Adrienne Batra
Editor in Chief, Toronto Sun & 24 Hrs Commentator, CBC National, AM 640, CTV & CP24
The 2019 Manning Networking Conference (MNC19) took place amidst a period of social, technological and political change domestically and internationally. Canada witnessed the election of several new party leaders in the provinces and three new premiers in 2018. And for 2019 three provincial elections and a federal election were close at hand. The theme of MNC19 was Ideas that Lead – asking what the ideas and policy promises will be that shape party platforms and how pressure groups and ultimately votes will respond at the ballot box. The conference was highlighted by keynotes including Karl Rove, General Rick Hillier, Premier Doug Ford, federal Opposition Leader Andrew Scheer and lively sessions on immigration, digital government, China, Canada’s role in the world, pipeline politics, fake news, climate change policy and a host of other topics.
Editor in Chief, Toronto Sun & 24 Hrs Commentator, CBC National, AM 640, CTV & CP24
Editor in Chief of the Suburban Newspaper Group
President and CEO of Working Canadians
Senior Fellow, Macdonald-Laurier Institute
Editor, The Dorchester Review
Senator
Canada’s Chief of the Defence Staff 2005-2008
Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs & Operational Services, Bruce Power
Executive Vice President, Fraser Institute
Ottawa Bureau Chief/Host
Consultant at Navius Research
Hon. Monte Solberg, P.C., Principal
President, Progressive Contractors of Association of Canada
MPP for Pickering-Uxbridge and President of the Treasury Board
Premier of Ontario
Professor, School of Public Policy and the University of British Columbia
Professor of Economics
Vice President of AWS Public Policy – Americas
Munk Senior Fellow, Macdonald-Laurier Institute
President and CEO of the Indian Resource Council
Hon. Tim Uppal PC MBA
Research and Writer
The Canada Strong and Free Network (formerly the Manning Centre) was founded in 2005 to support Canada’s conservative movement by networking best practices and ideas pertaining to limited government, free enterprise, individual responsibility and a more robust civil society.
