The fight to stop diamonds from funding some of the world's deadliest conflicts.
Ian Smillie was a founder of the Canadian development organization, Inter Pares, and was executive director of CUSO from 1979 to 1983. He serves as research coordinator on Partnership Africa Canada's Diamonds and Human Security Project, and is an NGO participant in the intergovernmental Kimberley Process which has established a global certification system for rough diamonds.
Meredith Martin is a producer for The Agenda with Steve Paikin. Prior to The Agenda, Meredith was a producer with Studio 2. Before becoming a journalist she worked in lifestyle television as a producer, editor and feature host, primarily on the show, Cottage Life Television. Meredith also worked as a production assistant on music videos and commercials, and as a freelance producer. Follow Meredith on Twitter.
The North wants in. But at what cost? The merits of developing Northern Ontario.
Terence Corcoran is the editor of the Financial Post.
Jim Gordon is the former mayor of Sudbury.
Jamie Ann Lim is currently president of Ontario Forest Industries Association. As mayor of the City of Timmins, Jamie championed the resource-based industries that are the backbone of the Northern Ontario economy and a cornerstone of Ontario’s provincial prosperity.
Oiva Saarinen is professor emeritus of geography at Laurentian University, and the author of Between a Rock and a Hard Place.
Harvey Yesno is currently the president and CEO of Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund; he has held this position since 1993. He served as chief of Eabametoong First Nation for five terms and as councilor for one term.
Susanna Kelley is The Agenda's Queen’s Park bureau chief, a position she has held for TVOntario for over a decade. For 14 years she produced the Fourth Reading portion of Studio 2, and as co-host of Backroom 411, provided insight into the thinking behind many political decisions made in the backrooms of Queen’s Park.
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