disappointing to see that there is not a single founder, startup CEO, tech entrepreneur, VC, or innovation-economy builder on this committee
this is an old-economy 🦕 list:
> 12 legacy-industry executives or industry association leaders (aluminum, auto parts, steel, rail, pipelines, mining, agri, dairy, forestry, manufacturing, chamber)
> 5 former politicians or current provincial premier
> 2 labour leaders
> 1 bank CEO
> 1 Indigenous business association CEO
> 1 cultural industry executive
> 1 academic / US-politics specialist
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s new advisory committee on Canada-U.S. economic relations has been announced. To be chaired by Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc.
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