Brave New Canada

The CIC Vancouver Branch invites you to join us for a Law Courts Luncheon with Derek Burney and Fen Hampson on November 4th, 2014, doors open at 11:30am. Lunch will be served.

Derek Burney and Fen Hampson will speak about their vision for Canada and its role in the world based on their newly released book Brave New Canada. This is a unique opportunity to hear two of Canada’s foremost foreign policy thinkers.

In Brave New Canada, Burney and Hampson identify trends that are reshaping the world’s geopolitics and economics and discuss the challenges Canada confronts with the rise of China and other global centres of power. Their examination of a wide range of themes – including the place of pluralistic democratic values in diplomacy, economics, and trade, the ways that Canada should reset relations with its neighbour to the south, as well as how to manage new global security threats – paints a picture of how Canada can become bold, assertive, and confident and easily adjust to a new global landscape.

Arguing that a successful foreign policy cannot be crafted by looking at the world in the rear-view mirror, Brave New Canada offers evidence-based, provocative prescriptions for both the public and private sectors that should stimulate discussion and command widespread attention.

We look forward to seeing you there!

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Derek Burney is a former Canadian ambassador to the United States and chief of staff to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.

Fen Hampson is Distinguished Fellow and Director of the Global Security and Politics Program at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) in Waterloo.