BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20261125T153000Z DTEND:20261125T173000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Luncheon: Candace Laing\, President & CEO\, Canadian Chamber of Commerce DESCRIPTION:Join the Halifax Chamber of Commerce as we host Candace Laing\, President and CEO of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce for a timely leadership conversation\n\n \n\nCanadian businesses are navigating a period of significant change\, from shifting economic conditions and workforce pressures to productivity challenges and an increasingly competitive global landscape. Join Candace Laing\, President and CEO of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce for a timely leadership conversation. \n\n\n\nBringing together national policy perspective and Atlantic Canadian business insight\, the discussion will explore the opportunities and challenges shaping Canada's economic future and what they mean for businesses here in Halifax and across the region. The conversation will look at how business leaders can respond to a changing economic environment\, where opportunities for growth and investment are emerging\, and how collaboration between the private sector\, government and business organizations can help strengthen Canada's competitiveness. \n\n\n\nAttendees will leave with a broader perspective on the forces shaping Canadian business and what leaders should be thinking about as they position their organizations for the future.\n\n\n\nCandace Laing\n\nPresident and CEO\, Canadian Chamber of Commerce\n\n\n\n\nCandace Laing has led the Canadian Chamber of Commerce as the President and CEO during an economically and geopolitically tumultuous time for Canada.\n\n\n\nSince taking on the role in late summer 2024\, Candace has become a sought-after voice on matters of trade\, whether U.S. Canada\, international or internal\, and Canada's economic sovereignty. She is a member of Prime Minister Mark Carney's Advisory Committee on Canada-U.S. Economic Relations\, which brings together leaders from business\, labour and public policy to provide strategic advice to the Prime Minister and Cabinet on the Canada U.S. relationship. In 2026\, Candace was listed among The Hill Times Top 50 Influencing Foreign Policy.\n\n\n\nIn 2025\, Candace served as Chair for the Business 7 (B7)\, the most significant and recognized of the G7 Engagement Groups.\n\n\n\nCandace is regularly cited by the media and is an in-demand keynote speaker and panelist for events on trade\, agriculture\, economic security\, Canada U.S. relations\, and other topics related to Canada's\n\nbusiness community.\n\n\n\n\n\nAs President and CEO\, Candace steered the formation of the Canadian Chamber's current Strategic Plan\, which focuses on the three pillars of business leadership: nation\, business and community building.\n\n\n\nCandace first joined the Board of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in 2019 as a Director and served as Vice-Chair from 2021 to 2022\, assuming the role of Chair of the Board of Directors in 2022. She led a significant governance modernization effort and played a role on the Board as the Canadian Chamber developed a transformational mandate to create a reimagined and renewed organization that resulted in extraordinary growth.\n\n\n\nNotably\, before joining the Canadian Chamber\, Candace worked for more than ten years with Nutrien\, where she led both the Sustainability and Human Resources functions and served as a member of the Executive Leadership Team. She played a pivotal role in launching Nutrien's environment\, social\, and governance (ESG) efforts and\, through her role as the organization's Chief Human Resources Officer\, focused on ensuring people strategies and inclusion initiatives were aligned with business strategy.\n\nCandace is a Fellow of Chartered Professionals in Human Resources (FCPHR). She holds a Bachelor of Commerce with Distinction and a Graduate Certificate in Public Policy Analysis from the University of Saskatchewan. Additionally\, she has a Graduate Certificate in Corporate Sustainability and Innovation from Harvard University and a Master of Arts in Leadership from Royal Roads University.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nThank you to our Partners\n\n\n\nReception Partner\n\n\n\n\n\nAdvocate Partner\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\nSponsorship Opportunities Available\n\nJosh Creighton\, Corporate partnership Specialist\n\n(902) 481-1229 josh@halifaxchamber.com X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join the Halifax Chamber of Commerce as we host \;Candace Laing\, President and CEO of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce for a timely leadership conversation

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Canadian businesses are navigating a period of significant change\, from shifting economic conditions and workforce pressures to productivity challenges and an increasingly competitive global landscape. \;Join Candace Laing\, President and CEO of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce for a timely leadership conversation. \;
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\nBringing together national policy perspective and Atlantic Canadian business insight\, the discussion will explore the opportunities and challenges shaping Canada&rsquo\;s economic future and what they mean for businesses here in Halifax and across the region. \;The conversation will look at how business leaders can respond to a changing economic environment\, where opportunities for growth and investment are emerging\, and how collaboration between the private sector\, government and business organizations can help strengthen Canada&rsquo\;s competitiveness. \;
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\nAttendees will leave with a broader perspective on the forces shaping Canadian business and what leaders should be thinking about as they position their organizations for the future.
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\nCandace Laing
\nPresident and CEO\, \;Canadian Chamber of Commerce

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Candace Laing has led the Canadian Chamber of Commerce as the President and CEO during an economically and geopolitically tumultuous time for Canada.
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\nSince taking on the role in late summer 2024\, Candace has become a sought-after voice on matters of trade\, whether U.S.&ndash\;Canada\, international or internal\, and Canada&rsquo\;s economic sovereignty. She is a member of Prime Minister Mark Carney&rsquo\;s Advisory Committee on Canada-U.S. Economic Relations\, which brings together leaders from business\, labour and public policy to provide strategic advice to the Prime Minister and Cabinet on the Canada&ndash\;U.S. relationship. In 2026\, Candace was listed among The Hill Times Top 50 Influencing Foreign Policy.
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\nIn 2025\, Candace served as Chair for the Business 7 (B7)\, the most significant and recognized of the G7 Engagement Groups.
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\nCandace is regularly cited by the media and is an in-demand keynote speaker and panelist for events on trade\, agriculture\, economic security\, Canada&ndash\;U.S. relations\, and other topics related to Canada&rsquo\;s
\nbusiness community.
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\nAs President and CEO\, Candace steered the formation of the Canadian Chamber&rsquo\;s current Strategic Plan\, which focuses on the three pillars of business leadership: nation\, business and community building.
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\nCandace first joined the Board of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in 2019 as a Director and served as Vice-Chair from 2021 to 2022\, assuming the role of Chair of the Board of Directors in 2022. She led a significant governance modernization effort and played a role on the Board as the Canadian Chamber developed a transformational mandate to create a reimagined and renewed organization that resulted in extraordinary growth.
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\nNotably\, before joining the Canadian Chamber\, Candace worked for more than ten years with Nutrien\, where she led both the Sustainability and Human Resources functions and served as a member of the Executive Leadership Team. She played a pivotal role in launching Nutrien&rsquo\;s environment\, social\, and governance (ESG) efforts and\, through her role as the organization&rsquo\;s Chief Human Resources Officer\, focused on ensuring people strategies and inclusion initiatives were aligned with business strategy.
\nCandace is a Fellow of Chartered Professionals in Human Resources (FCPHR). She holds a Bachelor of Commerce with Distinction and a Graduate Certificate in Public Policy Analysis from the University of Saskatchewan. Additionally\, she has a Graduate Certificate in Corporate Sustainability and Innovation from Harvard University and a Master of Arts in Leadership from Royal Roads University.

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\nThank you to our Partners

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Sponsorship Opportunities Available
\nJosh Creighton\, \;Corporate partnership Specialist
\n(902) 481-1229 \;josh@halifaxchamber.com
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