CIPA Summer Conference 1997

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Summer Conference 1997		Canada and the Asia–Pacific Promise: Hope, Hype and Reality 66th Annual Couchiching Summer Conference
Bronson, Diana Copithorne, Maurice Cox, Kathleen Dias, Clarence Kobayashi, Audrey Lau, Emily Macdonald, Bill Makela, Kathleen Manji, Irshad McGregor, J. D. Munro, Ross Saravanamuttu, Johan Shortreed, Ian Tze, Wah Tun Valaskakis, Kimon Wah, Immee Chi Yi, Sun-Kyung Yuen, Tony
		Proceedings of the 66th Annual Couchiching Conference held at YMCA Geneva Park, Orillia, Ontario August 7 to 10, 1997 Compiled and edited by Douglas Glynn "I think it's really quite vain of us, particularly in a small country like Canada, but vain and arrogant of large a country like the United States, that it feels it can manipulate things, so that we can actually change the political culture in China." — Ross Munro, Co-author of The Coming Conflict with China Who's Who at the Couchiching Institute on Public Affairs 1997 Donations to Couchiching Conference Program

		Who's Who at the Couchiching Institute on Public Affairs Officers & Directors, 1996-97 President Patrick Boyer, Q.C. Immediate Past President Stephen Probyn Vice-President, Program F.W. Orde Morton Vice-President, Finance Catherine Aczel Boivie Treasurer David Braund Vice-President, Fund Raising Trevor Bartram Vice-President, Communications Sarah Jones Vice-President, Marketing Martha Findlay Vice-President, Membership Sandra Wennerstrom Vice-President, Youth Megan Harris Secretary Barbara Thompson Chair, Program Committee Bill Roberts Directors Madeline-Ann Aksich Gloria Bishop Hal Brooks Thomas Brzustowski Elizabeth Flavelle John Gibson John Harbron John Kirton Eric Koch Madeline Koch David Lakoff Margaret Lefebvre David McGown Gordon McIvor Peter Nicholson Alan Pearson Carol Sutton Program Committee F.W. Orde Morton Madeline-Ann Aksich Trevor Bartram Susan Bazilli Gloria Bishop Patrick Boyer Martha Findlay Megan Harris Sarah Jones John Kirton Eric Koch Elaine Labendz Keith Martin Alan Pearson Bill Roberts Alice Wong 1997 Donations to Couchiching Overall Corporate Sponsors Bank of Montreal Group of Companies Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade – Canada's Year of Asia Pacific Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade – John Holmes Fund Corporate Sponsors Bell Canada Bell Canada Int'l Inc. J.P. Bickell Foundation Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Canada Lands Company Limited Canada National Donner Canadian Foundation Fauveshaus Advertising Fonorola Inc. The Glen Ardith-Frazer Group Henry of Pelham Family Estate Wineries Immedia Corporation International Children's Institute Jackman Foundation MDS Inc. Metrix Interlink Northern Telecom Limited Nova Corporation Printech Print Communications Probyn & Company Inc. Royal Bank of Canada Shaw Cable Sir Joseph Flavelle Foundation The Frank Lucas Foundation Marjorie and Gerald Bronfman Foundation The Tasting Rooms Restaurant United Distillers, Canada Individual Donors Madeline-Ann Aksich Sonia Arrison Richard Bingham Harold Brathwaite Hal Brooks John Butcher William Byrd Chi Carmondy Josephine Chung Andrew Danson John Desmarais Blair Dimock Jan-marie Divok Claire Fortier Virginia Froman Alisa Garber Alan B. Gold Ken Goldberg Judy Jacobs Heather Kirkconnell John Kirton Eric Koch Madeline Koch H. Douglas Lightfoot Roderick McFadyen Gordon K. McIvor David J. Moreira Candida Paltiel Frieda Paltiel Chantal Perrot Omer Riza Stephen Ross Frida Sauder Nancy Schmidt Michael Shaw Bobbi Speck Eileen Swinton Annette Tromly Josephine Virgilio Sandra Wennerstrom Michael Wolkensperg Marvin Zucker Conference Program Thursday, August 7, 1997 President's Reception PATRICK BOYER, QC, President, CIPA Keynote Address: ROSS MUNRO Moderator: PATRICK BOYER, President, CIPA Friday, August 8, 1997 Panel: The Strategic Centre of the World: Economic Dynamism and the Search for Stability in East Asia KIMON VALASKAKIS, Canadian Ambassador to the OECD, Paris KATHLEEN COX, Journalist and Consultant, New York and New Delhi JOHAN SARAVANAMUTTU, Visiting Professor of ASEAN and International Studies, Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto QUESTIONS Moderator: DARYL COPELAND, Canadian Inst. of International Affairs, Toronto Panel: Hong Kong and China MAURICE COPITHORNE, Associate Counsel, Ladner Downs, Vancouver; Former Canadian Commissioner to Hong Kong EMILY LAU, Former elected member, Legislative Council of Hong Kong J. D. MCGREGOR, Former senior civil servant and elected member, Legislative Council of Hong Kong QUESTIONS Moderator: HENRY FETIGAN, Chairman, Hong Kong-Canada Business Assoc. Coalition for Public Information Saturday, August 9, 1997 Panel: A Meeting of Cultures and a Clash of Values: Living Together in an Independent World IMMEE CHEE WAH, Publisher, Maclean's Chinese language edition CLARENCE DIAS, International Centre for Law in Development, New York KATHLEEN MAKELA, Native Law Centre of Canada, University of Saskatchewan WAH JUN TZE, Director, Tzu Chi Institute, Vancouver QUESTIONS Moderator: JOHN BELL, Ambassador for Canada's Year of Asia Pacific Panel: The Asian Dimension in Canada AUDREY KOBAYASHI, Queen's University, Kingston SUN-KYUNG YI, Filmmaker, Toronto IRSHAD MANJI, Vision TV, Toronto QUESTIONS Moderator: MARGARET LYONS, Former Head of Programming, CBC Radio Sunday, August 11, 1996 Panel: Canada's National Interest in the Asia Pacific: Trade and Investment, Political Change and International Security IAN SHORTREED, Mercury Software, Tokyo, Japan DIANA BRONSON, International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development, Montreal TONY YUEN, Nortel China Limited, Toronto QUESTIONS Moderator: LEN EDWARDS, Assistant Deputy Minister, Trade and Economic Policy, and APEC Senior Official Meeting Chair, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Closing Keynote Address: WILLIAM A. MACDONALD, Past Chairman, Japan Society in Canada Moderator: ORDE MORTON, Vice-President, Program, CIPA