This is a bit lengthy, but may help shed some light on how this crap comes to be. It’s kinda like “Reverse Outsourcing”.
In 1995 Bell
Canada
created a separate company in order to reduce their costs and improve their
competitive positioning in the areas of engineering and construction. The
result? in April 1996 Expertech Network Installation Inc. was created as a
wholly owned subsidiary of
By the end of its first operating
year, Expertech
was successful in delivering on the mandate it was given. Bell?s Engineering and
Operations costs were reduced by 25%, largely due to the creation of a new
working environment with improved productivity, vehicle, real estate, tool and
workforce management.
To generate new growth, Expertech
began seeking business outside of
In that same year, Expertech formed
its
Continuing its growth in
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Jacques Lamarre, O.C.
President and Chief Executive Officer
SNC-Lavatin Group, Inc.
Jacques Lamarre has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Laval University in Quebec City, and a Bachelor of Arts and Science in Civil Engineering. He has also attended Harvard University's Executive Development Program.
His engineering began in 1966 with the National Research Council of Canada in Ottawa. A year later, he joined Janin Construction Ltd. of Montreal, and in 1968, SNC-Lavalin.
Mr. Lamarre has been named Officer of the Order of Canada. In November, 2004, he was named Canada's Outstanding CEO of the Year by the Caldwell Partners International. The previous year, he was named CEO of the Year by Canadian Business Magazine.
Mr.
Lamarre is the immediate past Chairman of the Board of Directors of the
Conference Board of Canada. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors
of the Royal Bank of
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THE CCCE TAKES
CHARGE
A striking similarity between
Canadian and American political structures at present is the extraordinary
influence both in the Prime Minister’s Office and in the White House of the
heads of the continent’s most powerful corporations. No one embodies that
influence in
Member chief
executives of the CCCE head companies that collectively have annual
revenues of more than $600 billion and control a majority of
IMMEDIATE
NOVEMBER 30, 2004
CEO COUNCIL GIVES FULL MARKS TO
BUSH-MARTIN TALKS
Canada’s pre-eminent business organization, the Canadian Council
of Chief Executives (CCCE), congratulated President George W. Bush and Prime
Minister Paul Martin for outlining a sensible, forward-looking agenda for
cooperation on bilateral, North American and global
issues.
“The
two leaders focused on what matters most to Canadians and Americans -- security
and prosperity,” said CCCE President and Chief Executive Thomas
d’Aquino.
The
CCCE strongly endorsed the commitment of both countries to improving
co-ordination of intelligence-sharing, cross-border law enforcement and
counter-terrorism, while increasing the security of critical infrastructure in
areas such as transportation, energy and communications networks. Of equal
importance is the promise to work towards renewing the NORAD agreement and to
investigate opportunities for greater cooperation on North American maritime
surveillance and maritime defense. “If our citizens are not secure,” said Mr.
d’Aquino, “they never will be free.”
The
CCCE saluted the willingness of both the President and the Prime Minister to
take concrete steps to enhance economic cooperation.
“The
decision to pursue joint approaches to partnerships, consensus standards and
smarter regulation is very welcome news,” affirmed Mr. d’Aquino. “So are steps
to reduce unacceptable costs associated with the application of rules of
origin.”
“In
the area of health and the environment, President Bush and Prime Minister Martin
have pledged cooperation where it matters most to our citizens,” said Mr.
d’Aquino. “My Council welcomes efforts to expand technology partnerships that
will promote the clean and efficient use of energy resources. This is an area
where Canadian expertise and experience can make a real
difference.”
“In
outlining an ambitious agenda for joint efforts to promote security and
prosperity beyond
“We
are encouraged by the tenor and breadth of the understandings arrived at in
The
CCCE is a non-partisan, not-for-profit association composed of 150 chief
executives of
The
Council was the private sector leader in advancing the Canada-United States Free
Trade Agreement and the North American Free Trade
Agreement.
In
2003, the Council launched its North American Security and Prosperity Initiative
aimed at developing and promoting a 21st century roadmap for closer North
American cooperation. In April 2004, the Council published “New Frontiers:
Building a 21st Century Canada-United States Partnership in
Currently, the CCCE is the Canadian partner with the New
York-based Council on Foreign Relations in a major study aimed at building a
closer North American community.
In addition to Mr. d’Aquino, the
members of the CCCE’s Executive Committee are: Chairman Richard L. George,
President and Chief Executive Officer of Suncor Energy Inc.; Honorary Chairman
A. Charles Baillie; and Vice-Chairmen Dominic D'Alessandro, Paul Desmarais, Jr.,
Jacques Lamarre, Gwyn Morgan and Gordon Nixon, the
chief executives respectively of Manulife Financial, Power Corporation of
Canada, SNC-LAVALIN Group Inc., EnCana Corporation and Royal Bank of
Canada.
