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View From CanadaRegional Responses to Global
Challenges
Thomas TownsendExecutive Head, Policy Research Initiative
Conference on Regional Governance in a Global ContextCharlemagne Building, Brussels, May 11-12, 2009
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Regional Responses to Global Challenges
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• United States takes 3/4 of Canada's exports, and supplies 2/3 of Canada’s imports
• About €450 billion (US$550 billion) in cross-border goods and services (2008)
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Pacific North West
Great Plains Great Lakes
These Regional Links Reflect Shared Geography
Atlantic Coast
Quebec-NY & Northern
New England
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The Economy
Trade levelTrade growthTrade breadthTrade dependency
Culture and Values
Organizations
IntergovernmentalSingle-purposeGeneral-purpose
CivilCities
Strong
Significant
Weak
East
NB NS PE NL
Atlantica
QC
Quebec
ON
Great Lakes -
Heartland
AB SK MB
Prairies -Great Plains
BC AB
West
Cross-Border Regional Links
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General Purpose Intergovernmental
Pacific NorthWest Economic Region (PNWER)
Eastern Regional Conference
Council of State Governments - Midwest
Council of State Governments - West
Western Governors Association
NEG-ECP
General Purpose Intergovernmental
Montana Alberta Bilateral Advisory Council (MABAC)
MOU
MOU – Alberta & Idaho
MOU – Ontario & New YorkMOU – Ontario & MichiganMOU – Manitoba & Minnesota
MOU – Quebec & VermontMOU – Quebec & New York
MOU
Single Purpose Intergovernmental(Environmental Focus)
Gulf of Maine Council on Marine Env.
Great Lakes Commission
Great Lakes Fishery Commission
Red River Basin Commission
British Columbia / Washington Environmental Cooperation Council
St. Croix International Waterway Commission
International Souris River Board
Single Purpose Intergovernmental (Environmental Focus)
Cities and Cross-Border
International Association of Great Lakes
and St. Lawrence Mayors
Great Lakes & St. Lawrence Cities Initiative
Cascadia Mayors Council
Buffalo & Niagara
Toronto & Chicago
Toronto & Indianapolis
Quebec City & Albany
Vancouver & Seattle
Cities and Cross-Border Organizations
Civil
New England – Canada Business Council
Quebec – NY Trade Corridor Initiative
Council of Great Lakes Industries
Pacific Corridor Enterprise Council
Atlantic Salmon Federation
Great Lakes Environmental Directory
Discovery Institute Atlantic Institute forMarket Studies
Northern Great Plains Inc.
Civil
Cross-border Networks
Single Purpose Intergovernmental(Infrastructure Focus)
Calais / St. Stephen
Champlain / Lacolle Port of Excellence
Coutts / Sweet Grass
International Mobility and Trade Corridor
Single Purpose Intergovernmental (Infrastructure Focus)
What does this mean?
• Regional growth and prosperity increasingly connected to regional cross-border dynamics
• Key questions at the regional-level:
– Are regional industries that are integrated across borders more vulnerable or more resilient to global events?
– Because of the global crisis, will regional cross-border value chains and arrangements be reshaped?
– How?
• Current federal instruments and institutional arrangements geared to uniformity and consistency
• However, “one size may not fit all”
• Coherence over consistency
• Implications for Canada?
What does this meanfor Regional Governance?
Further information
Thomas TownsendExecutive Head, Policy Research Initiative
[email protected](613) 992-8059
www.policyresearch.ca