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SUMMARY:Special Event: Keynote Address by The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne
DESCRIPTION:Keynote address by The Honourable Fran ois-Philippe Champagne\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin the Manitoba Chambers of Commerce on May 4\, 2026\, as Hon. Fran ois-Philippe Champagne\, Canada's Minister of Finance and National Revenue\, addresses the business community\, outlining key highlights in Spring Economic Update 2026. Minister Champagne's keynote will be followed by a fireside chat with Manitoba Chamber President & CEO Chuck Davidson.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSPEAKER BIO\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Honourable Fran ois-Philippe Champagne\n\nMinister of Finance and National Revenue\n\nMember of Parliament for Saint-Maurice Champlain\n\n \n\nThe Honourable Fran ois-Philippe Champagne was first elected as the Member of Parliament for Saint-Maurice Champlain in 2015. He has previously served as Minister of Innovation\, Science and Industry\, as Minister of Foreign Affairs\, as Minister of Infrastructure and Communities\, and as Minister of International Trade.\n\n \n\nMinister Champagne is a businessman\, lawyer\, and international trade specialist with over 20 years' experience at large international companies in Europe\, particularly in the fields of energy\, engineering\, and innovation.\n\n \n\nBefore entering politics\, Minister Champagne was Vice-President and Senior Counsel of ABB Group\, a leader in cutting-edge technology that operates in more than 100 countries. He also served as Strategic Development Director\, acting General Counsel\, and Chief Ethics Officer and Member of the Group Management Committee of Amec Foster Wheeler\, a world leader in the energy sector.\n\n \n\nIn 2009\, Minister Champagne was named Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. He has served on several boards over the years and was notably President of the Canadian-Swiss Chamber of Commerce and the Banff Forum.\n\n \n\nAfter his election in 2015\, Minister Champagne served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance until 2017\, when he was appointed Minister of International Trade. During his time in this role\, the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement entered into force and Canada signed the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership. In 2018\, he was named Minister of Infrastructure and Communities\, overseeing the federal government's ambitious $187 billion infrastructure investment plan. He was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2019 and oversaw the creation of Canada's Declaration Against Arbitrary Detention in State-to-State Relations\, which more than 80 countries have endorsed. As Minister of Innovation\, Science and Industry from 2021 to 2025\, he helped attract major investments into Canada\, advanced the development and adoption of clean technologies\, strengthened research and development\, and bolstered Canada's position in environmental sustainability.\n\n \n\nMinister Champagne holds a Bachelor of Laws from the Universit  de Montr al and a Master of Laws in American law from Case Western Reserve University. He also studied public and private international law at The Hague Academy of International Law\, in the Netherlands.\n\n\n\n\n\nMinistre des Finances et du Revenu national\n\nD put  de Saint-Maurice Champlain\n\n \n\nL'honorable Fran ois-Philippe Champagne a  t   lu pour la premi re fois d put  de Saint-Maurice Champlain en 2015. Il a pr c demment exerc  les fonctions de ministre de l'Innovation\, des Sciences et de l'Industrie\, de ministre des Affaires  trang res\, de ministre de l'Infrastructure et des Collectivit s\, et de ministre du Commerce international.\n\n \n\nLe ministre Champagne est un homme d'affaires\, un avocat et un sp cialiste du commerce international. Il cumule plus de 20 ans d'exp rience au sein de grandes entreprises internationales en Europe\, plus particuli rement dans les domaines de l' nergie\, de l'ing nierie et de l'innovation.\n\n \n\nAvant de se lancer en politique\, le ministre Champagne a  t  vice-pr sident et avocat principal du groupe ABB\, un chef de file dans la technologie de pointe pr sent dans plus de 100 pays. Il a  galement occup  les postes de directeur du d veloppement strat gique\, d'avocat g n ral par int rim\, de dirigeant principal de l' thique et de membre du comit  de direction d'Amec Foster Wheeler\, un leader mondial dans le domaine de l' nergie.\n\n \n\nEn 2009\, le ministre Champagne a  t  nomm  jeune leader mondial par le Forum  conomique mondial. Au fil des ans\, il a fait partie de plusieurs conseils d'administration et a  t  notamment pr sident de la Chambre de commerce canado-suisse et du Banff Forum.