Transatlantic Relationships: Canada and the UK
Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 17-20 November 1996

Chair
Dr Keith Banting, Director, School of Policy Studies, Queen’s University

Rapporteur
Sir Nicholas Bayne, Honorary President, British Organising Committee (formerly British High Commissioner)

Sunday 17 November
Arrival in Kingston, Fort Frontenac

5:30pm Registration and Reception (Keg Room, Officers’ Mess, Fort Frontenac)

7:00pm Dinner (Dining Hall, Officers’ Mess, Fort Frontenac)

Monday 18 November
8:00am Breakfast hosted by Nortel (Dining Hall, Officers’ Mess, Fort Frontenac)
Note: All sessions of the Canada-UK Colloquium are held in the theatre of the Centre for Nationnal Security Studies, Fort Frontenac

9:15am Welcome and Introduction by Chairman

9:30am Issues:
Session 1. Transatlantic Identity
- what is the nature of the transatlantic identity?
- how have changes in international relations (the end of the Cold War, pattern of globalization and regionalism in the intematianal economy, and the revolution in communications technology) affected the transatlantic relationship?
- are elite and public opinions on transatlanticism changing and, if so, in what direction?

FRG: Dr Thomas Risse-Kappen, Fakultiit für Verwaltungswissenschaft, University of Konstanz
British Speaker:
Sir Nicholas Bayne, Honorary President, British Organising Committee (formerly British High Commissioner)

11:00am Coffee (Griffin Room, Officers’ Mess, Fort Frontenac)

11:30am Issues:
Session 2. Trade
- the changing definition of British and Canadian markets
- the institutionalisation of international trade: NAFTA, the EU, and the WTO
- domestic regulatory structures and legal aspects of the transatlantic trading relationship

Canadian Speaker:
Derek Burney, Bell Canada International
British Speaker:
Robin Griffith, A Senior Partner, law firm Clifford Chance

1:00pm Lunch hosted by Alcan Alwninium Ui. (Dining Hall, Officers’ Mess, Fort Frontenac)

2:00pm Issues:
Session 3. Investment and Financial Relations
- trends in transatlantic and regional investment
- bilateral Anglo-Canadian investment and financial linkages: status and trends
- domestic regulation and legal aspects of transatlantic financial flows

Canadian Speaker:
Dr Jayson Myers, Vice-President and Chief Economist, Alliance of Manufacturers and Exporters Canada
British Speaker:
Dr Michael Hodges, London School of Economics

3:30pm Coffee (Griffin Room, Officers’ Mess, Fort Frontenac)

4:00pm Issues:
Session 4. Security
- how has the end of the Cold War affected regional security in the Atlantic area?
- is the institutional architecture of European security (NATO, the WEU, the OSCE) evolving in appropriate directions to meet the new challenges of the post-Cold War era?
- how have British and Canadian perspectives on cooperative security changed in the post-Cold War era?

Canadian Speaker:
Daniel Bon, Director General, Policy Planning, Department of National Defence
British Speaker:
William Hopkinson, Assistant Under Secretary (Policy), Ministry of Defence

6:30pm Reception hosted by the Department of Foreign Affair and International Trade (Keg Room, Officers’ Mess, Fort Frontenac)

7:30pm Colloquium Dinner hosted by the Department of National Defence (Dining Hall, Officers’ Mess, Fort Frontenac) Keynote Address: Mr John Richardson, M. P., Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence

Tuesday 19 November
8:00am Breakfast hosted by Nortel (Dining Hall, ‘Officers’ Mess, Fort Frontenac)

9:30am Issues:
Session 5. Technological Change and Culture
- information technology and cultural industries
- domestic cultural policy and transatlantic cultural relations

Canadian Speaker:
Mme Guylaine Saucier, Chairwoman, CBC Board of Governors
British Speaker:
Mr Mark Fisher, MP, Shadow Minister of Arts

11:00am Coffee (Griffin Room, Officers’ Mess, Fort Frontenac)

11:30am Issues:
Session 6. NAFTA and the EU Convergence and Harmonization: Implications for the Canada-UK Rektionship
- the development of regional standards in the EU and NAFTA areas

Canadian Speaker:
Professor Roderick A. Macdonald, F.R. Scott Professor of Public and Constitutional Law, Faculty of Law, McGill University
British Speaker:
John Bridgeman, Director-General of the Office of Fair Trading

1:00pm Lunch hosted by McCarthy Tetrault (Dining Hall, Officers’ Mess, Fort Frontenac) ~

2:00pm Issues:

Session 7. The New Transatlantic Agenda: Prospects for and Directions of Transatlantic Coopemtion
- the role of business
- the role of government
- the role of parliamentarians
- the role of social/cultural organisations

Canadian Speaker:
John English, M.P., Vice-Chair, Foreign Affairs Committee, House of Commons
British Speaker:
Michael Tappin, Member of European Parliament

3:30pm Coffee (Griffin Room, Officers’ Mess, Fort Frontenac)

4:00pm Conclusions
a) Roundup by Rapporteur
b) Remarks from Chair

6:30pm Reception hosted by Sir Nicholas Bonsor, Minister of State
(Foreign and Commonwealth Office - North American Affairs)
(Keg Room, Officers’ Mess, Fort Frontenac)

7:30pm Colloquium Dinner hosted by Bombardier Aerospace Inc. (Dining Hall, Officers’ Mess, Fort Frontenac)
Keynote Address: Sir Nicholas Bonsor, Minister of Stale (Foreign and Commonwealth Office - North American Affairs)

Wednesday 20 November
9:00am Breakfast (Dining Hall, Officers’ Mess, Fort Frontenac)

Departure of participants from Kingston