Jonathan Wilkinson is the Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Member of Parliament for North Vancouver. Prior to his post at Environment, Jonathan served as the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard.

Jonathan ran for office in 2015 because he was concerned about the future that he was leaving for his children, and wanted to contribute to the fight against climate change.

With over 20 years of experience in the clean technology sector, Jonathan has tangible experience creating good jobs for Canadians and developing innovative made-in-Canada clean solutions. He has held several senior leadership positions at companies like QuestAir Technologies, BioteQ Environmental Technologies and Nexterra. He has also previously worked at Bain & Company.

Prior to entering the business world, Jonathan worked for the Government of Saskatchewan under Premier Roy Romanow as a constitutional negotiator.

Jonathan has served on many boards, including the United Way of the Lower Mainland, the B.C. Technology Industry Association, Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Canada, the BC Chapter of the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters Association and the Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation.

Jonathan studied at the University of Saskatchewan, Oxford University and McGill and became a Rhodes Scholar.

He was born in Sault St. Marie, Ontario but spent the majority of his childhood in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He has lived in North Vancouver for the past 20 years with his wife Tara and two daughters.

Bridgitte Anderson is the President and CEO of the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade - Western Canada's most active and influential business association. Her expertise spans a broad spectrum of disciplines including business, communications, government and public policy.

She is the first woman to lead GVBOT in its 133-year history and came to the organization from Edelman, a global public relations firm, where she led the Vancouver office, the city's largest communications agency.

Prior to that, Bridgitte was Press Secretary to former BC Premier Gordon Campbell and an award-winning journalist. As a core member of Premier Campbell's strategic advisory group, Bridgitte provided communications strategy during the 2009 BC election and the 2010 Winter Olympics. As a journalist, Bridgitte was a news anchor in Vancouver and Toronto. Bridgitte is a graduate of the ICD-Rotman Directors Education Program and holds the ICD.D designation. She lives in North Vancouver with her two children.

Tom leads the business divisions and teams responsible for the company's mutli-billion dollar portfolio of civil & infrastructure, oil & gas, pipeline, building, mining, power, and telecommunications construction projects across Canada and the US.

Previously, Tom has spent time as President of Ledcor Constructors and President of Ledcor Contractors. Throughout his career with Ledcor Tom has worked in a variety of capacities, including Project Engineer, Operations Manager, Vice President, and Senior Vice President.

A 35-year employee, Tom is a designated professional engineer and is based in Edmonton, Alberta.

Ian Anderson is President and CEO, Trans Mountain Corporation. He has more than 40 years of experience with Trans Mountain and its predecessor companies, where he has held several senior executive positions. Ian serves on several boards, including the Association of Oil Pipe Lines (AOPL) and the Business Council of British Columbia (BCBC), and is a former board member of the Canadian Energy Pipeline Association (CEPA).

Ian is a Certified Management Accountant and a graduate of the University of Michigan Executive Program.

Radha is the managing partner of Bennett Jones’ Vancouver office and co-head of the firm's Environmental Law practice and Aboriginal Law practice. She specializes in Environmental, Aboriginal, Environmental, Sustainability and Governance (ESG), and Regulatory matters, and the transportation of dangerous goods. Radha provides strategic counsel to clients with regards to regulatory compliance, the management of environmental risks, the defence of environmental litigation, the avoidance and defence of environmental related prosecutions, crisis prevention and management, corporate social responsibility, mitigating business disruption and providing reputation management.

Within her Aboriginal practice, Radha advises on the duty to consult, treaty claims and interpretation; Aboriginal self-government; the fiduciary relationship between governments and Aboriginal peoples; claims to renewable and non-renewable natural resources; hunting, fishing and trapping rights; government relations; economic development; and various public policy issues.

Radha works with clients across a range of sectors, including energy, mining, natural resources, transportation, real estate, chemicals, agribusiness & food, and manufacturing.

She has worked in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, British Columbia, Alberta, the Atlantic Provinces and in the United States. She has a diverse environmental practice ranging from obtaining approvals for projects, involvement in regulatory proceedings, negotiating with regulators, leading arbitration, and leading the defence of civil and quasi-criminal litigation, assisting in developing protective measures in transactions and addressing contaminated sites issues in multiple jurisdictions, assisting clients in developing systems for compliance and strategic advice on preventative measures. Radha was involved in the creation of the Contaminated Sites legislation in Manitoba in the 1990s.

Radha joined the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade in September 2017 as a Director and in 2018 became a member of the Executive Committee. In 2019, Radha joined the board of directors for Windmill Microlending. Radha joined the Board Of Governors for the Business Council of BC (BCBC) in May 2020. Radha has also served as a member of the YWCA of Metro Vancouver's Culture Shift Advisory Council.

Radha was an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto Faculty Of Law for the Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility course.

Radha was a sessional lecturer at Robson Hall Faculty of Law for the environmental law course.

To complement her practice, Radha is a member of the American Bar Association and the International Bar Association.

Radha is fluent in English and French.

Kim is Chancellor for Kwantlen Polytechnic University and is the owner of Kim Baird Strategic Consulting and offers First Nation related and strategic advice to industry, government, and First Nations. While Chief of the Tsawwassen First Nation for over thirteen years, her most notable achievement was when she negotiated and implemented British Columbia's first urban treaty which is now culminating in expansive community development. She spent six years on the BC Hydro Board – providing her with in-depth knowledge on energy issues in BC. She is on several boards and has received numerous awards, including Indspire, the Order of Canada, and the Order of BC. Kim holds an Institute of Corporate Director's designation.

As Executive Vice-President and President, Canadian Natural Gas Pipelines, Tracy Robinson has overall accountability for the growth, operation and profitability of TC Energy’s federally and provincially regulated natural gas pipeline assets in Canada. Ms. Robinson is also President of Coastal GasLink, with overall accountability for all aspects of the project including project execution, stakeholder relations and commercial management.

Since joining TC Energy in 2014, Ms. Robinson has served as Vice-President, Transportation for the Liquid Pipelines business unit; Vice-President, Supply Chain; and Senior Vice-President and General Manager, Canadian Natural Gas Pipelines.

Prior to joining TC Energy, Ms. Robinson spent 27 years at Canadian Pacific, including executive roles spanning Operations, Finance and Commercial.

Ms. Robinson has held a number of industry and private board positions, currently serving as a member of the Business Council of British Columbia, a member of the Dean’s Advisory Council at the Edward’s School of Business of the University of Saskatchewan and as a member of STARS air ambulance with involvement in their Safety & Risk Management Committee. She is also the chair of the Canadian Energy Pipeline Association’s Executive Board for 2020-2021 and represents TC Energy on the Board of the Canadian Gas Association.

Ms. Robinson holds a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business and a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of Saskatchewan. She received her Institute of Corporate Directors designation in 2015.

Peter Zebedee is the CEO of LNG Canada, a Shell-PETRONAS-PetroChina-Mitsubishi Corporation-Kogas Joint Venture. Under Peter’s leadership, LNG Canada is building the country’s first large-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility in Kitimat, B.C., on the traditional territory of the Haisla Nation.

With its first LNG cargo expected by the middle of this decade, the project represents the largest energy investment in Canadian history and will deliver substantial economic benefits to Indigenous communities, businesses, the province and the country. Once complete, the facility will deliver the lowest carbon intensive LNG in the world, helping to address global climate change.

Peter is passionate about safety and protecting the LNG Canada workforce, site and adjacent communities. It’s his ambition to build the safest project on Earth.

He brings more than 22 years of industry experience to his role at LNG Canada. Prior to joining the joint venture, he was Vice President Canada Manufacturing and GM Scotford at Shell. A geological engineer and graduate of the University of British Columbia, Peter has held roles in engineering, operations and numerous corporate assignments throughout his professional career. In 2009, he joined Shell, where he has held senior leadership roles with the Athabasca Oilsands Project (AOSP) Joint Venture as General Manager of Shell Albian Sands and the Scotford Upgrader.

Peter led the successful integration of Scotford into a single combined site in 2017 and 2018, and was a driving force in Scotford’s improvements in personal and process safety, delivery of exceptional business results and enhanced competitiveness. In 2018, Peter became Vice President for Shell’s Downstream Manufacturing portfolio in Canada and the General Manager for Shell Scotford Manufacturing Complex (Upgrading, Refining & Chemicals).

Peter is on the Board of Directors for Energy Safety Canada and is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta.

Sharon Singh's perspective, approach, and advice are informed by over a decade of experience working in industry, and allow her to provide practical, strategic, and innovative solutions to clients. Clients "really do count on her counsel" for their priority and complex projects.

Sharon specializes in providing regulatory, governance, environmental law, Aboriginal law, and Indigenous and community relations advice to infrastructure, mining, energy, construction, technology, agribusiness, and transportation sectors.

She advises project teams, operations, management, and boards on governance matters, permitting and regulatory processes, including environmental and impact assessments, transportation of dangerous goods, and director and officer liability. Sharon’s niche crises and risk management practice includes responding to inspections and investigations, defence of environmental and regulatory prosecutions, proactive corporate social responsibility/ESG, and disaster management, planning and related responses.

She also conducts regulatory and environmental audits, undertakes complex due diligence and risk assessments, advises on commercial agreements, and drafting agreements with Indigenous peoples.

Before joining Bennett Jones, Sharon was with Rio Tinto, based in Australia and Canada, holding senior positions across many fields including commercial, legal, regulatory, government, and community relations.

Sharon has a reputation for her ability to progress issues through creating trusting relationships between industry groups, associations, governments, Indigenous and local communities, and the not-for-profit sector. She has authored a number of key policy commentaries and practitioner guides. Sharon is also a sought after presenter and advisor to senior industry, corporate, industry associations, and public policy audiences on emerging areas of policy and law and their effects on business and industry.

In the community, Sharon is a:

- Senior policy advisor to the Mining Association of British Columbia.

- Contributing member of the Business Council of British Columbia's Aboriginal, Environmental, and Community committees.

- Contributing member of the Mining Association of Canada's Aboriginal, Environmental and Regulatory Affairs, TSM and International Social Responsibility, and Aboriginal Affairs committees.

- Contributing member of the Association for Mineral Exploration's Aboriginal Relations, and Land Access and Use committees.

- Founding member and the Vice-Chair Policy of the Business Council of British Columbia's Next Leaders Council.

She also is a member of the Canadian Bar Association and is on the executive of the Aboriginal Law section of the British Columbia chapter. Sharon is recognized as a leading lawyer in The Legal 500: Canada in the Aboriginal law—next generation lawyers category, Associate to Watch in Aboriginal Law by Chambers, and a Business in Vancouver's 40 under 40 recipient. In March 2016, Sharon was awarded a Wendy McDonald Award, in the category of Women of Promise by the Leadership Circle of the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade.

Radha is the managing partner of Bennett Jones’ Vancouver office and co-head of the firm's Environmental Law practice and Aboriginal Law practice. She specializes in Environmental, Aboriginal, Environmental, Sustainability and Governance (ESG), and Regulatory matters, and the transportation of dangerous goods. Radha provides strategic counsel to clients with regards to regulatory compliance, the management of environmental risks, the defence of environmental litigation, the avoidance and defence of environmental related prosecutions, crisis prevention and management, corporate social responsibility, mitigating business disruption and providing reputation management.

Within her Aboriginal practice, Radha advises on the duty to consult, treaty claims and interpretation; Aboriginal self-government; the fiduciary relationship between governments and Aboriginal peoples; claims to renewable and non-renewable natural resources; hunting, fishing and trapping rights; government relations; economic development; and various public policy issues.

Radha works with clients across a range of sectors, including energy, mining, natural resources, transportation, real estate, chemicals, agribusiness & food, and manufacturing.

She has worked in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, British Columbia, Alberta, the Atlantic Provinces and in the United States. She has a diverse environmental practice ranging from obtaining approvals for projects, involvement in regulatory proceedings, negotiating with regulators, leading arbitration, and leading the defence of civil and quasi-criminal litigation, assisting in developing protective measures in transactions and addressing contaminated sites issues in multiple jurisdictions, assisting clients in developing systems for compliance and strategic advice on preventative measures. Radha was involved in the creation of the Contaminated Sites legislation in Manitoba in the 1990s.

Radha joined the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade in September 2017 as a Director and in 2018 became a member of the Executive Committee. In 2019, Radha joined the board of directors for Windmill Microlending. Radha joined the Board Of Governors for the Business Council of BC (BCBC) in May 2020. Radha has also served as a member of the YWCA of Metro Vancouver's Culture Shift Advisory Council.

Radha was an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto Faculty Of Law for the Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility course.

Radha was a sessional lecturer at Robson Hall Faculty of Law for the environmental law course.

To complement her practice, Radha is a member of the American Bar Association and the International Bar Association.

Radha is fluent in English and French.

Seamus O’Regan was elected Member of Parliament for St. John’s South–Mount Pearl in 2015 and re-elected in 2019.

He is Minister of Natural Resources in the Government of Canada. Previously, he served as Minister of Indigenous Services and, before that, as Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence.

Seamus is from St. John’s, Newfoundland, and was raised in Goose Bay, Labrador. He studied politics at St. Francis Xavier University and University College Dublin and marketing strategies at the INSEAD Business School, near Paris.

He received his master of philosophy degree from the University of Cambridge, where he studied Indigenous participation in Canadian natural resource development.

In the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Seamus was Executive Assistant to the Minister of Justice and, later, Senior Policy Advisor to the Premier.

Known to many Canadians for his 10 years as co-host of CTV’s Canada AM, he was the first journalist named to Canada’s Top 40 Under 40.

Seamus is proud to have been an Ambassador for Bell Let’s Talk, focused on eliminating the stigma surrounding mental illness.

Radha is the managing partner of Bennett Jones’ Vancouver office and co-head of the firm's Environmental Law practice and Aboriginal Law practice. She specializes in Environmental, Aboriginal, Environmental, Sustainability and Governance (ESG), and Regulatory matters, and the transportation of dangerous goods. Radha provides strategic counsel to clients with regards to regulatory compliance, the management of environmental risks, the defence of environmental litigation, the avoidance and defence of environmental related prosecutions, crisis prevention and management, corporate social responsibility, mitigating business disruption and providing reputation management.

Within her Aboriginal practice, Radha advises on the duty to consult, treaty claims and interpretation; Aboriginal self-government; the fiduciary relationship between governments and Aboriginal peoples; claims to renewable and non-renewable natural resources; hunting, fishing and trapping rights; government relations; economic development; and various public policy issues.

Radha works with clients across a range of sectors, including energy, mining, natural resources, transportation, real estate, chemicals, agribusiness & food, and manufacturing.

She has worked in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, British Columbia, Alberta, the Atlantic Provinces and in the United States. She has a diverse environmental practice ranging from obtaining approvals for projects, involvement in regulatory proceedings, negotiating with regulators, leading arbitration, and leading the defence of civil and quasi-criminal litigation, assisting in developing protective measures in transactions and addressing contaminated sites issues in multiple jurisdictions, assisting clients in developing systems for compliance and strategic advice on preventative measures. Radha was involved in the creation of the Contaminated Sites legislation in Manitoba in the 1990s.

Radha joined the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade in September 2017 as a Director and in 2018 became a member of the Executive Committee. In 2019, Radha joined the board of directors for Windmill Microlending. Radha joined the Board Of Governors for the Business Council of BC (BCBC) in May 2020. Radha has also served as a member of the YWCA of Metro Vancouver's Culture Shift Advisory Council.

Radha was an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto Faculty Of Law for the Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility course.

Radha was a sessional lecturer at Robson Hall Faculty of Law for the environmental law course.

To complement her practice, Radha is a member of the American Bar Association and the International Bar Association.

Radha is fluent in English and French.

Bryan Cox is the President and CEO of the Canadian LNG Alliance. As the leading voice and advocate for the LNG industry in Canada, Bryan leads a team actively working with governments, business leaders, Indigenous leaders, communities, and the broader public to realize the opportunity to build a world-leading LNG industry for the benefit of all Canadians.

In 2020, Bryan led the evolution of the BC LNG Alliance into a new national voice as the Canadian LNG Alliance. Prior to joining the Alliance, Bryan was the President and CEO of the Mining Association of British Columbia (MABC), leading the Association’s effort to position the industry as a global leader in responsible development and critical contributor to society's transition to a lower carbon economy.

Prior to joining MABC, Bryan spent seven years in the brewing industry in progressively senior roles including Vice President, Western Canada at Canada’s National Brewers, where he was responsible for managing the regulatory, sustainability, and public affairs agenda for Canada’s largest brewers across the four western provinces.

Before joining the private sector, Bryan spent several years in senior roles with the Government of British Columbia.

From our Vancouver office, Duncan practices corporate commercial law focused on energy and infrastructure in B.C. and nationally. Duncan is regarded by clients for his dedication, responsiveness, and pragmatism in managing complex transactions. A strong and effective negotiator, and creative problem-solver, Duncan applies critical industry insights and transactional expertise in helping clients realize opportunities and growth.

Duncan has deep experience in acquisitions and divestitures, and restructurings, having participated in the purchase and sale of major energy and infrastructure assets across Canada, both in high-growth and distressed circumstances.

Duncan has extensive experience in all aspects of project development, including predevelopment agreements, co-ownership agreements, services agreements, tendering, and construction. Duncan has led or participated in teams negotiating, amongst other projects: the development of LNG facilities; offshore oil production facilities; pipelines; liquids terminals; and subsurface storage; as well as water transportation, processing, and waste disposal systems; and gas-fueled and renewables-based power generation. Duncan enjoys working with Canadian and international clients to overcome challenges and establish strong contractual foundations for projects ranging from small pilot projects to multi-billion dollar investments.

Duncan has particular sectoral expertise in energy, including, along with traditional oil & gas and power & renewables, nascent asset classes such as hydrogen-fueled and electrified low carbon transportation, decentralized power generation, power storage, and energy efficiency. He is also focused on the development of transportation and trade infrastructure in Canada.

In addition to his corporate commercial skills, clients benefit from Duncan's extensive knowledge of: indigenous and northern law; shipping and maritime law; and water and environmental regulation.

Duncan is a former member of the Board of Governors of the Glenbow museum. He has assisted in teaching the Energy Law and Environmental Law courses at the University of Calgary, Faculty of Law. Duncan is a member of the Canadian Maritime Law Association. He received a Vineberg Travelling Scholarship from McGill for graduate studies at Sciences Po Paris, where he studied international relations and law. Duncan was a Commonwealth Scholar at Oxford where he studied development economics. Prior to legal studies, he was selected for the Recruitment of Policy Leaders program of the Government of Canada in Ottawa, during which he worked on indigenous and northern policy development. Duncan has also worked for indigenous communities in northern Alberta and the Arctic. He completed his law studies at the University of Toronto, with a year spent at Dalhousie University in Halifax.

Doug Slater has more than 10 years of experience with FortisBC, holding various leadership roles including Labour and Employee Relations, Disability Management, Pensions, FortisBC Alternative Energy Services Inc. and Regulatory Affairs. In his current role as Vice President of External and Indigenous Relations, he oversees the work needed to deliver on our long-term goal of becoming B.C.’s energy partner of choice while meeting our short-term priorities of enhancing engagement with key stakeholders, responding to the evolving policy landscape, and leading our innovation portfolio as we pursue a lower-carbon energy future. Mr. Slater holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Victoria and a Bachelor of Science in Forestry from the University of British Columbia. Mr. Slater is a Registered Professional Forester, Chartered Professional Accountant as well as a Certified Human Resources Professional.

