11 juin 2012, 08:30
Du 11 au 14 juin, Montréal sera l'hôte de la Conférence de Montréal sur le Forum économique international des Amériques. Organisé par la famille la plus puissante du Canada, la famille Desmarais et Power Corporation, ainsi que plusieurs autres élites, la conférence réunira près de 150 conférenciers de partout a travers le monde, représentant les banquiers, industriels, dirigeants d'entreprise, politiciens, recteurs universitaires, des fondateurs d'organisations internationales, et également la sommité des médias.. Il devrait y avoir environ 3000 participants et invités.
Cette année, «l’invité spécial » est Alan Greenspan, ancien président de la Réserve Fédérale et en grande partie responsable de la crise économique mondiale. Les participants encouragent la mondialisation, le capitalisme, le néolibéralisme, la privatisation et l'austérité. Jean Charest a parlé sa plusieurs reprises a cette Conférence, en proclamant l’engagement du Québec dans la mondialisation.
La Conférence de Montréal / Forum économique international des Amériques
Parmi les «sujets» qui seront discuter à la réunion de cette année:
- La crise financière et son impact sur l'économie mondiale
- Le commerce international, et en particulier l’avenir des Amériques et l'Union éconoque européenne ainsi que l'accord Canada-Union européenne du commerce de l'Union ... un certain nombre de dirigeants d'entreprises canadiennes et européennes auront l'occasion de rencontrer lors de la Conférence de Montréal de 2012 pour former des liens d'affaires pour ce nouvel espace économique important
- Le développement et l'extraction des ressources naturelles
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From June 11-14, Montreal will host the Conference of Montreal/International Economic Forum of the Americas. Organized by Canada's most powerful family, the Desmarais family, and Power Corporation, along with several other elites, the Conference will bring in roughly 150 speakers from around the world, representing bankers, industrialists, corporate executives, politicians, university heads, foundation officials, leaders of international organizations, and media barons. It draws roughly 3,000 participants/guests.
This year's "special guest speaker" is Alan Greenspan, former Chairman of the Federal Reserve System, and largely responsible for the global economic crisis. The participants promote globalization, capitalism, neoliberalism, privatization, and austerity. Jean Charest has spoken at the Conference several times, proclaiming Quebec's "commitment" to globalization.
The Conférence de Montréal/International Economic Forum of the Americas
Among the "Issues" being discussed at this year's meeting:
- The financial crisis and its impact on the world economy
- International trade, and in particular the new Americas-European Union economic space, including the Canada-European Union trade agreement... a number of executives from Canadian and European companies will take the opportunity to meet at the 2012 Conference of Montreal to form new business ties for this new and important economic space
- Developing and extracting natural resources
http://forum-americas.org/montreal/2012
List of Speakers here:
http://forum-americas.org/montreal/2012/speakers
The Forum's "Partners" Include:
- Power Corporation
- Royal Bank of Canada
- Rio Tinto Alcan
- Total
- GDF Suez
- SNC Lavalin
- the Government of Canada
- the Government of Québec (no money for students, but money to support a Conference hosted by billionaires)
http://forum-americas.org/montreal/2012/partners
The Board of Governors of the International Economic Forum of the Americas includes:
- Paul Desmarais Jr. - Co-CEO of Power Corporation
- Perrin Beatty - Chairman and CEO of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce
- Hélène Desmarais - Chair of the Board of Directors, HEC Montréal, member of the board of the C.D. Howe Institute, Vice-President of the Board of Directors and member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal, and a member of the Board of directors of The Montreal Economic Institute
- Pascal Lamy - Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO)
- John Manley - President and CEO of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives (CCCE), a business interest group made up of Canada's top 150 CEOs
- Heather Munroe-Blum - Principal and Vice Chancellor of McGill University, member of the board of directors of the Royal Bank of Canada