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On March 17th the Canadian Centre for Foreign Policy Development, as a part of its mandate
to engage Canadians in shaping foreign policy, organised a round table in Calgary to help
develop a Canadian discussion on the Americas. Hosted by the Calgary Centre for Performing
Arts, the round table was attended by a wide range of NGOs, academics, experts on the region,
business people, as well as government officials. It was the first in a series of planned meetings
over the next two years, beginning a Canadian conversation on issues that may deserved further
public discussion and policy development attention. The following is an integrated summary of five panel
presentations that launched and informed the afternoon discussions, reports from three
brainstorming sessions that followed, and notes from concluding remarks.