\n\n \n\nApr s son  lection en 2015\, le ministre Champagne a exerc  les fonctions de secr taire parlementaire du ministre des Finances jusqu'en 2017\, date   laquelle il a  t  nomm  ministre du Commerce international. Pendant qu'il occupait ce poste\, l'Accord  conomique et commercial global entre le Canada et l'Union europ enne est entr  en vigueur et le Canada a sign  l'Accord de partenariat transpacifique global et progressiste. En 2018\, il a  t  nomm  ministre de l'Infrastructure et des Collectivit s\, o  il a supervis  l'ambitieux plan du gouvernement f d ral de 187 milliards de dollars en mati re d'investissement dans l'infrastructure. Il a  t  nomm  ministre des Affaires  trang res en 2019 et il a supervis  la cr ation de la D claration contre la d tention arbitraire dans les relations d' tat    tat du Canada\, laquelle a  t  appuy e par plus de 80 pays. En tant que ministre de l'Innovation\, des Sciences et de l'Industrie de 2021   2025\, il a contribu    attirer d'importants investissements au Canada\,   faire progresser la mise au point et l'adoption de technologies propres\,   renforcer la recherche et le d veloppement et   consolider la position du Canada en mati re de durabilit  environnementale.\n\n \n\nLe ministre Champagne d tient un baccalaur at en droit de l'Universit  de Montr al et une ma trise en droit am ricain de l'Universit  Case Western Reserve. Il a  galement  tudi  le droit international public et priv    l'Acad mie de droit international de La Haye\, aux Pays-Bas.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p style="margin-left: 0px\;"><span style="color: rgb(255\, 102\, 0)\;"><span style="font-size: 18px\;">Keynote address by The Honourable Fran&ccedil\;ois-Philippe Champagne</span></span></p>\n\n<div style="border: 0px\; font-variant-numeric: inherit\; font-variant-east-asian: inherit\; font-variant-alternates: inherit\; font-variant-position: inherit\; font-variant-emoji: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; line-height: inherit\; font-family: Aptos\, Aptos_EmbeddedFont\, Aptos_MSFontService\, Calibri\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-optical-sizing: inherit\; font-size-adjust: inherit\; font-kerning: inherit\; font-feature-settings: inherit\; font-variation-settings: inherit\; font-language-override: inherit\; margin: 1em 0px\; padding: 0px\; vertical-align: baseline\; color: black !important\;">\n<div color:="" font-feature-settings:="" font-kerning:="" font-language-override:="" font-optical-sizing:="" font-size-adjust:="" font-variation-settings:="" helvetica="" margin:="" padding:="" segoe="" style="border: 0px\; font-variant-numeric: inherit\; font-variant-east-asian: inherit\; font-variant-alternates: inherit\; font-variant-position: inherit\; font-variant-emoji: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; line-height: inherit\;" ui="" vertical-align:="" web="" west="">\n<div data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody" style="border: 0px\; font-style: inherit\; font-variant: inherit\; font-weight: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; line-height: inherit\; font-optical-sizing: inherit\; font-size-adjust: inherit\; font-kerning: inherit\; font-feature-settings: inherit\; font-variation-settings: inherit\; font-language-override: inherit\; margin: 16px 0px\; padding: 0px\; vertical-align: baseline\; direction: ltr\;">\n<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW156842652 BCX0" font-size:="" segoe="" style="-webkit-user-drag: none\; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; user-select: text\; clear: both\; cursor: text\; overflow: visible\; position: relative\; direction: ltr\;" ui="">\n<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW36779308 BCX0" font-size:="" segoe="" style="-webkit-user-drag: none\; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; user-select: text\; clear: both\; cursor: text\; overflow: visible\; position: relative\; direction: ltr\;" ui="">\n<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW81189916 BCX0" font-size:="" segoe="" style="-webkit-user-drag: none\; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; user-select: text\; clear: both\; cursor: text\; overflow: visible\; position: relative\; direction: ltr\;" ui="">\n<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW1462823 BCX0" font-size:="" segoe="" style="-webkit-user-drag: none\; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; user-select: text\; clear: both\; cursor: text\; overflow: visible\; position: relative\; direction: ltr\;" ui="">\n<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW172479447 BCX0" font-size:="" segoe="" style="-webkit-user-drag: none\; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; user-select: text\; clear: both\; cursor: text\; overflow: visible\; position: relative\; direction: ltr\;" ui="">\n<div data-olk-copy-source="MailCompose" style="margin: 1em 0px\; font-family: Aptos\, Aptos_EmbeddedFont\, Aptos_MSFontService\, Calibri\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; color: black\;">\n<div data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody" style="border: 0px\; font-variant-numeric: inherit\; font-variant-east-asian: inherit\; font-variant-alternates: inherit\; font-variant-position: inherit\; font-variant-emoji: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; line-height: inherit\; font-family: