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A conference hosted by the Raoul Dandurand Chair in Strategic and Diplomatic Studies of the Université du Québec à Montréal, the Canada Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the Center for the Study of Canada at SUNY-Plattsburgh, and the Government of Quebec

Agenda

Friday, November 12, 2004

Marriott Château Champlain

1, place du Canada

Montreal

Registration : 100$ (meal included)

Student : 30$ (meal included)

For more information or registration : 514-987-6781

8:00 a.m. – Registration

8:20 a.m. – 8:50

Opening Remarks 

Mr Jacques Chagnon, Minister of Public Security (Quebec)

8:50 – 10:20 a.m.

The evolution of homeland security at the border

Charles Phillipe David, Raoul Dandurand Chair in Strategic and Diplomatic Studies, UQAM

Chair

Mark Salter, University of Ottawa

“ Border Security and its Implications for Mobility ”

Philippe Lagassé, Carleton University

“North American Defence and Maritime Security”

Daniel Drache, York University

“Canada-US Relations and the End of the Commerce First Border in a Security Age: The Everywhere US Border”

10:20 – 10:35 a.m. – Coffee Break

10:35a.m. – 12:05 a.m.

The implications for business of maritime/ground security

Christopher Sands, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington

Chair

Frank J. Cillufo, Vice President for Homeland Security at The George Washington University and former Special Assistant to the President G.W. Bush for Homeland Security

“The Department of Homeland Security and the private sector”

Brian E. Finch, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP

“The SAFETY Act and its Implications for business”

Joel Webber, Couri and Couri LLP

“Moving Towards a new network for supply chain logistics”

12:25 – 2:05 p.m.

Lunch featuring a keynote address

The Canada-U.S. Border and the Quebec-New York Relationship

Speaker:

Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (D-NY) (Invited)

Congressman John McHugh (R-NY) (Invited)

2:25 – 3:50 p.m.

The Quebec-Northeastern United States corridor

Donald Cuccioletta, Center for the Study of Canada at SUNY-Plattsburgh

Chair

Michael A. L. Balboni, New York State Senator

Prem Gandhi, Center for the Study of Canada, SUNY Plattsburgh

Garry Douglas, Plattsburgh-North Country Chamber of Commerce President,

Denyse Nepveu, Canadian Pacific Railway

3:50 – 4:05 p.m. – Coffee Break

4:05 – 5:05 p.m.

Closing Roundtable

Charles-Philippe David

Christopher Sands

Donald Cuccioletta

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