Bios

Interviewers

On April 21st, 2010, Heenan Blaikie hosted its Second Annual Earth Week Event to raise awareness about climate and energy issues. Presenting four different perspectives on the challenges as well as the opportunities, our distinguished speakers included Ontario's Minister of Energy & Infrastructure, the Hon. Brad Duguid, the Hon. Donald J. Johnston, P.C., O.C., Q.C., Counsel to Heenan Blaikie and former head of the OECD (1996-2006), Dr. John MacDonald, founder of MacDonald Dettwiler and now Chair and CEO of Day 4 Energy Inc., speaking on the economics of renewable energy, and Andrew Pelletier, VP Corporate Affairs and Sustainability at Walmart Canada, presenting the business case for Walmart’s extensive sustainability initiatives.

In addition to the featured speakers, members of our Climate, Cleantech and Sustainability group conducted interviews with industry leaders to discuss a range of issues – from how businesses can step into a sustainability strategy (Valerie Chort, Deloitte), to the Conservation and Demand Management program of the Building Owners and Managers Association (Wayne Proulx, BOMA), greening activity in the mechanical industry (Brad Arnold, Bradley Mechanical Services) and the broader questions of how we drive “green” progress forward through resistance and inertia (Andrew Bowerbank, EC3 Initiative).

We are pleased to present the speeches and interviews below for those who were unable to attend – or those who did and would like to run through the comments one more time.