Aptos\, Aptos_EmbeddedFont\, Aptos_MSFontService\, Calibri\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-optical-sizing: inherit\; font-size-adjust: inherit\; font-kerning: inherit\; font-feature-settings: inherit\; font-variation-settings: inherit\; font-language-override: inherit\; margin: 1em 0px\; padding: 0px\; vertical-align: baseline\; color: black\;"><i data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody" style="font-size: 16px\; color: rgb(36\, 36\, 36)\; font-family: Aptos\, sans-serif\;">Join the Manitoba Chambers of Commerce on May 4\, 2026</i><i data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody" style="color: rgb(36\, 36\, 36)\; font-family: Aptos\, sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size: 16px\;">\, as Hon. Fran&ccedil\;ois-Philippe Champagne\, Canada&rsquo\;s Minister of Finance and National Revenue\, addresses the business community\, outlining key highlights in Spring Economic Update 2026. Minister Champagne&rsquo\;s keynote will be followed by a fireside chat with Manitoba Chamber President &amp\; CEO Chuck Davidson.</span></i></div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n\n<p style="margin-left: 0px\;"><strong><span style="color: rgb(255\, 102\, 0)\;"><span style="font-size: 18px\;">SPEAKER BIO</span></span></strong></p>\n\n<div style="border: 0px\; font-variant-numeric: inherit\; font-variant-east-asian: inherit\; font-variant-alternates: inherit\; font-variant-position: inherit\; font-variant-emoji: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; font-size: 11pt\; line-height: inherit\; font-family: Aptos\, Aptos_EmbeddedFont\, Aptos_MSFontService\, Calibri\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-optical-sizing: inherit\; font-size-adjust: inherit\; font-kerning: inherit\; font-feature-settings: inherit\; font-variation-settings: inherit\; font-language-override: inherit\; margin: 1em 0px\; padding: 0px\; vertical-align: baseline\; color: black !important\;">\n<div color:="" font-feature-settings:="" font-kerning:="" font-language-override:="" font-optical-sizing:="" font-size-adjust:="" font-variation-settings:="" helvetica="" margin:="" padding:="" segoe="" style="border: 0px\; 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-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; user-select: text\; clear: both\; cursor: text\; overflow: visible\; position: relative\; direction: ltr\; font-family: " ui="">\n<p class="Paragraph SCXW172479447 BCX0" paraeid="{c062994f-291b-4cc5-bd26-521223944f6d}{7}" paraid="1699046630" style="-webkit-user-drag: none\; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent\; margin: 16px 0px\; padding: 0px\; user-select: text\; overflow-wrap: break-word\; vertical-align: baseline\; font-kerning: none\; color: windowtext\;"><img alt="" height="223" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/3629/Image/ChampagneFrancois-Philippe_Lib_t.jpg" style="width: 150px\; height: 223px\; border-width: 2px\; border-style: solid\; margin: 5px\; float: left\;" width="150" /><br />\n<br />\nThe Honourable Fran&ccedil\;ois-Philippe Champagne<br />\n<strong style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Aptos\, Aptos_EmbeddedFont\, Aptos_MSFontService\, Calibri\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;">Minister of Finance and National Revenue</strong><br style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Aptos\, Aptos_EmbeddedFont\, Aptos_MSFontService\, Calibri\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;" />\n<strong style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Aptos\, Aptos_EmbeddedFont\, Aptos_MSFontService\, Calibri\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;">Member of Parliament for Saint-Maurice&mdash\;Champlain</strong><br style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Aptos\, Aptos_EmbeddedFont\, Aptos_MSFontService\, Calibri\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;" />\n<span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Aptos\, Aptos_EmbeddedFont\, Aptos_MSFontService\, Calibri\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;">&nbsp\;</span><br />\n<span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Aptos\, Aptos_EmbeddedFont\, Aptos_MSFontService\, Calibri\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 11pt\;">The Honourable Fran&ccedil\;ois-Philippe Champagne was first elected as the Member of Parliament for Saint-Maurice&mdash\;Champlain in 2015. He has previously served as Minister of Innovation\, Science and Industry\, as Minister of Foreign Affairs\, as Minister of Infrastructure and Communities\, and as Minister of International Trade.