Royal Ottawa Golf Club, Gatineau, Quebec
National Capital Region Luncheons
RHOMA holds monthly luncheons for members in the National Capital Region, usually on the third Wednesday of each month at 12:30 pm at the Royal Ottawa Golf Club (dates for 2020, 2019, 2018 and 2017 appear below).
As members are aware, monthly RHOMA luncheons are governed by what is known as “The Chatham House Rule“. This Rule states that participants are free to use the information received, but that there must be no attribution. Speaking notes may be made available, with the speaker’s consent, but the Chatham House Rule still then applies to the verbal rendition and to the question and answer period.
2020 Monthly Luncheons
CANCELLED: March 18: Joe Belliveau, Executive Director, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (Canada)
- February 19 – the Honourable John Manley, Q & A format
- January 15 – Brendan Kelly, author, The Good Fight, Marcel Cadieux and Canadian Democracy
2019 Monthly Luncheons
- November 20 – RHOMA Writers’ Luncheon
- October 16 – Susan Le Jeune d’Allegeershecque, High Commissioner of the United Kingdom. BIO- Allegeerschecque
- September 18 – Dennis Horak, former Ambassador of Canada to Saudi Arabia, on Canada and the Gulf: Do we care and does it matter?. Biographical Note Dennis Horak
- July 17 – Paul Wells – senior writer of Maclean’s magazine and former national affairs columnist at The Toronto Star. PAUL WELLS – BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
- June 19 – Andrew Griffith on Integration, Diversity and Inclusion: Immigration, Settlement, Citizenship and Multiculturalism . BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: Andrew Griffith Presentation: Integration – General Deck 2019
- May 15- John Hannaford, Deputy Minister for International Trade, The Current Challenges of Canada’s International Trade. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE-John Hannaford
- April 17 – Senator Peter Boehm, The Challenges to International Summitry: Some Reflections –BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE – Peter Boehm
- March 20 – Roland Paris, Professor of International Affairs in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa, BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE Roland Paris
- February 20 – Guy Saint-Jacques, former Ambassador of Canada to China Biographical Note – Guy Saint-Jacques
- January 16 – Manon Cornellier, editor of Le Devoir Biographical Note – Manon Cornellier
2018 Monthly Luncheons
- November 21 –RHOMA Writers’ Luncheon.
- October 17 – Denis Coderre, former mayor of Montreal and Cabinet minister under Prime Minister Paul Martin on the increasing role of cities in the world of diplomacy.
- September 19 – Robert Giroux, President of the Ottawa Branch of the National Association of Federal Retirees on “Take a break from following the NAFTA Talks… let’s talk NAFR.”
- July 18 – Senator André Pratte on “What’s new at the Senate”.
- June 20 – Jocelyn Coulon, author of “Un selfie avec Justin Trudeau” on “Canada in the world. Is Trudeau keeping his promises?”
- May 23 – Catherine Cano, President and General Manager of CPAC (Cable Public Affairs Channel) on the role of a parliamentary channel and democracy.
- April 18- Jonathan Fried, Personal Representative of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for the G20 and Coordinator for International Economic Relations at Global Affairs Canada.
- March 21 – Daniel Jean, National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, about his role and the challenges facing Canada when it comes to national security during these complicated times.
- February 21 – David Ljunggren, political correspondent at Reuters Canada.
- January 17 – E., Sabine Sparwasser, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Canada, “Challenges and opportunities facing Germany and the European Union in 2018.”
2017 Monthly Luncheons
- November 22 – Foreign Service Authors and Their Books.
- October 18 – Ian Shugart, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, shared the current opportunities and challenges his department is facing .
- September 20 – Greg Donaghy, Head of the Historical Section and Ms. Mary Halloran, Historical Section of Global Affairs Canada presented “Canada’s Department of External Affairs, Volume 3: Innovation and Adaptation, 1968-1984”.
- July 19 – Guy Saint-Jacques,“2017: A delicate year for Chinese President Xi Jinping” and insights into the bilateral relations between Canada and China.
- June 21 – a Financial Panel moderated by Michael Adams Senior Vice President at Brookfield Soundvest Capital Management Ltd., focusing on various aspects of financial planning.
- May 10 – Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie on “Insights on Canada’s development policy and programs in light of today’s international context.
- April 19 – Senator Peter Harder, Leader of the Government in the Senate
- March 15– Gilles Rivard, “Lessons learned from the 2010 campaign to win a seat on the UN Security Council and how Canada must prepare for the 2020 election”. Mr. Rivard will be accompanied by Ms. Tamara Mawhinney, Executive Director, UN Security Council Campaign at Global Affairs Canada
- February 15 – His Excellency Nicolás Lloreda-Ricaurte, Colombia’s Ambassador to Canada Insights on the Peace accords between his Government and the FARC, as well as on the ongoing negotiations with the Ejercito de Liberacion Nacional (ELN)
- January 18 – Colin Robertson, Canada-US relations under new US Administration
