Our Speaker, Adam Legge

 

 

 

 

 

Bruce Graham introduced Adam Legge, founding President of the Business Council of Alberta, a non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to building a better Alberta in a more dynamic Canada. The BCA was established in part to address the pessimism currently being felt across the province. He began his presentation by noting a recent survey found that only 17 per cent of Albertans feel better off than one year ago.

He also indicated that while trust in governments, universities, the media and corporations has fallen in recent years, trust in corporations remains higher than in the other institutions. The 2019 Edelman Trust Barometer revealed that 79 per cent of Canadians say CEOs should take the lead on change (equal pay, inclusion and diversity) rather than wait for governments to impose it. Furthermore, 49 per cent of Albertans believe they do well when businesses are doing well.

Founded this year, the Business Council of Alberta was created to help restore public confidence in the ability of thriving businesses to improve the lives of Albertans. The BCA approach to strengthening businesses relies on adaptation, collaboration and preservation. While the first of these recognizes that the world is changing and that businesses need to keep up, preservation speaks to the ties that bind our past to our future.

Advocating and acting for the economic and social prosperity of Alberta, and by extension all Canadians, is at the core of the BCA's work.

The BCA is working to ensure Alberta business is focused on doing the right things, with a strong commitment to environment, social and governance (ESG) innovation and leadership, as a means of advancing our shared prosperity.