CGLR Announces Honorary Patrons
December 05, 2024 Ottawa, ON and Cleveland, OH – CGLR is extremely pleased to announce the appointment of two new Honorary Patrons, the Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, the longest-serving Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (2014–2023) and Ambassador Bob Rae, Canada’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York. CGLR is also very pleased to announce the […]
What Will Canada’s Yet-to-be-Named Restoration Program Mean for Great Lakes Project Funding?
In the last blog, we covered the U.S. political challenges involved with Great Lakes restoration funding, especially in these extremely partisan times. But we saw hope for the undercurrents of bipartisanship for Great Lakes funding, too. In this last entry, we’ll look at the challenges and optimism associated with Canada’s recent funding announcement. Since the […]
Council of the Great Lakes Region (Canada) Announces New 2023 Board of Directors
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: AUGUST 10, 2023 OTTAWA, ON and CLEVELAND, OH / August 10, 2023 – The Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR), a not-for-profit corporation in Canada, is pleased to announce that the following individuals have been elected to its Board of Directors after the organization’s virtual Annual General Meeting on July 21: […]
How can Canada Deploy an Equitable and Reliable EV Charging Network?
Transportation accounts for 24% of total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Canada – the most significant source after the oil and gas sector.(1) Decarbonization of the transportation sector will be a key component of Canada’s transition to a low-carbon economy. As part of this path to decarbonization, the federal government has recently announced the proposed […]
Rounding the Corner: Towards a Circular Economy in Canada
Canada repeatedly ranks in the top ten waste-producing countries globally. (1) Much of Canada’s waste piles up in landfills. (2) Ontario is expected to run out of landfill capacity by 2032, and even sooner if the United States prevents Ontario’s waste from crossing the border. (3) Excessive waste is a hallmark of a modern, linear […]
Bi-National Great Lakes Border Trade and Supply Chain Alliance Launched
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NOVEMBER 16TH, 2022 Today, the Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR), in collaboration with The Federal Bridge Corporation Limited (FBCL) and members of the Bridge and Tunnel Operators Association (BTOA), are excited to announce the launch of the Great Lakes Border Trade and Supply Chain Alliance. Because of the pandemic, as […]
An Untapped Resource
For over 200 years the people of Canada and the United States have peacefully shared and benefited from our wonderful communal resource, the Great Lakes. Though we have a mutual commitment to open societies based on democracy, human rights and personal economic freedom, we do have differences in political structures, taxation, regulation and appropriate levels […]
Decarbonization will Mean Industrial Restructurings on an Unprecedented and Massive Scale, Canada Better get Ready for it
Authors: Paul Deegan, former Public Affairs Executive at BMO and CN Kevin Lynch, former Clerk of the Privy Council and former Vice Chair at BMO Throughout history, industrial restructurings have always produced gain and pain, winners and losers, and political protest movements. We are about to face another. Decarbonization, the essence of achieving the COP26 […]
Council of the Great Lakes Region (Canada) Announces New Board of Directors
OTTAWA, ON and CLEVELAND, OH / January 12, 2022 – The Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR), a Canadian not-for-profit forum of business, government, academic, and non-profit leaders committed to working across sectors and the Canada-United States border to strengthen the bi-national Great Lakes region’s long-term competitiveness and sustainability, is pleased to announce that […]