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A N N UA L R E P O RT 2 0 1 9
Making Life BetterA Year in Review
The Business Council of Alberta was born out of love for our province and country and a desire to build greater
prosperity for its people.
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LetterMaking life better for people. At the end of the day, this is why we are all in business.
Our businesses make life better by feeding and powering the world, bringing new technologies
to market, connecting people, improving our communities, supporting causes and delivering
value to our shareholders.
The Business Council of Alberta was born out of love for our province and country and a desire
to build greater prosperity for Albertans of today and tomorrow. The Council supports
businesses across this province to boldly and collectively step forward into that role, to build
businesses that contribute to the world’s greatest needs and create jobs that enable every
Albertan to live the life they aspire to.
The Council was created to be a leader on the most critical issues of our time: future of energy
and environment policy, innovation ecosystem enhancement, poverty reduction, and Alberta’s
place in the federation, among others. Many of these are reaching a pivotal moment, and your
leadership is already having an impact.
As we mark the first year since the Council’s founding, there were many
accomplishments; however, we would like to highlight two that are particularly meaningful.
First, the support from Alberta’s business community has
been tremendous. We took it as a sincere vote of confidence
that virtually every executive we invited to be a founding
member of the Council immediately said yes. You saw the
vision for the Business Council of Alberta and chose to
support it with your most valuable resources: your time and
energy.
Second, because of that support, the Council rapidly
became one of the most sought-after and influential policy
organizations on issues related to Alberta prosperity. That
has already resulted in tangible policy improvement.
In the year and years ahead, we will be working to enhance our advocacy efforts with
the provincial and federal governments, build bold and innovative policy solutions and take
new action collectively as a business community, with one voice, to improve prosperity for the
people of this province, by extension Canada, and even around the world.
We thank you for your leadership in being part of it.
About the Business Council of Alberta
We believe that when business does well, we all do well. Through policy, advocacy and action, we harness the power of thriving business to deliver “and” solutions that increase the economic and social prosperity of Albertans. We are a non-partisan, non-profit organization that is committed to working with leaders and stakeholders across Alberta in proposing bold and innovative public policy solutions and initiatives that will make life better for Albertans. Composed of the chief executives and leading entrepreneurs of the province’s largest enterprises, the Council represents the majority of Alberta’s private sector investment, job creation, exports and research and development.
www.BusinessCouncilAB.com
Driven By PurposeUnited By Outcome
Daring & Achieving
What We Have DoneWe believe business is a force for good. It creates opportunity, sustainability and prosperity for our communities, province and nation. Creating an environment to enable us to build Alberta’s future on purpose requires a strong vision, bold action and capable partnerships.
Since our public launch in June 2019, the Business Council of Alberta has quickly become one of the most consulted and respected policy organizations in the province, taking action and advocating to government, media and the public on issues and policies that we believe will increase economic and social prosperity.
Some highlights:
POLICY
• Released AlbertaBETTER, our inaugural policy and vision paper
• Launched first two task forces on Skills and Future Training and Resource Development in a Low Carbon Future
• Delivered a list of 10 bold ideas to the provincial government to quickly ignite Alberta’s economy; one of those ideas was implemented immediately
• Created our first major research project, the Alberta Prosperity Index
• Selected to co-chair the provincial government’s Innovation Capital Working Group to develop recommendations to attract investment into Alberta’s tech and innovation sector
ADVOCACY
• Submitted advocacy letters to the provincial and federal government on priorities related to Alberta prosperity
• Met with top government leaders including the Premier of Alberta, Alberta’s Minister of Finance, Clerk of the Privy Council and others
• Worked with Council members to release a counter-narrative to false statements about Canadian natural gas
• Featured in over 400 news stories and reached over 160 million people, generating significant awareness, influence and connection among the general public and decision makers
ACTION
• Held business roundtables across the province to listen to what challenges and opportunities businesses face in creating prosperity for their communities
• Attracted over 60 members to the Council
• Partnered with the Economic Club of Canada to promote Canada’s energy leadership opportunity to business leaders across Canada
Fast Facts on Our First Year
60+
5
400+
45+
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Number of articles featuring the Council
Number of published policy pieces
Number of government advocacy meetings with provincial and federal government
Number of regional business roundtables in Fort McMurray and Lethbridge
Number of new members welcomed to the Council
2020 PlanWe believe that when business does well, we all do well. However, at the time of the Council’s founding only 49% of Albertans believe that’s true. We need to improve that number – and we will do so through our work in supporting prosperity for all Albertans.
Highlights on what we are planning for 2020:
• Addressing the COVID-19 health and economic crisis through response advocacy andrecovery leadership initiatives to get Alberta’s struggling economy back on its feet in a globallycompetitive way
• Working with task force members and collaborators on a national consensus betweenresource development and climate change, as well as the innovation ecosystem
• Launching our own podcast, AlbertaBETTER
• Completing a research project with Ipsos on the perception and role of business in society
• Introducing the 2020 Alberta Prosperity Index
• Enhancing essential advocacy efforts with the federal and provincial governments on critical files
We thank all our members for joining with us to make life better for all Albertans and Canadians and to all our partners, stakeholders and supporters for enabling us to do this work.
