29/09/2026
BRITISH COLUMBIA BRANCH EVENT
Folks, here is the announcement for our annual fall luncheon to be held at the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club. The company is great and the food superb. Enhance trade within the Royal Commonwealth of Nations is certainly a timely topic. Please be sure to register with Shawn if you plan to attend. See you there! Best wishes, Dan, Past President, Royal Society of St. George, BC Branch.
Enhanced Trade Within the Commonwealth—
An Idea Whose Time has Come
The Waterloo-Trafalgar Luncheon, 2026
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Shawn M. Wade, CD, LL.M.
Each year we hold the Waterloo-Trafalgar Luncheon in conjunction with The Royal Society of St. George. It focuses either on an historical topic or the news story of the year. This year's topic is—Enhanced Trade within the Commonwealth.
The recent actions of the United States Government to create an "America First,” or, "Fortress America,” or to "Enact the Munroe Doctrine," or to execute "Project 2025" have caused the international trade and world political order, successfully in place since 1946, to dissolve. In the centre of this seeming state of chaos, new alignments of nations, groupings and regions are starting to emerge. Enhanced Trade within the Commonwealth is one of them.
The Commonwealth is home to an amazing 1/4 of the world's markets and home to 1/3rd of its consumers. It is united by the three Commonwealth Commonalities of Language, Law and Legislative outcome. The Commonwealth has half a millennium of association and co-operation. Most of its consumers are under 40 years of age and a significant number of them are located in the emerging, dynamic, Indo-Pacific region. Simply put—this is a market ready to take off!
Come and join with us as we investigate this concept, the implications, and scope for changing the rules of International Trade. Enhanced Trade within the Commonwealth—a concept whose time has come!
Event: "Enhanced Trade within the Commonwealth" Waterloo-Trafalgar Luncheon 2026
Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2026.
Time: 11:45 for 12:15
Venue: The Fireside Lounge, The Royal Vancouver Yacht Club
3811 Point Grey Road, Vancouver British Columbia
Price: $71.00; $40.00 for Students.
RSVP to Shawn Wade at [email protected] or 604 522-5134