Articles 2020

Get to know the members of the Public Sector Lawyers executive team in this article series.

Get to know the members of the Public Sector Lawyers Executive in this new series of articles.

Get to know the members of the Public Sector Lawyers executive team in this new series.

As part of the three-day OBA institute, the Public Sector Lawyers group gathered on February 7th for an evening of reflection and discussion led by Program Chair Kate Julien. The evening began with a casual forum where VIP guests the Honourable Lise Favreau, of the Superior Court of Justice, Michael Gottheil, Executive Chair, Social Justice Tribunals Ontario, and Karen Manarin, Barrister & Solicitor shared insights from their own experiences working in the public sector.

What role does self-interest play in self-regulation? Do Crown prosecutors have ethical obligations different from other lawyers? What is the best way to regulate judicial conduct? How are law firms regulated in today’s multi-jurisdictional reality?

On June 15, 2017, Sara Blake (Ministry of the Attorney General) and Jeff Cowan (WeirFoulds) hosted a group of lawyers at the OBA to provide insightful analyses of six recent cases from the public sector.

Margaret Drent recaps the February 10 OBA Institute program, "Being a Lawyer in Politics".

The federal government appointed the Task Force on Cannabis Legalization and Regulation in June 2016 and released a discussion paper to inform the work of the Task Force. The report sets out nine public policy objectives, the most important of which is to keep marijuana out of the hands of children and youth, and to keep profits out of the hands of criminals.

In December 2015, the Regional Municipality of York appointed ADR Chambers Inc. as the municipal ombudsman. The appointment followed a procurement process undertaken jointly by the Region and its nine local municipalities. York Region was one of the first Ontario municipalities to appoint an ombudsman pursuant to the Municipal Act, 2001.