Conference of Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Governors and Premiers
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| Abbreviation | CGLSLGP (also, CGLG) |
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| Formation | 1983 |
| Type | Non-governmental organization |
| Headquarters | Chicago, Illinois |
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Region served
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Great Lakes Region and Saint Lawrence River Valley |
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Chair
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Gov. Rick Snyder |
| Website | www.cglslgp.org |
The Conference of Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Governors and Premiers is a North American organization led by the government chief executives from the Canadian provinces Ontario and Québec and the US states Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Through the Conference, they seek to grow the region’s economy and protect the Great Lakes. The Conference began in the 1980s as the Council of Great Lakes Governors to encourage and facilitate environmentally responsible economic development. The Council now serves as secretariat to the Governors’ Compact Council and the Governor and Premiers’ Regional Body
The Conference of Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Governors and Premiers is an organization of the chief executives from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Québec and Wisconsin, and was created on June 12, 2015. Through the Conference, the Governors and Premiers seek to expand the regional $5 trillion economy and protect the world’s largest system of surface fresh water. The Conference builds upon over 30 years of work by the US's Council of Great Lakes Governors to encourage and facilitate environmentally responsible economic development.
The Governors of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin created the Council of Great Lakes Governors in 1983. The original goal was to create a non-partisan forum to promote regional agreements on issues of concern for the states of the Great Lakes region. In 1989, the Governors of New York and Pennsylvania joined the council. In more recent years, the Premiers of Ontario and Quebec joined with the Governors as associate members, and in 2015, the organization launched the "Conference of Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Governors and Premiers," to signify the increasing binational cooperation. Since its inception, the Conference has led regional efforts to protect the environment and accelerate the region's economy.
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