July 18, 2019 | Regional Canadian, U.S. Policy Leaders Gather to Scope Out Economic Future

Resource Works is among sixty non-governmental organizations attending the Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER) 2019 summit, being held in Saskatoon July 21-25.

PNWER is a statutory public/private non-profit created to enhance the competitiveness of the region – five U.S. states and five Canadian provides and territories – in both domestic and international markets. It also seeks to promote greater regional collaboration, while achieving continued economic growth while maintaining the region’s natural environment.

See Resource Works study Measuring the impact of natural resources on PNWER economies

Speakers and topics this year cover a broad range of policy and industry areas including the U.S.-Canada relationship, building infrastructure for future markets the region needs to serve, and how to capture Asian markets.

Attending the five-day event are provincial/territorial legislators and their federal counterparts, academics, representatives of the private sector, and various government officials.

Resource Works executive director Stewart Muir will represent the Vancouver-based not-for-profit.

See the full PNWER program here.

Stewart Muir July 18th, 2019

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