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    Canadian Political Science Association
    2020 Annual Conference Programme

    Confronting Political Divides
    Hosted at Western University
    Tuesday, June 2 to Thursday, June 4, 2020
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    Presidential Address:
    Barbara Arneil, CPSA President

    Origins:
    Colonies and Statistics

    Location:
    Tuesday, June 2, 2020 | 05:00pm to 06:00pm
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    KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
    Ayelet Shachar
    The Shifting Border:
    Legal Cartographies of Migration
    and Mobility

    Location:
    June 04, 2020 | 01:30 to 03:00 pm
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    Keynote Speaker: Marc Hetherington
    Why Modern Elections
    Feel Like a Matter of
    Life and Death

    Location:
    Wednesday, June 3, 2020 | 03:45pm to 05:15pm
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    Plenary Panel
    Indigenous Politics and
    the Problem of Canadian
    Political Science

    Location: Arts & Humanities Building - AHB 1R40
    Tuesday, June 2, 2020 | 10:30am to 12:00pm

CPSA/CAPPA section on Public Administration



K21 - Roundtable: Pipeline Politics: Resolving the Divide

Date: Jun 4 | Time: 03:15pm to 04:45pm | Location:

Pipeline Politics: Resolving the Divide:

Andrea Migone (Ryerson University)

Abstract: The 2019 Canadian federal election clearly revealed great divides in Canada over pipelines to transport oil and natural gas. BC and Québec adopted a “no pipelines on our territories” policy. Meanwhile, Alberta and Saskatchewan demanded corridors to export oil and gas, and Indigenous communities were divided between support contingent upon revenue sharing and protection of their lands. While economists outlined the centrality of pipelines to the Canadian economy, environmentalists decried the potential natural disasters posed by the operation of more pipelines on Canadian soil. The federal government was excoriated for inconsistent words and actions on pipeline construction. By the end of the election, one message was clear: the public sector would need to resolve the impasse presented by this critical public policy. This roundtable enters that debate to assess the possibilities for resolving the divisions over pipelines. Speakers would address the issue from five important perspectives: 1. Project reconciliation: Indigenous answer or anathema? 2. Corridors and Collaboration: Prospects for reconciling provincial positions? 3. North and South: Is the Arctic region taken into account or collateral damages? 4. The Federal government as pipeline mediator and regulator? 5. Principled Public Administration and collaborative governance as a way forward? Potential speakers include the following mix of pracademics and academics: Harrie Vredenburg (School of Public Policy, Calgary), Dale Eisler (Johnson-Shoyama School of Public Policy), Mathieu Landriault (University of Ottawa), Monica Gattinger (School of Political Studies, U of Ottawa), Ian Brodie (Political Science, U of Calgary). Moderators are Jean-François Savard (ÉNAP) and Kathy Brock (School of Policy Studies, Queen’s University).




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