US embassy cable - 05OTTAWA1653

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 OTTAWA 001653 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE 
 
SECSTATE FOR ECA/PE/V/R/W - EWILKES-SCOTT; ECA/PE/V/R/E - 
Ava Smith; ECA/PE/V/M; WHA/PDA - JCARPENTER-ROCK; 
MONTREAL, TORONTO AND VANCOUVER FOR PAOS; 
HALIFAX AND QUEBEC FOR CONGENS; 
CALGARY FOR FIELD REPS; CALGARY PLEASE PASS TO WINNIPEG 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KPAO, OEXC, SCUL, CA, IV Program 
SUBJECT: FY 2006 IVLP EU RP on Trade and Economic Issues - 
May 8-26, 2006 - Barry McNamar (Principal Candidate) 
 
REFERENCE:  OTTAWA 1504 
 
1.   Post is pleased to nominate Mr. Barry McNamar, 
Assistant Director for Development, The Fraser Institute, 
Calgary for subject project.  Mr. McNamar has full country 
team approval.  Post looks forward to advice on acceptance 
of Mr. McNamar into this project.  EVDB nomination follows. 
 
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EXPORT-SOURCE: POST-EVDB 
VERSION: 3.0.7 
POST-EMAIL: slw@pd.state.gov 
TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS Ottawa 
TRANSMITTING-POST-ID: 6540 
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ECA-OFFICE: E/VRE 
PROG-AGENCY-NAME: 
POST-PROJ-ID: 337 
ECA-PROJ-NO: 
PROJ-NAME: McNamar, Barry - EU RP Trade and Economic Issues, 
May 8-26, 2006 
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PROJ-TYPE: Regional 
PROG-TYPE: IV Grant Visitor 
FY: 2006 
DEPART-POST: 05/08/2006 
SESSION-DATE: 
RETURN-POST: 05/26/2006 
NO-OF-PART: 1 
RANK-ORDER: 23 
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PROG-AGENCY-ID: 
PROJ-TYPE-ID: RP 
PROG-TYPE-ID: 29 
NOMINATING-POST-ID: 6540 
FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: 322158 
STATUS: N 
ORIGINATOR: P 
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PREFIX: Mr. 
F-NAME: Barry 
M-NAME: 
L-NAME: McNamar 
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POSITION-CODE: 330 
PRINCIPAL?: Yes 
GENDER: M 
DOB: 05/29/1970 
MAR-STAT: 
BIRTH-CITY: Westminster, B.C. 
BIRTH-CNTRY: Canada 
CITIZ-CNTRY: Canada 
RES-CNTRY: Canada 
START MEMO POSITION: 
Assistant Director Development, The Fraser Institute, 2003- 
05 
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START MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: 
 
END MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: 
START MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: 
National Membership Manager, The Fraser Institute, 2001-02 
Deputy Director, Fund Development, Canadian Alliance Fund- 
National Headquarters, 2001 
National Corporate Liaison, Canadian Alliance Fund, National 
Headquarters, 2000 
Fundraising Programs Coordinator, Reform Fund Canada, 
National Headquarters, 1999 
Consultant, Scheduler, and Fundraiser, MP Jim Abbott, 1998 
Consultant and Fundraiser, Terry Segarty Campaign, 1998 
Consultant, Conferences and Events, College of the Rockies, 
British Columbia, 1997 
Consultant, Fundraiser and Youth GOTV, MP Jim Abbott, 1997 
Consultant, Special Events and Fundraising, Canadian Cancer 
Society of BC and the Yukon, 1995-96 
Consultant to Creston Village Wildlife Management Agency 
Capital Campaign for Zubyk and Associates Public Affairs, 
1995 
Manager for Marketing and Education, Canadian Museum of Rail 
Travel, 1993-95 
 
END MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: 
START MEMO US-TRAVEL: 
short pleasure trips to Utah, Montana, Idaho, Washington 
State, Nevada 
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START MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: 
no recent international travel 
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START MEMO EDUCATION: 
Diploma, Business Administration (Marketing) 
Management Certificate, Public Relations 
 
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START MEMO MEMBERSHIPS: 
Director, Advisory Body to Alberta's Ministry of Seniors; 
Calgary Region Persons with Developmental Disabilities 
Community Board; 
Member, Society for the Treatment of Autism 
 
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START MEMO PUBLICATIONS: 
none 
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START MEMO SPEC-CONSID: 
Dietary/Medical considerations:    none 
Smoker/Non-smoker:            non-smoker 
 
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FIRST-LANG: English 
ENGL-READ: 5 
ENGL-SPEAK: 5 
ENGL-COMP: 5 
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NOMINATING-OFFICER: Field Rep Betty Rice 
START MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: 
Although the Fraser Institute is based in western Canada and 
has been around for more than 30 years, the Calgary office 
is only a few years old.  The Calgary office contains the 
Alberta Policy Research Institute, which examines topics 
such as the military, aboriginal leadership, 
environmentalism, and governance. In its first years, the 
Calgary office has made itself known through a variety of 
means-most notably through a speaker series involving high- 
level local businesspeople engaged in discussion with 
international leaders (including, most recently, Ambassador 
Cellucci).  Barry McNamar is responsible for the 
organization of these meetings, and has done an excellent 
job.   He shows a strong interest in the United States and 
is at a point in his career where an individual program 
would encourage him to look even further into economic 
issues in the U.S.   His participation in a group EU 
Regional Project on Trade and Economic Issues would expand 
his understanding of U.S. trade and economic policies and 
likely translate into higher quality dialogue via the Fraser 
Institute on economic matters that impact both Canada and 
the United States. 
 
END MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: 
NOM-OFF: ConGen Calgary 
SPEAKER?: No 
NOTIFY-EMB: No 
MEDIA?: No 
HOME-STAY: No 
HOME-HOSP?: Yes 
E-I-TYPE: ELEO 
NOMINEE-ID: 507 
PERSON-ID: 389 
BIRTH-CNTRY-ID: CA 
CITIZ-CNTRY-ID: CA 
RES-CNTRY-ID: CA 
FIRST-LANG-ID: EN 
E-I-TYPE-ID: E 
NOM-POST-ID: 6540 
NOM-FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: 322158 
NOM-STATUS: N 
DS2019-ACTION: 1 
DS2019-SUBJECT: 45.0601 
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VIS-AMOUNT: 0 
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DICKSON, CHARGE