The Empire Club of Canada
Hybrid
Thursday, October 2, 2025
Canada is at a moment of rare alignment with the new federal government’s focus on growth and a business community ready to build. Canadians across the country want to see quick action to address threats from the U.S. There’s growing momentum for the Build Canada Now movement. But the question is will we act fast enough?
On Oct 2nd, 2025, The Empire Club of Canada will present Compete or Retreat: Energy, Ambition and Canada’s Future. In this timely address, Greg Ebel, President & CEO of Enbridge Inc., will discuss how Canada can turn this window of opportunity into real action — and how energy infrastructure can serve as the foundation for a more globally competitive, sovereign, and resilient economy.
From unlocking Indigenous prosperity to restoring investor confidence, this conversation featuring a fireside chat moderated by The Honourable Seamus O’Regan, Senior Business Advisor, Stewart McKelvey (a former Canadian Energy Minister) will explore the steps needed to realize Canada’s potential as a global energy superpower.
Greg Ebel assumed the role of Enbridge’s President and Chief Executive Officer effective Jan. 1, 2023.
Mr. Ebel served as Chairman, President and CEO of Spectra Energy from 2009 until February 27, 2017. Prior to that time, Mr. Ebel served as Spectra Energy’s Group Executive and Chief Financial Officer beginning in 2007. He served as President of Union Gas Limited from 2005 until 2007, and Vice President, Investor & Shareholder Relations of Duke Energy Corporation from 2002 until 2005. Mr. Ebel joined Duke Energy in 2002 as Managing Director of Mergers and Acquisitions in connection with Duke Energy’s acquisition of Westcoast Energy Inc.
Mr. Ebel holds a BA (Bachelor of Arts, Honours) from York University and is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School. Mr. Ebel has earned the CERT Certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight. This certificate was developed by NACD, Ridge Global, and Carnegie Mellon University’s CERT division.
Mr. Ebel is chair of Mosaic, a director and member of the executive committee of Junior Achievement of Southern Texas, and a former board member with Baker Hughes.
Seamus O’Regan Jr joined Stewart McKelvey in March 2025 as a Senior Business Advisor following a distinguished career in politics and journalism.
He was first elected Member of Parliament for St. John’s South-Mount Pearl in 2015, and re-elected in 2019 and 2021.
He served as Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, Minister of Indigenous Services, Minister of Labour, Minister for Seniors, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence.
He has served numerous roles in the Government over the years, including Member of the Prime Minister’s Agenda, Results and Communications Committee and the Canada-US, COVID, Reconciliation and Defence Procurement Cabinet Committees. He was a long-standing member of the Treasury Board, as well as Chair of the Ministerial Working Group on Regulatory Efficiency and Clean Growth.
Seamus was born in St. John’s, Newfoundland, and raised in Goose Bay, Labrador. He studied politics at St. Francis Xavier University and University College, Dublin, and marketing strategies at INSEAD, near Paris.
In 1999, he graduated Master of Philosophy from the University of Cambridge, with a focus on Indigenous participation in large-scale natural resource development.
He began his career in the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, first as executive assistant to Minister of Justice & Attorney General Edward Roberts, then as policy director to Premier Brian Tobin.
Seamus went on to work as a journalist, notably for a decade as a host of CTV’s Canada AM, the country’s leading morning news programme.
Seamus is a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, and has served on the Boards of World Wildlife Fund Canada, Canada World Youth, Katimavik, The Company Theatre, and The Rooms. He is proud to have been an Ambassador for Bell Let’s Talk, removing stigma around mental illness.
