Trudeau industry minister to speak at World Economic Forum in Davos
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Canada’s industry minister Francois-Philippe Champagne will be addressing World Economic Forum (WEF) delegates in Davos on the “jobs of tomorrow.”
According to a draft agenda for the WEF’s upcoming annual meeting in the Swiss Alps, Champagne will appear on a panel alongside Bangladesh’s education minister, Dipu Moni, and finance minister Mikael Damberg of Sweden.
“From care, education and health to green energy, infrastructure and digital, the jobs of tomorrow may emerge in several growing sectors of the global economy,” the program text says.
The panel proposes to answer how “targeted investments and policies ensure such job creation and support workers in transitioning to them.”
The meeting, which runs Monday to Thursday, marks the first in-person edition of the WEF’s flagship event since January of 2020.
Other speakers include Bill Gates, former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.
Requests for Global Affairs Canada to provide a list of members of the Canadian delegation going to Davos have gone unanswered. It’s not clear if Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, who sits on the WEF’s trustee board, will be attending. Continue…