Andrew Furey

Uh, still friends with Roger Grimes as part of that process.

Uh, myself and Andrew Furey, uh, have been friends for, for years as part of that process.

Uh, you know, so didn't make any difference what administration was in.

You know, I did my part and due diligence to do what I was responsible for.

Uh, and the party was figuring out what the future was gonna be.

You were figuring out what your future was going to be.

I wonder, if you had known that Andrew Furey was gonna retire himself and not s- serve out his term, which changed the political landscape, would you have reconsidered or looked at that decision differently, you know, with that benefit of hindsight? Or was the health and family side of things just always gonna take you in that direction?

You know, when, when I took over the leadership, uh, and was ironic, I guess another part of history, I, I'm perhaps the only leader of a provincial party that was the leader twice and never got elected once for that leadership.

It looks increasingly likely that the, the Democrats will take back both houses of Congress, and the question of what Trump's immediate political powers will be after that, uh, is something that the premier also spoke about, uh, a bit more after his main speech at the Empire Club.

Uh, he then spoke with, uh, former Newfoundland and Labrador Premier, Andrew Furey, and we have a clip of that as well.

If he loses the Senate and the House-

House-Uh, the Republicans are just gonna pull the carpet out from underneath him.

So, how do we get there? What will it take to protect jobs today while creating opportunities for tomorrow? And how can provinces work together to turn their individual strengths into greater prosperity for our country? We'll hear these answers to those questions and more from Premier Doug Ford, followed by a fireside conversation with Dr.

Andrew Furey, former Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador and now Vice Chair of National Bank.

But to begin, please join me in welcoming Megan Telford, Chief Executive Officer of Hydro One.

The Premier needs no introduction in this room, but indeed something for us to be incredibly proud of.

Because I always say You know, we can't do it without all three levels of government.

And we're here today for our annual State of the Province.

As well as my good friend, former Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, Andrew Furey.

We're still good pals.

To continue our program, it is my pleasure to introduce a representative from our lead sponsor, National Bank of Canada Capital Markets.

Please welcome Dr. Andrew Furey, Vice Chair of National Bank of Canada, who will introduce our first speaker, Dr. Furey.

Well thanks so much everybody and on behalf of National Bank, welcome.

Let me begin by thanking first the Empire Club of Canada and its leadership for always having the courage to take on bold and important issues facing our country.

We create economic opportunity because of what people did decades and decades ago.

Former Premier Mike Harris is, is, is here in the audience, and when Mike Harris became the Premier of Ontario, the plan for that station was to shut it down in 2018 and hand the keys back.

That station, as I mentioned, is gonna operate now to 2080 because of the decisions we made, Mike, in the, in the late 1990s.

So the key message is, is we're not just doing this for ourselves today.

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