. McMaster: https://www.amazon.ca/Battlegrounds-Fight-Defend-Free-World/dp/0062899465

- "Red Line Podcast": https://www.theredlinepodcast.com/episodes

- "How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen", by David Brooks: https://www.amazon.ca/How-Know-Person-Seeing-Others/dp/059323006X

- "How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going", by Vaclav Smil: https://www.amazon.ca/How-World-Really-Works-Science/dp/0593297067

- "Tom Lake", by Ann Patchett, audiobook voiced by the spectacular, luxurious tones of Meryl Streep: https://www.amazon.com/Audible-Tom-Lake-A-Novel/dp/B0BPZYH97W

Recording Date: January 9, 2024.

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Produced by Joe Calnan. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

On this episode of Defence Deconstructed, David Perry speaks to Sara Newland, Scott Simon, Chiaoning Su, and Wen-Ti Sung to discuss the geopolitical implication of the Taiwanese election. This conversation took place on January 10th, 2024 and was made possible thanks to the support of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office.

Then, you’ll hear a discussion between David Perry, Deputy Minister of Defence Bill Matthews, and Deputy Minister of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Simon Kennedy about the evolution of procurement since Strong, Secure, Engaged. This conversation is part of our 2023 Procurement Conference, which took place on November 29, 2023 in Ottawa. This conference was made possible thanks to the support of our strategic sponsors Lockheed Martin Canada, General Dynamics, Irving Shipbuilding, and Hanwha Defence; conference silver sponsors L3Harris, CAE, and Seaspan; as well as bronze sponsors Thales and Microsoft.

Guests biographies

Sara Newland is an Assistant Professor of Government at Smith College – https://www.smith.edu/people/sara-newland

Scott Simon is a Professor at the University of Ottawa – https://uniweb.uottawa.ca/members/1024

Chiaoning Su is an Associate Professor at Oakland University – https://oakland.edu/cj/faculty/su

Wen-Ti Sung is a Nonresident Fellow at the Atlantic Council – https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/wen-ti-sung/

Bill Matthews is Deputy Minister of National Defence – https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/corporate/organizational-structure/deputy-minister-national-defence.html

Simon Kennedy is Deputy Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada – https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/ised/en/about-us/our-organization/deputy-minister/simon-kennedy

Host biography

Dr. David Perry is the President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute – https://www.cgai.ca/David_Perry

Recording Date: 10 Jan 2024 and 29 Nov 2023

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Produced by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine. Music credits to Drew Phillips

On this special episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Kelly Ogle and Joe Calnan discuss major events in global and Canadian energy security in 2023, and what to watch for into the future.

Host Bios:

- Kelly Ogle is CEO of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute

- Joe Calnan is a Fellow and Energy Security Forum Manager at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute

Clip Guest Bios

1:02 - Kent Fellows, Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Calgary and Fellow-in-Residence at the C.D. Howe Institute

8:46 - Michelle Bockmann, Senior Analyst at Lloyd's List Intelligence

16:40 - Morgan Bazilian, Director of the Payne Institute of Policy at the Colorado School of Mines

25:00 - Yves Giroux, Canada's Parliamentary Budget Officer

34:55 - Joe Ingram, CGAI Fellow

41:10 - Amrita Sen, Co-Founder and Director of Research at Energy Aspects

49:00 - Daniel Yergin, Pulitzer Prize Winning Author and Vice Chairman at S&P Global

What is Joe reading?

1. "The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War", by Robert J. Gordon: https://www.amazon.ca/Rise-Fall-American-Growth-Standard/dp/0691147728

2. "The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World", by Niall Ferguson: https://www.amazon.ca/Ascent-Money-Financial-History-World/dp/0143116177

What is Kelly reading?

1. "The Appollo Murders", by Chris Hadfied: https://www.amazon.ca/The-Apollo-Murders/dp/0316264539

2. "The Duel: Diefenbaker, Pearson and the Making of Modern Canada", by John Ibbitson: https://www.amazon.ca/Duel-Diefenbaker-Pearson-Making-Modern-ebook/dp/B0BZC4CL15

3. "Dominion: The Railway and the Rise of Canada", by Stephen Bown: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/690690/dominion-by-stephen-r-bown/9780385698726

Recording Date: January 10, 2023

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Produced by Joseph Calnan. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

On this episode of The Global Exchange, Colin Robertson is joined by Bob Plamondon and Peter Donolo to discuss the career of Jean Chretien as the former Canadian Prime Minister approaches his 90th birthday.

Find Colin's previous conversations with former Prime Minister Jean Chretien

2020: https://www.cgai.ca/jean_chretien_on_its_a_very_different_world_that_were_living_at_this_time

2021: https://www.cgai.ca/in_conversation_with_the_hon_jean_chretien

Participants' bios

- Peter Donolo is a CGAI Fellow. He served as Mr. Chretien’s director of Communications and later as Canada's Consul General in Milan

- Bob Plamondon is the author of many books on Canadian political history including The Shawinigan Fox: How Jean Chretien Defied the Elites and Reshaped Canada. He is currently working on a new book looking at the Chretien leadership style.

Host bio:

Colin Robertson is a former diplomat and Senior Advisor to the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, www.cgai.ca/colin_robertson

Read & Watch:

- "The Lincoln Project", Showtime Documentary Series: https://www.sho.com/the-lincoln-project

- "The Craft: How the Freemasons Made the Modern World", by John Dickie: https://www.amazon.ca/Craft-Freemasons-Made-Modern-World/dp/161039867X

Recording Date: January 8, 2023.

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Produced by Joe Calnan. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

On this episode of Defence Deconstructed, Kate Todd discusses developments in the Red Sea with David Perry and Noah Bonis-Charancle.

Then, David Perry chats with Simon Page, Assistant Deputy Minister Defence and Marine Procurement at Public Services and Procurement Canada from our November 29th, 2023 Procurement Conference. This conference was made possible thanks to the support of the Department of National Defence’s MINDS program, our strategic sponsors Lockheed Martin Canada, General Dynamics, Irving Shipbuilding and Hanwha Defence; Gold Sponsor Raytheon Technologies, Silver Sponsors CAE, L3Harris Technologies, and Seaspan; and Bronze Sponsors Thales and Microsoft.

Guest bios:

Noah Bonis-Charancle is a Toronto-based lawyer at Gardiner Roberts and is a former Navigation Officer for The Royal Canadian Navy – https://grllp.com/profile/NoahBonis-Charancle

Simon Page is the Assistant Deputy Minister Defence and Marine Procurement at Public Services and Procurement Canada – https://www.canada.ca/en/public-services-procurement/corporate/transparency/briefing-materials/2023-minister-transition-book-1/biographies.html#a11

Host bio

Kate Todd is CGAI's 2023-24 Women in Defence and Security Fellow – https://www.cgai.ca/katherine_todd

Dr. David Perry is the President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute – https://www.cgai.ca/David_Perry

Recording Date: 4 Jan 2024/ 29 Nov 2023

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Produced by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine. Music credits to Drew Phillips