Ken Boessenkool on How to Talk to Conservatives About Climate

Date: November 20, 1-2 PM ET on Zoom Webinar

Cost: $25

*All registrants will be provided with a link to the recording following the session. The recording will be available for 60 days.

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Canada has unprecedented economic and technological opportunities as the world moves to Net Zero. A stable, credible, long-term Net Zero climate plan today will open the door to these opportunities tomorrow. All of the tools necessary to reach our climate, energy, and economic goals – such as pricing industrial emissions, exporting cleaner energy, smart regulations, and Canadian ingenuity – should be part of the toolkit to create that plan.

Canadian Conservatives have been moving towards a credible climate plan, but only when they form governments. Harper did the coal phase-out, arguably the biggest thing we’ve done on climate to date. Alberta and Ontario have industrial pricing schemes that fund other green initiatives. So how do you talk to Conservatives about climate? Tune in to find out from someone who founded Conservatives for Clean Growth and has advised Preston Manning, Ralph Klein, Stephen Harper, Christy Clark among other Canadian Conservative leaders.

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Our Presenter

Ken Boessenkool is Founding Partner, Meredith Boessenkool & Phillips Policy Advisors.

A bold, intuitive thinker, policy shaper and prolific writer, Ken co founded MBPolicy to continue influencing policy and working to make the next chapter better for his fellow Canadians. One of Canada’s leading policy strategists, Ken’s list of accomplishments is long including Adjunct Professor at the Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University and lecturer at the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary.

Ken has been front and centre in Canadian politics for almost three decades – working with Stephen Harper, Ralph Klein, Jim Dinning, Christy Clark, Ric McIver and many others, and he is proud that his contributions have helped change people’s thinking and lives.

Over the course of his career, Ken has worked for and founded a variety of public affairs firms, played senior roles in provincial governments, was a senior regulatory economist with two electricity firms, and key architect of political campaigns nationally and in British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario.