**CANCELLED** TORONTO TALK: Derek H. Burney & Fen Osler Hampson - Braver Canada

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As part of the Big Ideas Speaker Series at Rotman, Derek H. Burney and Fen Osler Hampson will give a talk on their new book, Braver Canada: Shaping Our Destiny in a Precarious World. The event will be held in the Fleck Atrium (Ground Floor, North Building) at the Rotman School of Management.

Derek H. Burney is the former chief of staff to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney (1987-89) and was Canada's ambassador to the United States (1989-93).

Fen Osler Hampson is Chancellor's Professor at Carleton University and a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

ABOUT THE BOOK

The world is changing - geopolitically and economically - at an alarmingly fast pace. Populism, protectionism, and authoritarianism are on the rise. Braver Canada analyzes these and many other global shifts, offering provocative prescriptions for both the public and the private sectors. Reviewing the foreign policy challenges, achievements, and missteps of the Justin Trudeau government, Derek Burney and Fen Hampson argue that the country's leadership must craft a new approach to global affairs based on a solid grasp of current and emerging global political and economic realities. They focus on competitiveness, trade, energy, environment, and immigration and refugee issues, also discussing a recalibration of relations with China and India. Expanding on the ideas and policy recommendations in their previous book, Brave New Canada, which called for Canada to diversify its economic ties outside the United States, they note how the global and regional environment has shifted dramatically in recent years.