</span><br style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Aptos\, Aptos_EmbeddedFont\, Aptos_MSFontService\, Calibri\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;" />\n<span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Aptos\, Aptos_EmbeddedFont\, Aptos_MSFontService\, Calibri\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;">&nbsp\;</span><br style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Aptos\, Aptos_EmbeddedFont\, Aptos_MSFontService\, Calibri\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;" />\n<span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Aptos\, Aptos_EmbeddedFont\, Aptos_MSFontService\, Calibri\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 11pt\;">Minister Champagne is a businessman\, lawyer\, and international trade specialist with over 20 years&rsquo\; experience at large international companies in Europe\, particularly in the fields of energy\, engineering\, and innovation.</span><br style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Aptos\, Aptos_EmbeddedFont\, Aptos_MSFontService\, Calibri\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;" />\n<span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Aptos\, Aptos_EmbeddedFont\, Aptos_MSFontService\, Calibri\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;">&nbsp\;</span><br style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Aptos\, Aptos_EmbeddedFont\, Aptos_MSFontService\, Calibri\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;" />\n<span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Aptos\, Aptos_EmbeddedFont\, Aptos_MSFontService\, Calibri\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 11pt\;">Before entering politics\, Minister Champagne was Vice-President and Senior Counsel of ABB Group\, a leader in cutting-edge technology that operates in more than 100 countries. He also served as Strategic Development Director\, acting General Counsel\, and Chief Ethics Officer and Member of the Group Management Committee of Amec Foster Wheeler\, a world leader in the energy sector.</span><br style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Aptos\, Aptos_EmbeddedFont\, Aptos_MSFontService\, Calibri\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;" />\n<span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Aptos\, Aptos_EmbeddedFont\, Aptos_MSFontService\, Calibri\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;">&nbsp\;</span><br style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Aptos\, Aptos_EmbeddedFont\, Aptos_MSFontService\, Calibri\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;" />\n<span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Aptos\, Aptos_EmbeddedFont\, Aptos_MSFontService\, Calibri\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 11pt\;">In 2009\, Minister Champagne was named Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. He has served on several boards over the years and was notably President of the Canadian-Swiss Chamber of Commerce and the Banff Forum.</span><br style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Aptos\, Aptos_EmbeddedFont\, Aptos_MSFontService\, Calibri\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;" />\n<span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Aptos\, Aptos_EmbeddedFont\, Aptos_MSFontService\, Calibri\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;">&nbsp\;</span><br style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Aptos\, Aptos_EmbeddedFont\, Aptos_MSFontService\, Calibri\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;" />\n<span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Aptos\, Aptos_EmbeddedFont\, Aptos_MSFontService\, Calibri\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 11pt\;">After his election in 2015\, Minister Champagne served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance until 2017\, when he was appointed Minister of International Trade. During his time in this role\, the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement entered into force and Canada signed the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership. In 2018\, he was named Minister of Infrastructure and Communities\, overseeing the federal government&rsquo\;s ambitious $187 billion infrastructure investment plan. He was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2019 and oversaw the creation of Canada&rsquo\;s Declaration Against Arbitrary Detention in State-to-State Relations\, which more than 80 countries have endorsed. As Minister of Innovation\, Science and Industry from 2021 to 2025\, he helped attract major investments into Canada\, advanced the development and adoption of clean technologies\, strengthened research and development\, and bolstered Canada&rsquo\;s position in environmental sustainability.</span><br style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Aptos\, Aptos_EmbeddedFont\, Aptos_MSFontService\, Calibri\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;" />\n<span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Aptos\, Aptos_EmbeddedFont\, Aptos_MSFontService\, Calibri\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;">&nbsp\;</span><br style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Aptos\, Aptos_EmbeddedFont\, Aptos_MSFontService\, Calibri\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;" />\n<span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Aptos\, Aptos_EmbeddedFont\, Aptos_MSFontService\, Calibri\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 11pt\;">Minister Champagne holds a Bachelor of Laws from the Universit&eacute\; de Montr&eacute\;al and a Master of Laws in American law from Case Western Reserve University. He also studied public and private international law at The Hague Academy of International Law\, in the Netherlands.