Podcast appearances and mentions of gary mar

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Kristjan Hebert and Evan Shout kick off this episode of The Truth About Ag discussing the hot topics of the day and then are joined by Gary Mar, president and CEO of Canada West Foundation. Gary Mar has worked across provincial politics and in diplomacy in Washington and Asia. That varied experience shows up in... Read More

After an introduction with Kristjan and Evan discussing the hot topics in ag, they are joined by Gary Mar, President and Ceo of Canada West Foundation.  Gary Mar has worked across provincial politics, diplomacy in Washington and Asia, and that varied experience shows up in how he talks about trade and policy. It's less about theory, more about what actually moves decisions. One point comes up early and keeps resurfacing: agreements don't carry as much weight as people think. They set structure, but they don't solve problems on their own. Relationships are what push decisions forward. That same thinking carries into how Canada approaches the U.S. and global trade more broadly. Framing negotiations around “they need what we have” can work against you if it removes leverage before the conversation even starts. At the same time, influence isn't just federal anymore; governors, state relationships, and long-term positioning matter more than most Canadians assume. Agriculture fits directly into that conversation. Canada has a strong story across food, fertilizer, energy, and critical minerals, but it doesn't translate into influence on its own, especially when many decision-makers haven't seen how modern operations actually run. Production alone doesn't move the needle if infrastructure can't keep up. Rail, ports, and corridors ultimately decide whether output turns into revenue. The opportunity is there, particularly in Western Canada, but it depends on aligning policy, infrastructure, and market access. And at a basic level, better decisions start with better understanding, something that still doesn't happen often enough.

Gary Mar, President and CEO of the Canada West Foundation, discusses Canada's new trade deal with China. He examines whether the agreement balances economic opportunity with national security concerns, and its significance for Western Canada's agriculture and energy sectors. He addresses criticisms of the trade deal in light of Taiwan and potential U.S. retaliation, and argues the deal represents progress while cautioning against over-reliance on any single marketplace.   The Hub is Canada's fastest growing independent digital news outlet.   Subscribe to The Hub's podcast feed to get all our best content: https://tinyurl.com/3a7zpd7e (Apple) https://tinyurl.com/y8akmfn7 (Spotify) Watch a video version on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheHubCanada Follow The Hub on X: https://x.com/thehubcanada?lang=en   CREDITS: Amal Attar-Guzman - Producer and Video Editor Elia Gross - Sound Editor Sean Speer and Rudyard Griffiths - Hosts Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press - Photo Credit 

Canada-China trade panel with: Guy Saint-Jacques, Vina Nadjibulla & Gary Mar; David Cohen, Former U.S. Ambassador to Canada; The Front Bench with: Sabrina Grover, Melanie Paradis, Karl Bélanger & Rachel Aiello.

Can the  G7 survive a disinterested or distracted Donald Trump? Do the leaders need a new mission?  We discuss with Gary Mar.

Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go.   0:18 - Canada's economic engine runs through the West: let's make sure we're all onboard, by Gary Mar 6:10 - The Conservatives need to axe their failed media strategy, by Elie Cantin-Nantel   This program is narrated by automated voices.    Subscribe to The Hub's podcast feed to get all our best content:   https://tinyurl.com/3a7zpd7e (Apple)   https://tinyurl.com/y8akmfn7 (Spotify)   Watch The Hub on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheHubCanada   Get a FREE 3-month trial membership for our premium podcast content: https://thehub.ca/free-trial/   The Hub on X: https://x.com/thehubcanada?lang=en   CREDITS:   Alisha Rao  – Producer & Editor   Ashiqul Islam – Sound Editor To contact us, sign up for updates, and access transcripts, email support@thehub.ca  

François-Philippe Champagne, Industry Minister; Danielle Smith, Alberta Premier; The Front Bench with : David Peterson, Gary Mar & Gary Doer.

Anita Anand, Transport & Internal Trade Minister; Wab Kinew, Manitoba Premier; The Front Bench with: Michele Cadario, Gary Mar, Tom Mulcair & Robert Benzie.

Mike Duheme, RCMP Commissioner; John Bolton, Former National Security Adviser to President Donald Trump; The Front Bench with: Robert Ghiz, Gary Mar & Stephanie Levitz.

Josh Wingrove, Bloomberg; Derek Burney, Former Canadian Ambassador to the U.S.; Anita Anand, Transport Minister; The Front Bench with: Gary Mar, Gary Doer & Stephanie Levitz.

Karina Gould, Liberal Leadership Contender; The Front Bench with: Gary Mar, Gary Doer & Stephanie Levitz; Flavio Volpe, Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association.

