Favourable cross-border business climate in the bi-national Great Lakes – St Lawrence Region faces uncertain future
Great Lakes Economic Forum to discuss importance of open borders and markets.
Lack of an integrated transportation strategy in Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Region threatens region’s economic resiliency
New CGLR report says passenger and freight integration and adaptability key to facing unknowns of climate impacts, technology disruption and changing trade patterns.
Report recognizes unique role Ontario’s nuclear fleet will play in electricity system
The Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR) and its partners have released a report on Ontario’s electricity system – titled ‘Ontario’s Long-Term Energy Plan: Understanding Carbon Emissions, the Role of Nuclear and Electricity Trade with Quebec’ – which finds nuclear energy is a critical source of reliable electricity to maintain system reliability, achieve climate […]
Mayors, Business Leaders, NGOs Call for New Vision, Blue Print, for future of Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Region
Great Lakes St. Lawrence Advocates Meet with Key Ministers in Ottawa
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Vision Planning
Today, the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Cities Initiative, the Council of the Great Lakes Region, the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, and leading NGOs including Freshwater Future, Strategies Saint Laurent, Alliance for the Great Lakes, Canadian Environmental Law Association, le Regroupement des organismes de bassins versants du Québec, and Environmental Defence Canada requested that the Government […]
Distinguished Leaders Named Honorary Patrons of the Council of the Great Lakes Region
We are pleased to announce today the appointment of a number of highly regarded individuals from the United States and Canada who will act as Honorary Patrons of the Council.
New Report: Vital Capital
State and Provincial Governments in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Region must deepen and accelerate investments in public infrastructure
Council of the Great Lakes Region Welcomes Ontario Government’s Decision to Refurbish Bruce Power’s Nuclear Reactors
Toronto, Ontario, December 3, 2016 – Home to 107 million people and responsible for US$5.8 trillion in economic activity in 2014, the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Region’s prosperity and competitiveness is fuelled by affordable – and increasingly cleaner – energy like nuclear power.
Are we ready for the Paris Climate Summit? A cleaner, more efficient way of moving freight in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Region
The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Region, spanning the provinces of Ontario and Quebec and eight American states, from New York to Minnesota, is an economic juggernaut, with an estimated USD$5.8 trillion in economic activity in 2014 according to the most recent report on the region’s economy released by BMO Financial Group at the Great Lakes Economic […]
Lyle McCoy Appointed Senior Advisor to the Council of the Great Lakes Region
The Council of the Great Lakes Region announced today that it has appointed Lyle McCoy, recently retired as the head of the U.S. Public Finance and Infrastructure Capital Markets groups of BMO Capital Markets, as a senior advisor to the Council effective immediately.