Canadian business leaders come together to denounce racism in all its forms
Statement by members of the Business Council of Canada
The events of the past week have saddened and shaken us all. This is a time to recognize the pain felt by many, to show empathy and to care for one another.
As business leaders we are coming together to denounce, unequivocally, racism in all its forms. To realize Canada’s potential we need to acknowledge our historical shortcomings and the harsh realities that so many continue to face today.
We all share in the responsibility to eliminate racism.
As employers we value and promote diversity and inclusion in our companies and in our communities. We call on other leaders to do the same so that together we can build a more just, fair and equitable society.
We can and must do better.
Signed,
| David | Aisenstat | Keg Restaurants Ltd. |
| Wendy | Andrushko | DuPont Canada |
| John | Baker | D2L |
| Scott | Balfour | Emera |
| Mark | Barrenechea | OpenText Corporation |
| Jorge | Bartolome | Janssen Inc. |
| Louis-Marie | Beaulieu | Groupe Desgagnés Inc. |
| John | Beck | Aecon Group Inc. |
| Kevin | Beingessner | Coril Holdings |
| Lorraine | Ben | Lockheed Martin Canada |
| Kilian | Berz | The Boston Consulting Group |
| Mirko | Bibic | BCE Inc. and Bell Canada |
| Charles | Brindamour | Intact Financial Corporation |
| Andy | Canham | SAP Canada Inc. |
| Heather | Chalmers | GE Canada |
| Andre | Charoo | C100 Association |
| John | Chen | BlackBerry |
| Neil | Chrystal | Polygon Homes |
| Donald | Clow | Crombie REIT |
| Dean | Connor | Sun Life |
| John | Corley | Brink’s Canada Limited |
| Brad | Corson | Imperial Oil Limited |
| Ben | Cowan-Dewar | Cabot Links |
| Keith | Creel | Canadian Pacific Railway |
| Stephan | Crétier | GardaWorld |
| Michael | Crothers | Shell Canada |
| Rola | Dagher | Cisco Systems Canada |
| Dax | Dasilva | Lightspeed POS |
| Marc | de La Bruyère | Maclab Development Group |
| Arthur A. | DeFehr | Palliser Furniture Holdings Ltd. |
| Stephen | Dent | Birch Hill Equity Partners Management Inc. |
| Victor | Dodig | CIBC |
| Ian C. | Dundas | Enerplus Corporation |
| Thomas | d’Aquino | Business Council of Canada |
| Ian | Edwards | SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. |
| Darren | Entwistle | TELUS Communications Inc. |
| Dawn | Farrell | TransAlta Corporation |
| Joelle | Faulkner | Area One Farms |
| Howard | Field | Greenfield Global Inc. |
| David | Filipchuk | PCL Constructors |
| Jean-François | Gagné | Element AI |
| Louis | Gagnon | MercerLLC |
| Sabrina | Geremia | Google Canada |
| Russ | Girling | TC Energy |
| Tim | Gitzel | Cameco |
| Blake | Goldring | AGF Management Limited |
| Roy | Gori | Manulife Financial |
| Rod | Graham | Horizon North Logistics |
| Mike | Greenley | MDA |
| Claude | Guay | IBM Canada Ltd. |
| Linda | Hasenfratz | Linamar Corporation |
| Steve | Hasker | Thomson Reuters |
| John | Hastings | Citibank Canada |
| Gordon | Hicks | BGIS |
| Andrew | Hider | ATS Automation Tooling Systems |
| Goldy | Hyder | Business Council of Canada |
| Gord | Johnston | Stantec |
| David | Kassie | Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. |
| Michael | Katchen | Wealthsimple |
| Faisal | Kazi | Siemens Canada Limited |
| Hassan | Khosrowshahi | Persis Holdings Ltd. |
| Craig | Kielburger | WE Day, WE Charity, ME to WE |
| Jeff | Kinnaird | Home Depot of Canada |
| Sasha | Krstic | Mastercard Canada |
| Patrick | Lamarre | Kiewit Canada Group |