For this episode of the Global Exchange podcast, Colin Robertson talks with Hon. Perrin Beatty, Meredith Lilly, and Hon. Gary Mar about Canada-US relations in the wake of the Inauguration and the triumphalist return to presidential power of Donald Trump. // Participants' bios - Perrin Beatty is co-chair of the Carlton and CGAI sponsored Canada-US export group on Canada-Us relations. Most recently, he serves as the President and CEO of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce - Meredith Lilly is Professor and Simon Reisman Chair at Carleton University's Norman Paterson School of International Affairs. She previously served as International Trade Advisor to Prime Minister Harper - Gary Mar is President and CEO of the Canada West Foundation. A member of the Alberta legislature he held various cabinet portfolios. He later served as Alberta's Representative in Washington and then in Hong Kong and then returned to the private sector // Host bio: Colin Robertson is a former diplomat and Senior Advisor to the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, www.cgai.ca/colin_robertson // // Reading Recommendations: - "Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania", by Erik Larson: https://www.amazon.ca/Dead-Wake-Last-Crossing-Lusitania/dp/0307408876 - "A Gentleman in Moscow": https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8230448/ - "Curse of Politics: The Herle Burly Political Panel": https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/curse-of-politics-the-herle-burly-political-panel/id1579125546 // Recording Date: January 24, 2025.

George Chahal, Liberal – Alberta, Kevin Lamoureux, Liberal – Manitoba & Lisa Hepfner, Liberal – Ontario; Naheed Nenshi, Alberta NDP Leader; The Front Bench with: Robert Ghiz, Gary Mar & Gary Doer.

Danielle Smith charts her own path through choppy waters. Ahead of the first ministers' meeting in Ottawa, the Alberta premier heads to Mar-a-Lago to meet Donald Trump, then refuses to back a united Canadian response to a potential trade war. While Ontario Premier Doug Ford calls for the country to use “every tool in our toolbox" against the proposed American tariffs on Canadian goods, Smith draws a hard line — Alberta won't agree to restrict energy exports. With national unity on the brink, West of Centre host Kathleen Petty dives into the fallout with Heather Exner-Pirot of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, Zain Velji of The Strategists podcast, and Gary Mar of the Canada West Foundation.

Marc Miller, Immigration Minister; David Coletto, Abacus Data ; Ken Hardie, Liberal – British Columbia; Wayne Long, Liberal – New Brunswick; The Front Bench with Kathleen Wynne, Gary Mar & Gary Doer.

Danielle Smith, Alberta Premier; Stephen Lecce, Ontario Energy Minister; The Front Bench with: Christy Clark, Gary Mar & Gary Doer.

Ken Price, Danforth Families for Safe Communities; The Front Bench with: Christy Clark, Gary Mar and Tom Mulcair; National Chief Cindy Woodhouse, Assembly of First Nations.

Terry Beech, Citizens Services Minister; Opposition reaction panel with: Michael Barrett & Taylor Bachrach; The Front Bench with: Brian Gallant, Gary Mar & Gary Doer.

Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson; a panel with Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens, Niagara Falls Mayor Jim Diodati and Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown; the Front Bench with Christy Clark, Gary Mar and Gary Doer.

Mélanie Joly, Foreign Affairs Minister; Kelly Craft, Former U.S. Ambassador to Canada; The Front Bench with: Christy Clark, Gary Mar and Tom Mulcair; Shachi Kurl, Angus Reid Institute.

Health Minister Mark Holland; The Front Bench Panel with Christy Clark, Gary Mar and Tom Mulcair; Alberta Premier Danielle Smith

Anne McGrath, NDP National Director; Jay Collins, Florida State Senator - District 14; Yves Giroux, Parliamentary Budget Officer; The Front Bench with: Christy Clark, Gary Mar & Gary Doer.

Bill Blair, Defence Minister; John Manley, Former Liberal Finance Minister & David Dodge, Former Bank of Canada Governor; The Front Bench with: Christy Clark, Gary Mar & Gary Doer.

Stefanie McCollum, Canadian Ambassador to Lebanon; Mark Holland, Health Minister; The Front Bench with: Christy Clark, Gary Mar & Tom Mulcair

Mike Le Couteur, CTV News; Gilles Duceppe, Former Bloc Québécois Leader; The Front Bench with: Christy Clark, Gary Mar & Tom Mulcair.

Joy Malbon, CTV News; Rachel Aiello, CTV News; Perrin Beatty, Former President of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce; The Front Bench with: Christy Clark, Gary Mar & Gary Doer.

No Nonsense is back from a summer break with Gary Mar and a survey of the policies and politics impacting the Canadian energy sector and the environment.

