MEDIA ADVISORY - ONTARIO ECONOMIC SUMMIT FOCUSES ON RECOVERY AND FUTURE
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NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, ONTO, Nov. 1 /CNW/ - Over 150 invited leaders from across the province will come together in Niagara-on-the-Lake for the 2010 Ontario Economic Summit (OES) to discuss ways in which Ontario can map a path that will lead Ontario to post-recessionary growth and a stronger future.

The leaders of business, labour, academia, non-governmental organizations and government will examine topics including transportation, innovation, smart regulation and 21^st century workforce strategies.

The seventh annual OES, Chaired by Peter Galanis, President and CEO of Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Co. and Réal (Ray) Tanguay, Chairman of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc., is a strategic initiative of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC) that stimulates discussion and collaborative action among its participants to move Ontario's economy forward.

Featured speakers at the 7^th Annual Ontario Economic Summit include:

• Hamish McRae, Chief Economic Commentator and Associate Editor, The Independent
• David Rosenberg, Chief Economist and Strategist, Gluskin Sheff + Associates
• Chief Isadore Day, Serpent River First Nation
• Fred Green, President and CEO, Canadian Pacific Railway Limited
• William A. Henderson, Senior Vice President - Operations, Purolator Courier Limited
• Andrea Horwath, Leader of the Ontario NDP
• Tim Hudak, Leader of the Official Opposition and Leader of the PC Party of Ontario
• Paul Lucas, President and CEO, GlaxoSmithKline Canada Inc.
• Hon. John Wilkinson, Minister of the Environment

A majority of Ontario Cabinet Ministers will attend roundtable discussions with OES delegates on Tuesday, November 2, 2010.

Ontario Economic Summit
November 1-3, 2010
White Oaks Conference Resort & Spa, Niagara-On the-Lake, Ontario

Additional information may be found at www.occ-oes.com including the current agenda and a list of summit partners and sponsors. 

All sessions and speeches, with the exception of the November 2^nd roundtable discussions with Cabinet Ministers, will be open to the media.   Pre-registration is preferred, however, members of the media may also register on-site. 

For further information:

Erin Riach, [phone] (cell), [email protected]