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Making Life BetterA Year in Review

The Business Council of Alberta was born out of love for our province and country and a desire to build greater

prosperity for its people.

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LetterMaking life better for people. At the end of the day, this is why we are all in business.

Our businesses make life better by feeding and powering the world, bringing new technologies

to market, connecting people, improving our communities, supporting causes and delivering

value to our shareholders.

The Business Council of Alberta was born out of love for our province and country and a desire

to build greater prosperity for Albertans of today and tomorrow. The Council supports

businesses across this province to boldly and collectively step forward into that role, to build

businesses that contribute to the world’s greatest needs and create jobs that enable every

Albertan to live the life they aspire to.

The Council was created to be a leader on the most critical issues of our time: future of energy

and environment policy, innovation ecosystem enhancement, poverty reduction, and Alberta’s

place in the federation, among others. Many of these are reaching a pivotal moment, and your

leadership is already having an impact.

As we mark the first year since the Council’s founding, there were many

accomplishments; however, we would like to highlight two that are particularly meaningful.

First, the support from Alberta’s business community has

been tremendous. We took it as a sincere vote of confidence

that virtually every executive we invited to be a founding

member of the Council immediately said yes. You saw the

vision for the Business Council of Alberta and chose to

support it with your most valuable resources: your time and

energy.

Second, because of that support, the Council rapidly

became one of the most sought-after and influential policy

organizations on issues related to Alberta prosperity. That

has already resulted in tangible policy improvement.

In the year and years ahead, we will be working to enhance our advocacy efforts with

the provincial and federal governments, build bold and innovative policy solutions and take

new action collectively as a business community, with one voice, to improve prosperity for the

people of this province, by extension Canada, and even around the world.

We thank you for your leadership in being part of it.

About the Business Council of Alberta

We believe that when business does well, we all do well. Through policy, advocacy and action, we harness the power of thriving business to deliver “and” solutions that increase the economic and social prosperity of Albertans. We are a non-partisan, non-profit organization that is committed to working with leaders and stakeholders across Alberta in proposing bold and innovative public policy solutions and initiatives that will make life better for Albertans. Composed of the chief executives and leading entrepreneurs of the province’s largest enterprises, the Council represents the majority of Alberta’s private sector investment, job creation, exports and research and development.

www.BusinessCouncilAB.com

Driven By PurposeUnited By Outcome

Daring & Achieving

What We Have DoneWe believe business is a force for good. It creates opportunity, sustainability and prosperity for our communities, province and nation. Creating an environment to enable us to build Alberta’s future on purpose requires a strong vision, bold action and capable partnerships.

Since our public launch in June 2019, the Business Council of Alberta has quickly become one of the most consulted and respected policy organizations in the province, taking action and advocating to government, media and the public on issues and policies that we believe will increase economic and social prosperity.

Some highlights:

POLICY

• Released AlbertaBETTER, our inaugural policy and vision paper

• Launched first two task forces on Skills and Future Training and Resource Development in a Low Carbon Future

• Delivered a list of 10 bold ideas to the provincial government to quickly ignite Alberta’s economy; one of those ideas was implemented immediately

• Created our first major research project, the Alberta Prosperity Index

• Selected to co-chair the provincial government’s Innovation Capital Working Group to develop recommendations to attract investment into Alberta’s tech and innovation sector

ADVOCACY

• Submitted advocacy letters to the provincial and federal government on priorities related to Alberta prosperity

• Met with top government leaders including the Premier of Alberta, Alberta’s Minister of Finance, Clerk of the Privy Council and others

• Worked with Council members to release a counter-narrative to false statements about Canadian natural gas

• Featured in over 400 news stories and reached over 160 million people, generating significant awareness, influence and connection among the general public and decision makers

ACTION

• Held business roundtables across the province to listen to what challenges and opportunities businesses face in creating prosperity for their communities

• Attracted over 60 members to the Council

• Partnered with the Economic Club of Canada to promote Canada’s energy leadership opportunity to business leaders across Canada

Fast Facts on Our First Year

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400+

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Number of articles featuring the Council

Number of published policy pieces

Number of government advocacy meetings with provincial and federal government

Number of regional business roundtables in Fort McMurray and Lethbridge

Number of new members welcomed to the Council

2020 PlanWe believe that when business does well, we all do well. However, at the time of the Council’s founding only 49% of Albertans believe that’s true. We need to improve that number – and we will do so through our work in supporting prosperity for all Albertans.

Highlights on what we are planning for 2020:

• Addressing the COVID-19 health and economic crisis through response advocacy andrecovery leadership initiatives to get Alberta’s struggling economy back on its feet in a globallycompetitive way

• Working with task force members and collaborators on a national consensus betweenresource development and climate change, as well as the innovation ecosystem

• Launching our own podcast, AlbertaBETTER

• Completing a research project with Ipsos on the perception and role of business in society

• Introducing the 2020 Alberta Prosperity Index

• Enhancing essential advocacy efforts with the federal and provincial governments on critical files

We thank all our members for joining with us to make life better for all Albertans and Canadians and to all our partners, stakeholders and supporters for enabling us to do this work.

