At a recent meeting of the Council of State Governments in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Senator Doyle received the first U.S.-Canada Leadership Award.
The award was “In recognition of Senator Doyle’s leadership and foresight in developing a truly regional strategy to integrate Canadian provincial partners in the work of the Council of State Government’s Eastern Region.”
The award was given in Halifax, Nova Scotia at the 51st annual meeting of the Regional Policy Forum on August 7, 2011.
Senator Doyle helped form a U.S.-Canadian delegation that traveled to Washington to testify before Senator Leahy’s committee on the issue of border crossing between the U.S. and Canada. He also met with the premiers of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Toronto to encourage them to join with the Council of State Governments.
As co-chair of the U.S. Canada Committee, Doyle strongly supported increased energy sites from Canada to the northeastern states, efforts to increase cross-border trade and border security measures.
As co-chair of the Council of State Government’s Eastern Regional Conference in 1999 and 2009 held in Burlington, Doyle actively recruited prominent Canadians to participate in a variety of programs relating to Canada and the U.S.