</span><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Ministre des Finances et du Revenu national</strong><br />\n<strong>D&eacute\;put&eacute\; de Saint-Maurice&mdash\;Champlain</strong><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">L&rsquo\;honorable Fran&ccedil\;ois-Philippe Champagne a &eacute\;t&eacute\; &eacute\;lu pour la premi&egrave\;re fois d&eacute\;put&eacute\; de Saint-Maurice&mdash\;Champlain en 2015. Il a pr&eacute\;c&eacute\;demment exerc&eacute\; les fonctions de ministre de l&rsquo\;Innovation\, des Sciences et de l&rsquo\;Industrie\,</span> <span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">de ministre des Affaires &eacute\;trang&egrave\;res\, de ministre de l&rsquo\;Infrastructure et des Collectivit&eacute\;s\, et de ministre du Commerce international.</span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">Le ministre Champagne est un homme d&rsquo\;affaires\, un avocat et un sp&eacute\;cialiste du commerce international. Il cumule plus de 20 ans d&rsquo\;exp&eacute\;rience au sein de grandes entreprises internationales en Europe\, plus particuli&egrave\;rement dans les domaines de l&rsquo\;&eacute\;nergie\, de l&rsquo\;ing&eacute\;nierie et de l&rsquo\;innovation.</span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">Avant de se lancer en politique\, le ministre Champagne a &eacute\;t&eacute\; vice-pr&eacute\;sident et avocat principal du groupe ABB\, un chef de file dans la technologie de pointe pr&eacute\;sent dans plus de 100 pays. Il a &eacute\;galement occup&eacute\; les postes de directeur du d&eacute\;veloppement strat&eacute\;gique\, d&rsquo\;avocat g&eacute\;n&eacute\;ral par int&eacute\;rim\, de dirigeant principal de l&rsquo\;&eacute\;thique et de membre du comit&eacute\; de direction d&rsquo\;Amec Foster Wheeler\, un leader mondial dans le domaine de l&rsquo\;&eacute\;nergie.</span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">En 2009\, le ministre Champagne a &eacute\;t&eacute\; nomm&eacute\; jeune leader mondial par le Forum &eacute\;conomique mondial. Au fil des ans\, il a fait partie de plusieurs conseils d&rsquo\;administration et a &eacute\;t&eacute\; notamment pr&eacute\;sident de la Chambre de commerce canado-suisse et du Banff Forum.</span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">Apr&egrave\;s son &eacute\;lection en 2015\, le ministre Champagne a exerc&eacute\; les fonctions de secr&eacute\;taire parlementaire du ministre des Finances jusqu&rsquo\;en 2017\, date &agrave\; laquelle il a &eacute\;t&eacute\; nomm&eacute\; ministre du Commerce international. Pendant qu&rsquo\;il occupait ce poste\, l&rsquo\;Accord &eacute\;conomique et commercial global entre le Canada et l&rsquo\;Union europ&eacute\;enne est entr&eacute\; en vigueur et le Canada a sign&eacute\; l&rsquo\;Accord de partenariat transpacifique global et progressiste. En 2018\, il a &eacute\;t&eacute\; nomm&eacute\; ministre de l&rsquo\;Infrastructure et des Collectivit&eacute\;s\, o&ugrave\; il a supervis&eacute\; l&rsquo\;ambitieux plan du gouvernement f&eacute\;d&eacute\;ral de 187 milliards de dollars en mati&egrave\;re d&rsquo\;investissement dans l&rsquo\;infrastructure. Il a &eacute\;t&eacute\; nomm&eacute\; ministre des Affaires &eacute\;trang&egrave\;res en 2019 et il a supervis&eacute\; la cr&eacute\;ation de la D&eacute\;claration contre la d&eacute\;tention arbitraire dans les relations d&rsquo\;&Eacute\;tat &agrave\; &Eacute\;tat du Canada\, laquelle a &eacute\;t&eacute\; appuy&eacute\;e par plus de 80 pays. En tant que ministre de l&rsquo\;Innovation\, des Sciences et de l&rsquo\;Industrie de 2021 &agrave\; 2025\, il a contribu&eacute\; &agrave\; attirer d&rsquo\;importants investissements au Canada\, &agrave\; faire progresser la mise au point et l&rsquo\;adoption de technologies propres\, &agrave\; renforcer la recherche et le d&eacute\;veloppement et &agrave\; consolider la position du Canada en mati&egrave\;re de durabilit&eacute\; environnementale.</span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">Le ministre Champagne d&eacute\;tient un baccalaur&eacute\;at en droit de l&rsquo\;Universit&eacute\; de Montr&eacute\;al et une ma&icirc\;trise en droit am&eacute\;ricain de l&rsquo\;Universit&eacute\; Case Western Reserve. Il a &eacute\;galement &eacute\;tudi&eacute\; le droit international public et priv&eacute\; &agrave\; l&rsquo\;Acad&eacute\;mie de droit international de La Haye\, aux Pays-Bas.</span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n&nbsp\;</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n
LOCATION:Fort Garry Hotel Grand Ballroom 222 Broadway
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SEQUENCE:3
DTSTAMP:20260428T201616Z
URL:https://business.mbchamber.mb.ca/events/details/special-event-keynote-address-by-the-honourable-fran&#231;ois-philippe-champagne-539
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