On July 14, 2015 BLG lawyer Alan Ross was elected to the board of the Canadian American Business Council (CABC). The CABC provides the private sector's perspective on the Canada-U.S. relationship and is focused on cross-border business issues including trade, investment and finance.  

Alan is a partner in our Commercial Litigation Group in our Calgary office. He specializes in all forms of administrative law, government relations and regulatory matters of provincial and national importance in the energy and oil & gas industries, particularly in the areas of pipeline transmission, natural gas and electricity markets.

The CABC Board roster is represented by Air Canada, Associated Equipment Distributors, Baxter, BlackBerry, Bombardier, Borden Ladner Gervais, Campbell Soup Company, Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers, Canadian National Railway, Capitol Hill Consulting Group, Dickstein Shapiro, Ford Motor Company, General Electric, Lockheed Martin, Motion Picture Association-Canada, MTS Allstream, NGRAIN, Ontario Media Development Corp, Revolution Organics, Shell, Spectra Energy, Sutherland, Target, TD Bank Group, TransCanada, United Technologies and UPS.

The CABC Advisory Board is chaired by the current Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. and is composed of all former Ambassadors to Canada and the U.S., as well as former Congressman John LaFalce, former Senator Jack Austin, P.C., Q.C., and former Minister Barbara McDougall, P.C., O.C.

Congratulations to Alan on this achievement!

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