Anna Stukas is a Vice President Business Development at Carbon Engineering Ltd. (CE), a Canadian-based clean energy company. CE is leading the commercialization of ground-breaking technology that captures carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere, and a second technology that synthesizes it into clean, affordable transportation fuels.

Anna is a professional engineer with over 15 years’ experience bridging the gap between technology and business to overcome barriers to cleantech commercialization. Anna previously worked with Angstrom Power and BIC developing hydrogen and fuel cell technologies, where her responsibilities spanned IP and licensing strategy, product safety, and international regulatory development. She currently leads a variety of CE’s partnering and strategic business development efforts, and previously led CE initiatives ranging from strategic projects to government programs. Anna’s work has been recognized by the Minerva Foundation’s Women In™ Energy Award for Philanthropy and Business in Vancouver’s Forty Under 40 Award.

Rick Anderson brings decades of senior-level experience in business and government to Earnscliffe, with a focus on providing strategic advice and counsel on corporate strategy and public issues management.

Rick works with senior executives in the world’s largest and most successful organizations, as well as assisting early-stage and high-growth entrepreneurs. He has deep experience working with C-Suite leaders, and familiarity with public policy, governance, political and regulatory affairs, mergers and acquisitions, and communications and marketing.

Prior to joining Earnscliffe, Rick spent fifteen years in Canada, the US and the UK with a foremost strategic communications firm and ran his own professional consulting practice. He currently divides his time between Vancouver and Ottawa, working out of Earnscliffe’s offices in both cities.

Highly active in politics and public affairs commentary throughout his life, Rick has served in senior advisory positions to prime ministers, party leaders and leadership candidates. He is a frequent political affairs commentator on Canada’s leading news organizations.

Rick has served on several boards of directors, including directorships of the Canadian Internet Registration Authority, Manning Centre for Building Democracy, Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation, and the Federation of Mutual Fund Dealers. He is a director of the Canadian Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association and of NationalNewswatch.com, and a member of C.D. Howe Institute’s Energy Policy Council and the Public Policy Forum’s Canadian Commission on Democratic Expression.

Radha is the managing partner of Bennett Jones’ Vancouver office and co-head of the firm's Environmental Law practice and Aboriginal Law practice. She specializes in Environmental, Aboriginal, Environmental, Sustainability and Governance (ESG), and Regulatory matters, and the transportation of dangerous goods. Radha provides strategic counsel to clients with regards to regulatory compliance, the management of environmental risks, the defence of environmental litigation, the avoidance and defence of environmental related prosecutions, crisis prevention and management, corporate social responsibility, mitigating business disruption and providing reputation management.

Within her Aboriginal practice, Radha advises on the duty to consult, treaty claims and interpretation; Aboriginal self-government; the fiduciary relationship between governments and Aboriginal peoples; claims to renewable and non-renewable natural resources; hunting, fishing and trapping rights; government relations; economic development; and various public policy issues.

Radha works with clients across a range of sectors, including energy, mining, natural resources, transportation, real estate, chemicals, agribusiness & food, and manufacturing.

She has worked in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, British Columbia, Alberta, the Atlantic Provinces and in the United States. She has a diverse environmental practice ranging from obtaining approvals for projects, involvement in regulatory proceedings, negotiating with regulators, leading arbitration, and leading the defence of civil and quasi-criminal litigation, assisting in developing protective measures in transactions and addressing contaminated sites issues in multiple jurisdictions, assisting clients in developing systems for compliance and strategic advice on preventative measures. Radha was involved in the creation of the Contaminated Sites legislation in Manitoba in the 1990s.

Radha joined the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade in September 2017 as a Director and in 2018 became a member of the Executive Committee. In 2019, Radha joined the board of directors for Windmill Microlending. Radha joined the Board Of Governors for the Business Council of BC (BCBC) in May 2020. Radha has also served as a member of the YWCA of Metro Vancouver's Culture Shift Advisory Council.

Radha was an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto Faculty Of Law for the Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility course.

Radha was a sessional lecturer at Robson Hall Faculty of Law for the environmental law course.

To complement her practice, Radha is a member of the American Bar Association and the International Bar Association.

Radha is fluent in English and French.