Shaping the future: a private evening with Frank Stronach on entrepreneurship and Canada’s path forward

​Fotheringham & Fang Group Inc. team led by CEO Robert Fotheringham had the pleasure of attending an enlightening evening with Frank Stronach, hosted by Mr. Christopher MacLeod, Founding Partner and Co-Chair, Cross-Border and Business Litigation Groups, Cambridge LLP in their Toronto office. The event was a fantastic opportunity to hear first hand how one of Canada’s legendary business successes would tackle the challenges facing our nation. Government, taxation, a fair enterprise, and interestingly, organic food, were all in focus. Mr. Stronach is the Founder of Magna International and the Founder and CEO of Stronach International. He continues to work passionately and build on his new and exciting ideas.

Mr. Stronach’s personal story is amazing on its own. A young immigrant, starting on his own in a one-man tool and die shop in a rented garage, going on to building that small business into one of the world’s largest automotive companies with 180,000 employees, at 448 manufacturing and R&D centers in 29 counties around the world. Incredible. And he told us how he did it. However, he isn’t done creating.
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Mr. Stronach made available copies of his blueprint for rebuilding the economic engines of Canada. (How fitting a reference for one of the world’s leading auto parts manufacturers.) The plan titled “Regenerate Canada” was a call to join this grassroots movement. It centers on a 7-Point Program of core principles that will help Canada to get back on the path of prosperity and leave future generations with a legacy that they can build on. It is a must read.
Copies of the 7-Point Program and more information about the Stronach Foundation for Economic Rights: A Coalition of Concerned Citizens can be found at their website, Economiccharter.ca. Anthony Furey serves as the Foundation’s Executive Director.