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Michael F. Kergin

Senior Advisor

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T: 613.683.2306

Ottawa

Kergin Michael
 
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T: 613.683.2306


Ottawa

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Michael Kergin is a Senior Advisor to Bennett Jones LLP. He provides strategic advice to clients on international affairs, particularly Canada-US relations. He has over forty years of experience in the Federal Government of Canada. Michael is a former Canadian Ambassador to the United States (2000-2005) and to the Republic of Cuba (1986-1989). He was the foreign and defence policy advisor to Prime Minister Chretien, the equivalent of the National Security Advisor in the United States. His overseas assignments included three postings to the Canadian Embassy in Washington, to the Canadian Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York, and to Canadian Embassies in Cameroon and Chile.

After leaving government service, Michael founded the consulting firm Intermestic Consulting Inc. He was appointed as a Special Advisor to the Premier of Ontario for Border Management, with particular responsibility for developing a policy on the Windsor-Detroit bridge. Subsequently, he acted as the negotiator for Ontario in the Canada-US softwood lumber dispute. He also served as the Canadian Commissioner on the Honduran Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Michael participates in public policy panels on international affairs and on the future of North America relations. He is a regular commentator in the media.

Education

University of Toronto, BA (Hons.), 1965 Magdalen College, Oxford University (U.K.), BA (Philosophy, Politics and Economics), 1967 

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Articles

Michael Kergin on Trudeau and Biden: Off to a Good Start

February 26, 2021
       

Announcements

Michael Kergin on CNN's Amanpour on Plane Crash in Iran

January 10, 2020
       

In the News

Michael Kergin on Managing the Canada-U.S. Relationship

December 04, 2019
       

In the News

Michael Kergin on CBC Radio: NAFTA and U.S.-Mexico Trade Agreement

August 28, 2018
       

Speaking Engagements

Michael Kergin at Globe Talks - NAFTA in Play

June 07, 2017
       

In the News

Michael Kergin in Globe and Mail: How Canada Can Counter the Trump Effect

February 20, 2017
       

In the News

Michael Kergin in National Post on Trump and Trudeau in 2017

December 27, 2016
       

Updates

What a Donald Trump Presidency Means for Canada

November 14, 2016
       

In the News

Michael Kergin on Téléjournal 22H: The Three Amigos Summit

June 29, 2016
       

In the News

Michael Kergin in National Post on Three Amigos Summit

June 28, 2016
       

In the News

Michael Kergin in Globe and Mail: 3 Amigos and 5 Important Results for Trudeau, Obama and Peña Nieto

June 27, 2016
       

In the News

Michael Kergin on the Canadian and American Amigos at NALS

June 26, 2016
       

In the News

Michael Kergin on why North American Leaders Must Not Surrender to Nativism

June 10, 2016
       

In the News

Gotlieb and Kergin on Canada-US Relations in iPolitics

March 10, 2016
       

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