Industry Canada Conference on North American Linkages: Opportunities and Challenges for Canada,
June 20-22, 2001, Delta Bow Valley Hotel, Calgary, Alberta
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Globalization continues to link the economies of all three North American partners into the world economy. At the same time, Canada's trade linkages with the U.S. and Mexico are growing rapidly and continue to evolve, creating new opportunities and some unique challenges. The overall policy challenge for Canada is how to better manage challenges and maximize opportunities presented by the growing North American linkages. To better understand the opportunities, pressures and challenges in the North American economic space and provide sound foundations for policy development work, Industry Canada is organizing this major policy research conference. Over 30 internationally renowned experts will actively contribute to in-depth discussions on important policy issues of deepening North American linkages. The Centre for the Study of Living Standards is responsible for conference registration. For additional information on the conference program, please contact Prakash Sharma. VENUE: Delta Bow Valley Hotel 209-4th Avenue S.E., Calgary, Alberta T2G 0C6 Tel: (403) 266-1980 Fax: (403) 205-5460 Toll-free (in Canada) Tel: 1-800-665-8571 (between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.) E-mail: bbrownlee@deltahotels.com To obtain the "NORTH AMERICAN LINKAGES" conference rate of $115.00 plus taxes for a single or double room, please book before 4 p.m. mountain time on May 24, 2001. Reservations reserved after this date will be subject to full rate on an availability basis.

Conference Program

Wednesday June 20, 2001 5:00-7:00 pm 5:30-6:30 pm 6:30 pm	Registration Reception (Cash bar) Dinner Panel: North American Linkages: Perspectives and Issues Chair: Peter Harder, Deputy Minister, Industry Canada Panellists: Robert Baldwin, University of Wisconsin Wendy Dobson, University of Toronto Andrew Jackson, Canadian Council of Social Development Kenneth Norrie, University of Alberta
Thursday June 21, 2001 Ballroom 7:45-8:40 am	Registration, coffee and muffins.
8:40-9:00 am	Opening Remarks Peter Harder, Deputy Minister, Industry Canada Richard Harris, Simon Fraser University
9:00-11:00 am	Session 1 : North American Economic Linkages: Empirical Evidence Chair: John Curtis, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Papers: Canada's Trade and Foreign Direct Investment Patterns with the United States, Ram Acharya, Prakash Sharma and Someshwar Rao, Micro-Economic Policy Analysis Branch, Industry Canada. Comparative Advantage and Trade in North america: A Sectoral Analysis, Lawrence Schembri, Carleton University. Cities, Regions and North American Integration, Pierre-Paul Proulx, Montreal University. Discussants: Daniel Schwanen, Institute for Research on Public Policy Keith Head, University of British Columbia.
11:00-11:15 am	Coffee Break
11:15 am-12:45 pm	Session 2: Role of Trade and Labour Mobility for Canada's Economic Performance Chair: Renée St-Jacques, Micro-Economic Policy Analysis Branch, Industry Canada Papers: Free Trade and Canadian Economic Performance: Which Theories Does the Evidence Support?, Keith Head and John Ries, Univ. of British Columbia. The Changing Role and Impact of Labour Mobility within an Integrating North america, Richard G. Harris, Simon Fraser University. Discussant: Eugene Beaulieu, University of Calgary.
12:45-2:30 pm	Luncheon (Ballroom) Speaker: Frank Graves, EKOS Research Associates Inc. "Canadians' Views on Growing Linkages among the NAFTA Partners"
2:45-4:15 pm	Session 3: Human Capital Mobility Chair: Richard Roy, Human Resources and Development Canada Papers Canada-U.S. Integration and Labour Market Outcomes: A Perspective within the General Context of Globalization, Paul Beaudry and David Green, University of British Columbia. Tax Treatment of Human Capital in Canada and the United States: An Overview and Examination of the Case of University Graduates, James B. Davies, University of Toronto, and Kirk Collins, University of Ottawa. Discussant: Alice Nakamura, University of Alberta.
4:15-4:30 pm	Coffee Break
4:30-6:00 pm	Session 4: Foreign Direct Investment and Corporate Taxation Chair: Serge Nadeau, Finance Canada Papers: The Distribution of Foreign Direct Investment in North America, Steven Globerman, Western Washington University, and Daniel Shapiro, Simon Fraser University. North American Integration: Implications for Business Taxation, Bev Dahlby, University of Alberta. Discussant: Kenneth J. McKenzie, University of Calgary.
6:00-7:00 pm	Cash Bar
7:00 pm	Dinner (Garden Patio) Keynote Speaker: David Zussman, Public Policy Forum "Policy Challenges of North American Linkages"
Friday June 22, 2001 Ballroom 8:00-8:45 am	Coffee and Muffins
8:45-10:15 am	Session 5: Deepening the Linkages Chair: Laura Chapman, Policy Research Secretariat Papers: Canada, the United States, and Deepening Economic Integration: Next Steps, Michael Hart, Carleton University. Impacts on NAFTA Members of Multilateral and Regional Trading Arrangements and Initiatives and Harmonization of NAFTA's External Tariffs, Drusilla K. Brown, Allen V. Deardorff and Robert M. Stern, University of Michigan. Discussant: Randy Wigle, Wilfrid Laurier University.
10:15-10:30 am	Coffee Break
10:30 am-12:00 pm	Session 6: Socio-Environmental Issues Chair: Valerie Clements, Human Resources Development Canada Papers: Social Policy and Canada-U.S. Economic Integration: National and Sub-National Patterns in Social Policy Development, Keith G. Banting, Queen's University, and Gerard W. Boychuk, University of Waterloo. North American Integration and the Environment, Nancy Olewiler, Simon Fraser University. Discussant: James Gaisford, University of Calgary.
12:00-1:45 pm	Luncheon Speaker: Christopher Sands, Center for Strategic and International Studies: "US Perspectives on North American Linkages"
1:45-3:15 pm	Session 7: Macro-Economic Linkages Chair: Bruce Montador, Finance Canada Papers: The Pros and Cons of North American Monetary Integration, Sven Arndt, Claremont College, California. Mexico - A North American Player, Gary Sawchuk and Aaron Sydor, Industry Canada Discussants: John Murray, Bank of Canada. E. Curiel, Embassy of Mexico
3:15-3:30 pm	Coffee Break
3:30-5:00 pm	Session 8: Framework Policies Chair: Val Traversy, Industry Canada Papers: A Study of the Implications of Increasing North American Integration for Competition Policy and Intellectual Property Issues, Roger Ware, Queen's University. NAFTA: Forging New Approaches to the Internet and Government, Catherine Mann, Institute of International Economics. Discussant: Steven Globerman, Western Washington University.
5:00-5:30 pm	Rapporteur's Report: Andrew Sharpe, Center for the Study of Living Standards
5:30-5:45 pm	Closing Remarks Richard Harris, Simon Fraser University, and Renée St-Jacques, Micro-Economic Policy Analysis Branch, Industry Canada.