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ADELARDO BANTUG

Addie Bantug is a Management Professional with over 30 years of experience in project management, project development, engineering and construction management. He is also experience in international marketing and dealing with governments and financial institutions.

He was a technical assistant to the Grand Chief of the Grand Council of the Crees of Quebec, Chief Billy Diamond,  and was involved in various high level government negotiations between federal, provincial and the first nations of Canada. He took part in the implementation of the provisions of the Northern Quebec Agreements between the government of Canada and the Crees Nation of Quebec. He directed capital planning for the communities of James Bay region in Quebec and northern Ontario which covers, education, social services, housing, health, economic development and infrastructures. James Bay has nine communities or municipalities that covers a third of the province of Quebec Canada.

In 1996 he developed and managed a Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) funded project in the Philippines for the Department of Public Works and Highways. This road project was an international venture of Cree Construction, a company owned by the Cree Nation of Quebec.

He owns Tripac Barista Company which has coffee shops in Ottawa and coffee plantation and mining operation  in the Philippines. He is an economic development and technical adviser to various First Nations of Canada and the Tribal Communities Association of the Philippines. From time to time he speaks at various churches and Industry Conferences.

He has served on various boards of civic and religious groups ,World Vision Canada, Conference of Filipino Alliance Ministries of Canada, Children’s Haven Ministries, CANFIL, Philippines-Canada Business Council, Science and Technology Advisory Group, various Church Management Boards, etc.

He started the Filipino Community Church in Ottawa, the  First Filipino Baptist Church in Montreal, the Filipino Fellowship at Snowdon Baptist Church in Montreal.

One of the highlights of his life is when he and his wife sang  How Great thou Art in Cree language   at the Reconciliation Service in Kathnawaga  during the  Oka Crises in 1991. A conflict between the Mohawks and the government of Quebec and Canada.