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The Canada West Foundation is a pan-western non-partisan think tank based in Calgary, AB. It conducts research on issues of concern in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The foundation focuses on research and convening stakeholders to improve the prosperity, sustainability and quality of life for the citizens of Canada's four western provinces, and to educate Canadians on western Canadian contributions and aspirations.〔 It was founded Dec. 31, 1970. Founding members include George Maxwell Bell (1912-1972), Arthur J.E. Child OC (1910-1996),〔Arthur Child, a staunch Reform Party supporter, was president and CEO for Burns Foods, brought it from the verge of bankruptcy to becoming the second-largest meat packer in the country. Child was author of ''Economics and Politics in US Banking''(1965).〕 Frederick C. Mannix (1913-) and Honourable James A. Richardson. ==History== Canada West Foundation was founded following the ''One Prairie Province? A Question for Canada Conference,'' co-sponsored by the University of Lethbridge and the Lethbridge Herald in Lethbridge, Alberta on May 10–13, 1970. Three papers were presented including Strayer's paper on the Constitutional processes for a Prairie union.〔 David Elton political science at the University of Lethbridge. published the conference proceedings in 1970 in the ''Lethbridge Herald.''. Elton replaced Stan Roberts as president in 1980. He remained in that position until 1997 where he researched such topics as institutional reform and citizens' engagement. In this capacity he acted as witness in federal parliamentary committees on Finance advocating for zero deficit and cut-off income limits for social welfare funding. Stan Roberts was president of the Canada West Foundation from 1976 to 1980. In this capacity, he took a leading role in arguing for the position of the west in Canada's constitutional debates. In 1987 Francis Winspear,〔Francis G. Winspear (1903-1997) was a wealthy Edmonton financier and philanthropist who retired in Vancouver. (Biography ).〕 financed the Western Assembly on Canada's Economic and Political Future,(Patten 1997:40) organized by Preston Manning, Stan Roberts and Robert Muirheld〔 and promoted by Ted Byfield,〔 in Vancouver in 1987. Organizational support was provided by the Canada West Foundation. It was at this assembly that the Reform Party of Canada was launched.〔Ellis worked with Tom Flanagan conducting research for the Reform Party which eventually led to his dissertation. Roger Gibbins recruited Ellis into the Ph.D. program in political science at the University of Calgary.〕〔In a meteoric rise, almost unprecedented in the history of Canada, the Reform Party became the Official Opposition to the Government of Canada within 10 years.〕 Winspear who was convinced that "mainline political parties no longer served the interest of Canadians," played a crucial role in the "founding and sustaining of the Reform Party of Canada." There were some within the Canada West Foundation who believed that Roberts himself was partly sympathetic to separatism; he never became affiliated with the movement, but was forced to step down as CWF President in December 1980 after some controversial statements on the subject. According to journalist, Norm Ovenden, under Roberts' presidency, by 1980, the Canada West Foundation had become a "powerhouse", a "prestige organization in just a decade."〔 Ovenden credits Roberts with transforming a "low-key research organization" into a "well-known, widely respected pulse-takers of the Canadian west" in four years.〔 James K. Gray O.C., A.O.E.,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= James K. Gray O.C., A.O.E., C.B.H.F. - Class of 2005 )〕 co-founder of Canadian Hunter Exploration, "one of Canada's largest and most successful natural gas companies."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=James Kenneth Gray's Alberta Order of Excellence biography )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=James Kenneth Gray's Alberta Order of Excellence Scroll )〕 served as chair of the Canada West Foundation from 1994 to 2009 and as honorary chair.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=CWF board of directors )〕 Roger Gibbins, chairman and head of the political science department at the University of Calgary, served as president and CEO of the Canada West Foundation from 1999 until his retirement in June 2012. Gibbins was also a member of the Calgary School.〔Although the Calgary school is not an official organization and has no membership list, Roger Gibbins, David Bercuson, history professor and director of the university's Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, Barry F. Cooper, political science professor and fellow of the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute, Tom Flanagan, professor of political science, senior fellow at the Fraser Institute and former adviser to Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Rainer Knopff, political science professor and Ted Morton were included in the group in a 2004 article in ''The Walrus.''〕 Dylan Jones was named President and CEO of the Foundation, effective June 1, 2012. Jones was former Deputy Minister to Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall.〔http://www.publications.gov.sk.ca/details.cfm?p=48351〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Canada West Foundation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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