Round Table 1 - Securing Canada's Ecosystems

Our ecosystems are vital to Canadian economy and society. They provide essential services to human society, including provisionary services such as food, timber, and water; regulating services that affect climate change, the spread of disease, and water quality; cultural services that provide recreational and social benefits; and, supporting services such as photosynthesis that help to regenerate organisms in the system.

Projected changes in climate are expected to bring a range of challenges and benefits to Canada as our economic and social well-being is greatly influenced by the health and sustainability of these resources. Threats to ecosystem stability include changes in precipitation, growing seasons, temperature, and the influx of invasive alien species; all of which can be linked to climate change.

Participants

Moderator: Round Table I - Securing Canada's Ecosystems Gisèle Quenneville Host-Producer, Panorama, TFO

Bill Borland Chairman, Board of Directors, Canadian Water Network

Mel Cappe President & CEO, Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP)

David Chernushenko Vice-Chair National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy

Linda Coady Vice President, Sustainability, Vancouver Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC)

Dr. Roger Gibbins President & CEO, Canada West Foundation

Michael Harcourt Honorary Chair, International Centre for Sustainable Cities; Co-Chair, International Panel of Advisors; Honorary Co-Chair, Advisory Council on Sustainability, University of British Columbia

Toby A. Heaps President, Corporate Knights Inc.

Hélène Lauzon President, Quebec Business Council on the Environment

Avrim Lazar President & CEO, Forest Products Association of Canada

Preston Manning , C.C. Senior Fellow , Fraser Institute and President CEO, Manning Centre for Building Democracy

Ken Ogilvie Consultant and Senior Advisor, Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability practice of Deloitte & Touche LLP

Merrell-Ann Phare Executive Director/Legal Counsel, Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER)

Dr. Rick Smith Executive Director, Environmental Defence

 

ROUND TABLES

	Round Table 1 - Securing Canada’s Ecosystems Canada’s natural environment is at risk from climate change [more...]
	Round Table 2 - Securing Canada's Energy Economy Canada’s energy resources are central to our current and future prosperity [more…]
	Round Table 3 - Securing Canada's Arctic Environment The current and anticipated effects of climate change on our country’s Arctic environment and people are raising new issues of national security and sovereignty for Canada [more…]