EDMONTON - Premier Alison Redford will host premiers from Saskatchewan and B.C. on Tuesday to discuss the direction of the New West Partnership.
The partnership, established in April 2010, is an attempt to create “an economic powerhouse of nine million people with a combined GDP of more than $550 billion.”
Redford, Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall and B.C. Premier Christy Clark are expected to discuss immigration and labour needs, infrastructure work and the Canadian Energy Strategy.
The partnership created Canada’s largest interprovincial barrier-free trade and investment market.
In May 2010, former premier Ed Stelmach, former B.C. premier Gordon Campbell and Wall travelled to China and Japan on a joint mission to encourage trade.
The trip marked the opening of the Western Canada Trade and Investment Office in Shanghai. The purpose of the office is to promote Western Canada’s natural resources, agriculture and green technology.
In December 2010, energy ministers from each of the three provinces signed a memorandum of understanding on energy, designed to encourage streamlining of regulations, promotion of western energy and “acceleration of the development and use of green energy sources.”
Redford, Wall and Clark are expected to meet at Government House on Tuesday afternoon, and are scheduled to speak to reporters at 4:30 p.m.
The partnership, established in April 2010, is an attempt to create “an economic powerhouse of nine million people with a combined GDP of more than $550 billion.”
Redford, Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall and B.C. Premier Christy Clark are expected to discuss immigration and labour needs, infrastructure work and the Canadian Energy Strategy.
The partnership created Canada’s largest interprovincial barrier-free trade and investment market.
In May 2010, former premier Ed Stelmach, former B.C. premier Gordon Campbell and Wall travelled to China and Japan on a joint mission to encourage trade.
The trip marked the opening of the Western Canada Trade and Investment Office in Shanghai. The purpose of the office is to promote Western Canada’s natural resources, agriculture and green technology.
In December 2010, energy ministers from each of the three provinces signed a memorandum of understanding on energy, designed to encourage streamlining of regulations, promotion of western energy and “acceleration of the development and use of green energy sources.”
Redford, Wall and Clark are expected to meet at Government House on Tuesday afternoon, and are scheduled to speak to reporters at 4:30 p.m.
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