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Open Text Executive Chairman Charts a Course for Canadian Competitiveness

Posted July 2, 2008

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The Chairs’ Dinner 2008 was a glittering, well attended affair that honoured the achievements of the ITAC community and its outgoing chair David MacDonald on June 26. The dinner provided a showcase for the presentation of the IT Hero Awards. It also featured an excellent address by Tom Jenkins, Executive Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer, Open Text Corporation. Tom’s presentation included a “hot-off-the-press” look at Compete to Win, the report of the federally appointed Competition Policy Review Panel. 
Tom was a member of the five person panel which was chaired by Red Wilson.  The panel made a number of recommendations to strengthen Canadian competitiveness.  Many of their recommendations reflected ITAC’s own submission to the panel’s consultations and align with ITAC public policy priorities.  For example, a key recommendation is to improve the development of Canadian talent through improvements to the post secondary education system and fast-tracked immigration.  The panel also recommended the creation of a permanent Competitiveness Council to provide ongoing public policy input to Government. This was one of ITAC’s recommendations as well.

Click here to view the photo gallery from the 2008 ITAC Chairs’ Dinner