Alberta CentralIan Burns, President & Chief Executive Officer
Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo)Kevin Uebelein, Chief Executive Officer
AltaMLCory Janssen, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
ARC Financial Corp.Brian Boulanger, President & Director
ARC ResourcesTerry Anderson, President & Chief Executive Officer
ATB Curtis Stange, President & Chief Executive Officer
ATCO GroupNancy Southern, Chair & Chief Executive Officer
Big Rock BreweryWayne Arsenault, President & Chief Executive Officer
Birchcliff Energy Ltd.Jeffery Tonken, President & Chief Executive Officer
Black Diamond GroupTrevor Haynes, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer
Boardwalk REITSam Kolias, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Brookfield ResidentialAlan Norris, President & Chief Executive Officer
Builders VCMark Blackwell, Partner
Business Council of AlbertaHal Kvisle, Board Chair
Canada Asia Synergy GroupDoug Horner, Chairperson
Canadian Natural Resources Limited Tim McKay, President
Canadian Western BankChris Fowler, President & Chief Executive Officer
Cenovus Energy Inc.Alex Pourbaix, President & Chief Executive Officer
CompuVision Systems Inc.Ryan Vestby, Chief Executive Officer
Coril Holdings Ltd.Ron Mannix, Chairman Emeritus
Enbridge Inc.Al Monaco, President & Chief Executive Officer
Finning CanadaKevin Parkes, President
Fort McKay Group of CompaniesSami Saad, Chief Executive Officer
Fountain TireBrent Hesje, Chief Executive Officer
Hokanson Capital Inc.Jordan Hokanson, President & Chief Executive Officer
Jayman BuiltJay Westman, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Keyera Corp.David Smith, Chief Executive Officer
Ledcor GroupTom Lassu, President, Ledcor Industries Inc.
MATCO InvestmentsRon Mathison, Chairman
Mawer Investment ManagementCraig Senyk, President & Vice Chairman
Melcor DevelopmentsTim Melton, Chairman
Modern ResourcesChris Slubicki, President, Chief Executive Officer & Director
Nutrien Inc.Chuck Magro, President & Chief Executive Officer
OvintivDoug Suttles, Chief Executive Officer
Panache Ventures Patrick Lor, Managing Partner
Parkland Fuel CorporationBob Espey, President & Chief Executive Officer
PCL Constructors IncDave Filipchuk, President & Chief Executive Officer
Pembina Pipeline CorporationMick Dilger, President & Chief Executive Officer
Perpetual Energy Inc.Sue Riddell-Rose, President & Chief Executive Officer
Properly Investment CompanyJim Peplinski, Chairman
Pureweb Inc.Chen Fong, Co-Founder
Questerre Energy Corporation Michael Binnion, President & Chief Executive Officer
RGO Office Products Cathy Orr, President & Chief Executive Officer
Rocor Holdings Ltd.Harold Roozen, President & Chief Executive Officer
Rohit Group of CompaniesRohit Gupta, President
RS Energy GroupJim Jarrell, President & Co-Chief Executive Officer
Sequeira PartnersAroon Sequeira, Chairman
Servus Credit UnionGarth Warner, President & Chief Executive Officer
Shaw CommunicationsBrad Shaw, Chief Executive Officer
Stone Creek ResortsGuy Turcotte, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer
Suncor Energy Inc.Mark Little, President & Chief Executive Officer
TC EnergyRuss Girling, President & Chief Executive Officer
The51 Ventures Inc.Judy Fairburn, Co-Founder
Total E&P Canada Ltd.Christine Healy, President & Chief Executive Officer
Tourmaline Oil Corp.Michael Rose, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer
TransAlta CorporationDawn Farrell, President & Chief Executive Officer
Trimac Transportation ServicesJeff McCaig, Chairman
UFA Co-operative Ltd.Scott Bolton, President & Chief Executive Officer
Vermillion EnergyLorenzo Donadeo, Chairman
Viewpoint Group / ARC Financial Corp. Mac Van Wielingen, Founder and Chair / Founder and Partner
Waterous Energy FundAdam Waterous, Chief Executive Officer
West Canadian Digital ImagingKaren Brookman, President & Chief Executive Offer
Western Financial GroupKenny Nicholls, President & Chief Executive Officer
WestJetChristopher Burley, Chairman
Zinc VenturesBrad Zumwalt, President
Jim Davidson, Corporate Director
Michael Broadfoot, Corporate Director
Michael Culbert, Corporate Director
Rick Doman, Corporate Director
Founding Members
"Civilization prospers with commerce.”
Crescit cum commercio civitas.
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