ULI BC: Fireside Chat with Honourable Ravi Kahlon, Minister of Housing

When

2024-01-11
2024-01-11T15:30:00 - 2024-01-11T18:30:00
America/Los_Angeles

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    Where

    Fairmont Waterfront 900 Canada Place Way Vancouver, BC V6C 3L5 CANADA
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    Join ULI BC for a fireside chat with Minister Ravi Kahlon to learn how your government is taking action to build homes for people. Together, we can discuss the details about how new legislation will ensure more homes to be built near transit, enable small-scale multi-unit homes across BC, and reform outdated zoning practices to build more homes for people faster. Minister Kahlon hears every day from British Columbians feeling the pressures of our housing crisis and knows that we must face this challenge head-on, together.
     
    Agenda:
    3:30pm Doors Open / Networking
    4:00pm Minister Kahlon takes the stage / Moderated Discussion
    5:00pm Audience Q&A 
    5:30pm Discussion Conclusion / Networking Reception
    6:30pm Event Closes 
     

    Speakers

    Ravi Kahlon

    Province of British Columbia

    Ravi Kahlon was first elected as a member of the legislative assembly (MLA) for Delta North in May 2017 and was named British Columbia’s minister of Jobs, Economic Recovery and Innovation in November 2020. He previously served as the parliamentary secretary for Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, where he championed the use of mass timber and innovation in B.C.’s forest sector. As parliamentary secretary for Sport and Multiculturalism, he helped restore the BC Human Rights Commission and traveled the province to build an anti-racism strategy. As minister of Jobs, Economic Recovery and Innovation, Ravi’s first priority was to support families and communities through the pandemic and he worked closely with business, workers, First Nations and communities to develop and deliver on a strategy for long-term sustainability, jobs and growth. Ravi’s love for sports and athletic competition has also shaped his outlook. When he was seven years old, his father introduced him to field hockey. A two-time Olympian, Ravi played field hockey for Team Canada at the 2000 and 2008 Olympics.

    Moderator

    Christine Bergeron

    President & CEO, Concert Properties Ltd.

    Christine joined Concert Properties in September 2023 as President & CEO. She is a highly respected, strategic and values-based leader, whose personable style aligns with the company’s people-first culture. She brings more than 25 years’ experience building and leading financial firms where she guided their strategic development while fostering prudent risk management and thoughtful stakeholder relations. Christine has led wealth management, business banking and commercial real estate portfolios, has financed innovative companies as a venture capitalist and has experience in asset management. She is also a proven entrepreneur who has both created and helped build successful financial firms and this entrepreneurial perspective has continued to inform her solutions-oriented approach as a leader. She was previously the President & CEO of Vancity, Canada’s largest credit union. In 2022, Christine was named Corporate Leader winner at the BC Business Women of the Year Awards, and also received the Business in Vancouver Influential Woman in Business Award. Current Board work includes UBC’s Sauder School of Business Faculty Advisory Board, Chair of InBC Investment Corporation and Board member with Aviso Wealth.

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