Alberta CentralIan Burns, President & Chief Executive Officer

Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo)Kevin Uebelein, Chief Executive Officer

AltaMLCory Janssen, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

ARC Financial Corp.Brian Boulanger, President & Director

ARC ResourcesTerry Anderson, President & Chief Executive Officer

ATB Curtis Stange, President & Chief Executive Officer

ATCO GroupNancy Southern, Chair & Chief Executive Officer

Big Rock BreweryWayne Arsenault, President & Chief Executive Officer

Birchcliff Energy Ltd.Jeffery Tonken, President & Chief Executive Officer

Black Diamond GroupTrevor Haynes, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer

Boardwalk REITSam Kolias, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Brookfield ResidentialAlan Norris, President & Chief Executive Officer

Builders VCMark Blackwell, Partner

Business Council of AlbertaHal Kvisle, Board Chair

Canada Asia Synergy GroupDoug Horner, Chairperson

Canadian Natural Resources Limited Tim McKay, President

Canadian Western BankChris Fowler, President & Chief Executive Officer

Cenovus Energy Inc.Alex Pourbaix, President & Chief Executive Officer

CompuVision Systems Inc.Ryan Vestby, Chief Executive Officer

Coril Holdings Ltd.Ron Mannix, Chairman Emeritus

Enbridge Inc.Al Monaco, President & Chief Executive Officer

Finning CanadaKevin Parkes, President

Fort McKay Group of CompaniesSami Saad, Chief Executive Officer

Fountain TireBrent Hesje, Chief Executive Officer

Hokanson Capital Inc.Jordan Hokanson, President & Chief Executive Officer

Jayman BuiltJay Westman, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Keyera Corp.David Smith, Chief Executive Officer

Ledcor GroupTom Lassu, President, Ledcor Industries Inc.

MATCO InvestmentsRon Mathison, Chairman

Mawer Investment ManagementCraig Senyk, President & Vice Chairman

Melcor DevelopmentsTim Melton, Chairman

Modern ResourcesChris Slubicki, President, Chief Executive Officer & Director

Nutrien Inc.Chuck Magro, President & Chief Executive Officer

OvintivDoug Suttles, Chief Executive Officer

Panache Ventures Patrick Lor, Managing Partner

Parkland Fuel CorporationBob Espey, President & Chief Executive Officer

PCL Constructors IncDave Filipchuk, President & Chief Executive Officer

Pembina Pipeline CorporationMick Dilger, President & Chief Executive Officer

Perpetual Energy Inc.Sue Riddell-Rose, President & Chief Executive Officer

Properly Investment CompanyJim Peplinski, Chairman

Pureweb Inc.Chen Fong, Co-Founder

Questerre Energy Corporation Michael Binnion, President & Chief Executive Officer

RGO Office Products Cathy Orr, President & Chief Executive Officer

Rocor Holdings Ltd.Harold Roozen, President & Chief Executive Officer

Rohit Group of CompaniesRohit Gupta, President

RS Energy GroupJim Jarrell, President & Co-Chief Executive Officer

Sequeira PartnersAroon Sequeira, Chairman

Servus Credit UnionGarth Warner, President & Chief Executive Officer

Shaw CommunicationsBrad Shaw, Chief Executive Officer

Stone Creek ResortsGuy Turcotte, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer

Suncor Energy Inc.Mark Little, President & Chief Executive Officer

TC EnergyRuss Girling, President & Chief Executive Officer

The51 Ventures Inc.Judy Fairburn, Co-Founder

Total E&P Canada Ltd.Christine Healy, President & Chief Executive Officer

Tourmaline Oil Corp.Michael Rose, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer

TransAlta CorporationDawn Farrell, President & Chief Executive Officer

Trimac Transportation ServicesJeff McCaig, Chairman

UFA Co-operative Ltd.Scott Bolton, President & Chief Executive Officer

Vermillion EnergyLorenzo Donadeo, Chairman

Viewpoint Group / ARC Financial Corp. Mac Van Wielingen, Founder and Chair / Founder and Partner

Waterous Energy FundAdam Waterous, Chief Executive Officer

West Canadian Digital ImagingKaren Brookman, President & Chief Executive Offer

Western Financial GroupKenny Nicholls, President & Chief Executive Officer

WestJetChristopher Burley, Chairman

Zinc VenturesBrad Zumwalt, President

Jim Davidson, Corporate Director

Michael Broadfoot, Corporate Director

Michael Culbert, Corporate Director

Rick Doman, Corporate Director

Founding Members

"Civilization prospers with commerce.”

Crescit cum commercio civitas.

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