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  1. #264: W. Brett Wilson (Prairie Merchant) - FirstEnergy ~1992 & Dragons' Den Lessons

    FEB 5

    #264: W. Brett Wilson (Prairie Merchant) - FirstEnergy ~1992 & Dragons' Den Lessons

    Greetings, and welcome back to the podcast. This episode, we are joined by W.Brett Wilson - CEO & Chairman of Prairie Merchant Corp - a private merchant bank which finances key personal investments in five major areas - energy, agriculture, real estate, entertainment and sport. Prior to founding Prairie Merchant Corp, W.Brett Wilson co-founded investment banking advisory firm, Wilson Mackie & Co., in 1991, and in 1993, co-founded FirstEnergy Capital Corp. in Calgary, Alberta with Rick Grafton, Jim Davidson, and N. Murray Edwards. W.Brett Wilson was a season 3, 4 & 5 panelist on CBC Television's Dragons' Den. He has written regularly on entrepreneurship for publications including Oilweek, Alberta Venture and the National Post, and in 2012, he published the book titled Redefining Success: Still Making Mistakes. His sports interests include ownership in the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League.  W. Brett Wilson has supported hundreds of charities including, The Southern Alberta Institute of Urology, the David Foster Foundation, Right to Play & the Wilson Centre for Domestic Abuse Studies at the Calgary Counseling Centre. W. Brett Wilson obtained a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan and a Masters of Business Administration degree from the University of Calgary. In 2010, W. Brett Wilson received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from Royal Roads University. In 2011, he was awarded the Order of Canada and subsequently received the Saskatchewan Order of Merit in 2012. Among other things, we learned about FirstEnergy ~1992 & Dragons' Den Lessons. Enjoy. Thank you to our sponsors. Without their support this episode would not be possible: Connate Water Solutions ATB Capital Markets Ambyint JSG Bidell Gas Compression Bunch Projects Support the show

    40 min
  2. #260: Hon. Stockwell Day - Lowering Taxes, Cutting Debt & 50 Years of Politics

    JAN 8

    #260: Hon. Stockwell Day - Lowering Taxes, Cutting Debt & 50 Years of Politics

    Greetings, and welcome back to the podcast. Stockwell Day was successfully elected nine times over 25 years at two levels of government and in two separate provinces. From 1986 to 2000, he served in the Alberta Legislature as Government House Leader, Minister of Labour, Minister of Social Services and Minister of Finance.  In 2000 Stockwell Day won the leadership of the Canadian Alliance and became Leader of Canada’s Official Opposition. In the general election that followed soon after, the Canadian Alliance increased the number of Official Opposition seats in the House of Commons and increased its popular vote by over a million people.  In 2002, he was appointed Foreign Affairs critic, as well as Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights. In 2003 the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada merged to become the Conservative Party of Canada. In 2006 Stockwell Day was appointed Minister of Public Safety and to the Cabinet Committee on Priorities and Planning.  Upon his re-election in 2008, he was appointed Minister of International Trade, Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway and Chair of the Cabinet Committee on Afghanistan. In 2010 Stockwell Day was appointed President of the Treasury Board. He did not seek re-election in the 2011 general election.  He operates a consulting agency, Stockwell Day Connex Ltd., serving clients and organizations globally in the private and public domain. He is a regular media commentator and speaker, known nationally and internationally.  Stockwell enjoys marathon running and ocean kayaking. He and his wife Valorie have 3 married sons and 14 grandchildren.  Among other things we learned about Lowering Taxes, Cutting Debt & 50 Years of Politics.  Enjoy.  Thank you to our sponsors. Without their support this episode would not be possible: Connate Water Solutions ATB Capital Markets Ambyint JSG Bidell Gas Compression Bunch Projects Support the show

    1h 27m
  3. #259:Heather Exner-Pirot (Macdonald-Laurier) - Canadian Energy: MOU's, Pipelines & LNG

    JAN 2

    #259:Heather Exner-Pirot (Macdonald-Laurier) - Canadian Energy: MOU's, Pipelines & LNG

    Greetings, and welcome back to the podcast.  This episode we are joined by Heather Exner-Pirot - Senior Fellow and Director of Energy, Natural Resources and Environment at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, Special Advisor to the Business Council of Canada, Research Advisor to the Indigenous Resource Network, and Global Fellow at the Wilson Centre in Washington D.C.  She has twenty years of experience in Indigenous, Arctic and resource development and governance.  She has published on Indigenous economic development, resource politics and policy, energy security, Arctic human security, regional Arctic governance and the Arctic Council, Arctic innovation, First Nations equity and own source revenues, and more. She obtained a PhD in Political Science from the University of Calgary in 2011.  Exner-Pirot sits on the boards of the Saskatchewan Indigenous Economic Development Network and the Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation. She is a member of the Canadian Defence and Security Network and a Network Coordinator at the North American and Arctic Defense and Security Network. She is the Managing Editor of the Arctic Yearbook (an international, peer-reviewed annual volume), a member of Yukon's Arctic Security Advisory Council, and the former Chair of the Canadian Northern Studies Trust.  She has published over 45 peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and edited volumes, and presented at over 100 conferences and events nationally and internationally, in addition to authoring dozens of op-eds in Canada’s top publications.  She currently lives near Calgary with her husband and two children.  Among other things we learned about Canadian Energy Policy: MOU's, Pipelines & LNG. Thank you to our sponsors. Without their support this episode would not be possible: Connate Water Solutions ATB Capital Markets EPAC Astro Oilfield Rentals Bidell Gas Compression Bunch Projects Support the show

    1h 4m
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