| Stéphane | Lespérance | Aon Reed Stenhouse Inc. |
| Donald R. | Lindsay | Teck Resources Limited |
| Stephen | Liptrap | Morneau Shepell |
| Lisa | Lisson | Federal Express Canada Corporation |
| Mark | Little | Suncor Energy |
| Brandt | Louie | London Drugs Limited |
| Jon | Love | KingSett Capital |
| Marcelo | Lu | BASF Canada Inc. |
| Elio | Luongo | KPMG LLP |
| Mark | Machin | CPP Investments |
| Stacey | Madge | Visa Canada |
| Paul | Mahon | Great-West Lifeco and Canada Life |
| Karn | Manhas | Terramera Inc. |
| The Honourable John | Manley | Business Council of Canada |
| Ronald | Mannix | Coril Holdings Ltd. |
| Nicolas | Marcoux | PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP |
| Éric | Martel | Bombardier Inc. |
| Bharat | Masrani | TD Bank Group |
| Michael | McCain | Maple Leaf Foods |
| Michael | McDerment | FreshBooks |
| David | McHattie | Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters |
| David I. | McKay | Royal Bank of Canada |
| Gordon | McKenzie | Canpotex Limited |
| John | McKenzie | TMX Group Limited |
| Marcia | Moffat | BlackRock |
| Al | Monaco | Enbridge |
| Andrew | Moor | Equitable Bank |
| Doug | Murphy | Corus Entertainment Inc. |
| Joe | Natale | Rogers Communications Inc. |
| Jeffrey | Orr | Power Corporation of Canada |
| David | Pathe | Sherritt International Corporation |
| Rob | Peabody | Husky Energy |
| John | Peller | Andrew Peller Limited |
| Rob | Penner | Bison Transport |
| Cole | Pinnow | Pfizer Canada |
| Sam | Pollock | Brookfield Infrastructure Partners |
| Brian | Porter | Scotiabank |
| Ricardo | Prosperi | Tenaris |
| David | Rawlings | JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
| Dani | Reiss | Canada Goose Inc. |
| Michael | Rencheck | Bruce Power |
| Hartley T. | Richardson | James Richardson & Sons, Limited |
| John | Risley | CFFI Ventures |
| Ian | Robertson | Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. |
| Michele | Romanow | Clearbanc |
| Calin | Rovinescu | Air Canada |
| Jean-Jacques | Ruest | CN |
| Jeffrey | Russell | Accenture |
| Steve | Sammut | Rocky Mountaineer |
| Lino | Saputo, Jr. | Saputo |
| George D. | Schindler | CGI Group Inc. |
| Sam | Sebastian | Pelmorex Corp. |
| Michael | Serbinis | League Inc. |
| Jean-Louis | Servranckx | Aecon Group Inc. |
| Bradley S. | Shaw | Shaw Communications Inc. |
| Jad | Shimaly | EY Canada |
| Bruce | Simpson | McKinsey & Company |
| Edward | Sims | WestJet |
| David | Smith | Keyera Corp. |
| Ian D. | Smith | Clearwater Seafoods |
| Geoff | Smith | Ellis Don |
| Stephen | Smith | First National Financial LP |
| Ronald | Stern | Alberta Newsprint Company |
| Dean | Stoneley | Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited |
| Sandra | Stuart | HSBC Bank Canada |
| Margaret | Stuart | Salesforce Canada Corporation |
| John | Sullivan | The Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited |
| Scott | Thomson | Finning International Inc. |
| Scott | Thon | AltaLink L.P. |
| Garrick | Tiplady | Facebook and Instagram Canada |
| Louis | Vachon | National Bank of Canada |
| Jeff | Vassart | Cargill Limited |
| Nicole | Verkindt | OMX |
| Anthony | Viel | Deloitte Canada |
| Sonja | Volpe | BNP Paribas |
| Donald | Walker | Magna International Inc. |
| Prem | Watsa | Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited |
| Galen | Weston | Loblaw Companies |
| Darryl | White | BMO Financial Group |
| Penny | Wise | 3M Canada Company |
| Mary Ann | Yule | HP Canada Co. |
| Jeff | Zweig | Mosaic Forest Management |
