Hear from some of Canada’s sharpest legal minds and regulatory affairs experts on what regulators need to know about the law and administrative rules:
Administrative fairness guidelines and the duty of fairness
Statutes governing judicial review
Regulatory enforcement tools
Handling of preliminary motions and objections
Potential legal consequences for regulators
The role of accountability in regulatory discretion
Regulatory process requirements
Setting transparent program objectives
The components of tribunal independence
Measures for achieving and enhancing consistency
FACULTY
COURSE LEADERS
Ryan Morris, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Ryan Morris is a litigation partner at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP’s Toronto office. His practice focuses on corporate, transactional, securities and broker/dealer litigation, regulatory proceedings, and class actions. He has experience acting on contested share sale transactions, oppression and fair value proceedings, applications with respect to shareholder rights plans and proxy contests, statutory plan of arrangement proceedings, and defending class actions involving prospectus misrepresentation and secondary market disclosure
Martin Masse, McMillan LLP
Martin Masse is a Partner at McMillian LLP. His commercial and regulatory law practice focuses on competition matters, international trade law and procurement matters. He also deals with other federal regulatory matters including Federal Court advocacy, aboriginal law, and telecommunications law.
CO-LECTURERS
Gilles Brasseur, Public Works and Government Services Canada
Gilles Brasseur is Manager, Environmental Regulations and Assessments at Public Works and Government Services Canada.
Alexandra Clark , Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada
Alexandra Clark is currently the Director of Enforcement Litigation at the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC).
John Foran, Natural Resources Canada
John Foran is Director of the Oil & Gas Policy & Regulatory Affairs Division of Natural Resources Canada.
Patrick Hoey, Hydro Ottawa
Patrick Hoey is the Director, Regulatory Affairs for Hydro Ottawa Limited. He has over 30 years of regulatory experience.
Christopher Hynes, Transport Canada
Christopher Hynes is Chief, Regulatory Projects, Aviation Security Regulatory Review at Transport Canada.
Shawn Irving, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Shawn Irving is a Partner at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP.
Michael James, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
Mike James is Senior Counsel at the Nuclear Safety Commission, where his focus includes litigation, compliance and enforcement matters.
Elisabeth Lang, Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy Canada
Elisabeth Lang is the Director General, Program Policy and Regulatory Affairs with the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy Canada.
J. Bruce McMeekin, J Bruce McMeekin Law
J. Bruce McMeekin is Principal at J Bruce McMeekin Law. He has expertise in regulatory investigations, inspections, prosecutions and enforcement.
Alain Musende, Health Canada
Alain Musende is Manager, Regulatory Advertising Section at Health Canada.
John Norman, Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
John Norman is a Partner at Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP. He has extensive experience in pharmaceutical regulations and patent litigation.
Usman Sheikh, Bennett Jones LLP
Usman M. Sheikh is a Lawyer at Bennett Jones LLP and former Litigation Counsel with the Enforcement Branch of the Ontario Securities Commission.
Melisse Willems, The College of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists of Ontario (CASLPO)
Melisse Willems is the Director of Professional Conduct for the College of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists of Ontario. She is a lawyer who has worked for hospitals and regulatory health colleges.