Mark Holland, Health Minister; Joy Malbon, CTV News; Jean-François Perrault, Scotiabank & Beata Caranci, TD Bank Group; The Front Bench with: Saeed Selvam, Gary Mar, Karl Bélanger & Marieke Walsh

Ali Ehsassi, Liberal – Ontario; Steven MacKinnon, Government House Leader; The Front Bench with: Saeed Selvam, Gary Mar, Gurratan Singh and Marieke Walsh.

MP Panel with: Francesco Sorbara, Andrew Scheer & Don Davies; Bill Browder, Hermitage Capital Management; The Front Bench with: Carlene Variyan, Gary Mar, Karl Bélanger & Marieke Walsh

MP Panel with: Taleeb Noormohamed, Michael Chong & Peter Julian; John Manley, Former Finance Minister; The Front Bench with: Saeed Selvam, Gary Mar, Karl Bélanger & Marieke Walsh

Colton Prail, CTV News; Sabrina Maddeaux, Former Conservative Nomination Candidate & Rachel Gilliland, Former Conservative Nomination Candidate; The Front Bench with: Dan Moulton, Gary Mar, George Soule & Laura Stone; Teresa Norris, HPV Global Action.

MP Panel with: Taleeb Noormohamed, Andrew Scheer & Don Davies; David MacNaughton, Former Canadian Ambassador to the U.S.; The Front Bench with: Carlene Variyan, Gary Mar, Karl Bélanger & Nojoud Al Mallees

Iddo Moed, Israeli Ambassador; The Front Bench with: Sabrina Grover, Gary Mar, George Soule & Laura Stone

Mark Holland, Health Minister; Jagmeet Singh, NDP Leader; The Front Bench with: Saeed Selvam, Gary Mar, Karl Bélanger & Laura Stone

Pollsters Christian Bourque, Shachi Kurl and David Coletto; former U.S. secretary of defense Leon Panetta; The Front Bench with Saeed Selvam, Gary Mar, Karl Belanger and Marieke Walsh.

Anita Anand, Treasury Board President; Rachel Aiello, CTV News; The Front Bench with: David Herle, Gary Mar, Brian Topp and Marieke Walsh

Jenna Sudds, Families, Children & Social Development Minister; Erin O'Toole, Former Conservative Leader; The Front Bench with: Saeed Selvam, Gary Mar, Karl Bélanger and Nojoud Al Mallees

Scott Moe, Saskatchewan Premier; Mike Duheme, RCMP Commissioner; The Front Bench with: Sabrina Grover, Gary Mar, Karl Bélanger and Marieke Walsh.

Tim Houston, Nova Scotia Premier; Anthony Housefather, Liberal – Quebec; The Front Bench with: Saeed Selvam, Gary Mar, Karl Bélanger and Marieke Walsh

Dennis King, P.E.I. Premier; MP Panel with: Adam van Koeverden, Andrew Scheer & Peter Julian; The Front Bench with: Carlene Variyan, Gary Mar, Karl Bélanger and Laura Stone.

Charles Sousa, Procurement Parliamentary Secretary; Stéfane Marion, National Bank of Canada & Jean-François Perrault, Scotiabank; Frank McKenna, Former Canadian Ambassador to the United States; The Front Bench with: Saeed Selvam, Gary Mar, Kathleen Monk and Marieke Walsh.

Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary General; Bonnie Crombie, Ontario Liberal Leader; The Front Bench with: Brian Gallant, Gary Mar, Tom Mulcair and Robert Benzie.

Gudie Hutchings, Rural Economic Development Minister; Yves Giroux, Parliamentary Budget Officer; The Front Bench with: Brian Gallant, Gary Mar, Tom Mulcair and Robert Benzie.

Jennifer O'Connell, Public Safety Parliamentary Secretary, Andrew Scheer, Conservative House Leader & Peter Julaian, NDP House Leader; John Manley, Former Finance Minister & David Dodge, Former Bank of Canada Governor; The Front Bench with: Elliot Hughes, Gary Mar, Kathleen Monk and Joël-Denis Bellavance.

Mark Holland, Health Minister; Bob Rae, Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations; The Front Bench with Carlene Variyan, Gary Mar, Karl Bélanger and Laura Stone

Kevin Gallagher, CTV News; Avery Shenfeld, CIBC and Jimmy Jean, Desjardins; David Frum, The Atlantic; The Front Bench: David Heurtel, Gary Mar, Gurratan Singh and Laura Stone.

Shelley Carroll, Toronto budget chief; Irwin Cotler, former Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism; The Front Bench panellists: Elliot Hughes, Gary Mar, Anne McGrath, Sabrina Nanji.