b'CCAB RETROSPECTIVEMEETING OFHarvey Haber - President,Ontario Region Mens ORTLyonne Heppner - President,Real Property TrustMINDS John Hickes - President, Nunasi Corp. ATCharles Hoffman - President,JOKERS HILL Business Planning AssociatesMurray B. Koffler - Chairman, Shoppers Drug MartHon. Wilton Littlechild -Federal Member of Parliament,I t was in 1982 that a pivotal meeting took place forging the creation of CanadianHobbema Honorary ChiefCouncil for Aboriginal Business (CCAB). The location, strangely enough, was Jokers Hill, the country residence of Murray Koffler, entrepreneur and founderNeil Lucas - President,of Shoppers Drug Mart. The people attending were many of CanadasBay St. George Indianleading business figures, including important business people from theEconomic DevelopmentIndigenous community. Despite the lighthearted name of the locale, the meeting was a serious undertaking.Paul Martin - President,Koffler had brought together this remarkable group of business leaders to determineCanada Steamship Lineshow Canadas business community could tackle the inequality he had witnessed first-hand among the countrys Indigenous people. He posed a straightforward questionJ. W. McNaughtonPresident,to the people gathered before him: Is there a role for Canadian business to play inCanadian Executive Service the economic development of Native peoples? OrganizationThe answer was, unequivocally, yes. Koffler found allies within the group that sharedDon Moses -President ,his sentiment that the private sector had a role and responsibility in supporting theMoses Cattle Lower Nicola &economic success of Indigenous people in Canada. It was the start of what wouldChairman Native Economic eventually lead to the creation of CCAB.Development ProgramHere is a list of those 31 business leaders present at the first meeting at Jokers Hill. Donald Rickerd - President,Donner FoundationDr. Harry Bain - Chief of Pediatrics, Doug Cuthand - President, Ray Sadowski - Vice President,Sick Childrens Hospital Sinco IndustriesSioux Lookout Project Procan LeasingChief Andrew Delisle -Peter Baird - CEO, Conexus Research Attikamek-Montagnais Village Sydney Schipper - Retired Executive,des Hurons, QuebecGeorge Brown CollegeEdmund Bovey - Past President,Norcen Energy Resources William Dimma - President, Maurice Strong - Chairman,Royal LePage Real Estate Canada DevelopmentJim Boyd -President, Investment CorporationRetail Research Foundation Joe Dion - President, Dion ResourcesMerrill Bridgen - Coordinator, Hon. Hugh Faulkner, P.C. - Hon. Charlie Watt -Native Economic Development Former Minister of Indian & The Senate of CanadaTrent University Northern Affairs George Whitman - Executive,Edward Bronfman - Chairman, Jean-Guy Fredette - Vice President, Hudsons Bay HouseEdper Investments Monenco Ltd.Hilda Wilson -Howard Cardinal - President, Neil Greig - Executive Director, Public Relations Consultant,Saddle Lake Investments Inuit Tapirisat of Canada Toronto, Ontario36A CCAB PUBLICATIONSpring 2024'