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Hosted by Hon. Judy Sgro, PC, MP – Official Opposition Critic, Seniors & Pensions
Room 200 West Block, House of Commons
October 21st, 2009
Thank you for agreeing to participate in the Pensions and Retirement Income Security Forum that I will be hosting on
Monday, October 26th, 2009, in Room 200 West Block – sponsored by Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association.
As you already know, Canada’s pension and retirement income systems are in crisis and solutions are needed now if we
are to prevent a further deterioration in the years ahead.
For the purposes of this forum, we are exploring pension and retirement income coverage, adequacy and security.
Your involvement in this discussion is critical and I thank you for taking the time to join us in Ottawa.
To help with your planning, please find below the details of the forum. Please do not hesitate to contact my office if you
have any questions.
I look forward to seeing you on Monday.
Sincerely,
Hon. Judy A. Sgro, Privy Council, MP
Official Opposition Critic, Seniors and Pensions
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Hosted by Hon. Judy Sgro, PC, MP – Official Opposition Critic, Seniors & Pensions
Room 200 West Block, House of Commons
Agenda
8:00AM: Registration (security, sign in and package distribution)
12:00PM: Lunch
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Room 200 West Block, House of Commons
Moderator
Gord McIntosh spent 30 years in journalism, working in newspapers, magazines, radio,
television and the Web, before becoming a consultant in government relations,
communications strategy, issue management, social marketing and media training in
Ottawa in 2001. He is also a speech writer.
As a public affairs strategist, he has helped prominent trade associations, corporations
and foreign governments make themselves heard on Parliament Hill while gaining
strategic coverage in the Canadian media. He was responsible for a GR/media campaign
on behalf of Team Cormorant that resulted in substantial changes in the procurement
process for Canada’s new maritime helicopter in 2002.
Currently, he is president of his own firm in Ottawa, 110percent Communications Services, and is a senior associate with
Ketchum in Ottawa. He is also associated with Nanos Research as a media content analyst.
Gord has coached several cabinet ministers, Members of Parliament and CEOs on how to deal with the media. He
frequently gives seminars on how to make the media an ally in messaging.
In his journalism career, he won two National Newspaper awards, spent 14 years on Parliament Hill and was managing
editor at a daily newspaper. As a senior parliamentary reporter with The Canadian Press, Gord covered political,
economic and business issues, including the steel industry and trade.
He continues as a columnist for Investment Executive, a publication for the investment community, on politics,
government, trade and the economy. In addition, Gord writes a weekly blog on communications and public affairs issues
for Metronews.ca and his own website, www.110percent.ca.
Currently, Gord is president of the National Press Club of Canada Foundation. He is a former director of the Government
Relations Institute of Canada and past president of the Ottawa chapter of the International Association of Business
Communicators.
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Hosted by Hon. Judy Sgro, PC, MP – Official Opposition Critic, Seniors & Pensions
Room 200 West Block, House of Commons
Panellists
Please ensure name, spelling and title are correct as this information will be noted on table markers etc.
Susan Eng, VP, Advocacy, Canadian Association of Retired Persons
Jean‐Luc Racine, Executive Director, Fédération des aînées et aînés francophones
Mike Hale, Immediate Past President, Canadian Institute of Actuaries
Phil Benson, Lobbyist, Teamsters Canada
Joel Harden, Pension Policy Expert, Canadian Labour Congress
Michael Boychuk, President/CEO Bimcor Inc. (Representing the Group of 7)
Catherine Swift, President/CEO, Canadian Federation of Independent Business
Sue Reibel, Senior Vice President & General Manager
Canadian Group Savings & Retirement Solutions Manulife Financial
(Representing Canadian Life & Health Insurance Association Inc.)
Diane A. Urquhart, Independent Financial Analyst
James Pierlot, LL.M., Towers Perrin – Toronto
Kelly Law, Associate Director, Canada Without Poverty
Please ensure name, spelling and title are correct as the above will be noted on table markers etc.
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Room 200 West Block, House of Commons
Guest Speaker
Dr. Robert Roberts, MD, FRCP(C), MACC
President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Scientific Officer
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
TOPIC: Medicine; a Glimpse of the Future
Dr. Roberts received his M.D. from Dalhousie University and completed his residency in Internal Medicine and
Fellowship in Cardiology at the University of Toronto. Funded by a Canadian Heart Foundation Scholarship he pursued
research in enzymology and cardiac metabolism at the University of California, San Diego, following which he was
Director of the Cardiac Care Unit at Barnes Hospital and Associate Professor of Medicine, Washington University. In
1982, he assumed the position as Chief of Cardiology at Baylor. Dr. Roberts was appointed as President, Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Scientific Officer of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute on April 1st, 2004.
For information relating to this document or the National Pension Forum in general, please contact Greg McClinchey
in the Office of Judy Sgro at sgroj0@parl.gc.ca or via telephone at 613‐992‐7774.
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