The McLachlin Court’s First Decade: Reflections on the Past and Projections for the Future June 19, 2009 – Ottawa Marriott Hotel PROGRAM PRESENTERS AND MODERATORS Program Chair: David A. Wright, Vice-Chair, Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, Toronto 8:00 – 9:00 Registration 9:00 Welcome Remarks 9:05 – 10:20 Opening Plenary: The Court’s Jurisprudential Approach Moderator: The Hon. Justice Thomas Cromwell, Supreme Court of Canada, Ottawa Panelists: J. Thomson Irvine, Saskatchewan Ministry of Justice and Attorney General, Regina Marie-Claire Belleau, Faculty of Law, Université Laval, Québec Lorne Sossin, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, Toronto 10:20 – 10:30 Refreshment Break 10:30 – 11:45 Concurrent Panels 1) Federalism and Minority Language Rights Moderator: The Hon. Justice Morris J. Fish, Supreme Court of Canada, Ottawa Panelists: The Hon. Michel Bastarache, Retired Justice, Supreme Court of Canada, Heenan Blaikie LLP, Ottawa Jacques Frémont, Provost and Vice-President for Academic Affairs, Université of Montréal, Montréal Patrick Monahan, Dean, Faculty of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto 2) Aboriginal Law Moderator: The Hon. Justice Harry A. Slade, Supreme Court of British Columbia, Vancouver Panelists: Constance MacIntosh, Faculty of Law, Dalhousie University, Halifax Maria Morellato, Mandell Pinder, Vancouver Lori Sterling, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs, Toronto 3) Administrative Law Moderator: The Hon. Robert G. Richards, Court of Appeal of Saskatchewan, Regina Panelists: David Mullan, Faculty of Law, Queen’s University, Kingston Lorne Sossin, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, Toronto Freya Kristjanson, Cavalluzzo Hayes Shilton McIntyre & Cornish LLP, Toronto 12:00 – 13:30 Lunch with Keynote Speaker: The Rt. Hon. Beverley McLachlin. P.C., Chief Justice of Canada, Supreme Court of Canada, Ottawa – 2 – 13:30 – 14:45 Afternoon Plenary: Internationalization and Cross-Pollination in the Court’s Judgments Moderator: The Hon. Claire L’Heureux Dubé, Retired Justice, Supreme Court of Canada, Ottawa Panelists: John H. Currie, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, Ottawa Adam Dodek, Common Law Section, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, Ottawa Nicholas Kasirer, Dean, Faculty of Law, McGill University, Montréal 14:45 – 15:00 Break 15:00 – 16:15 Concurrent Panels 1) Equality Moderator: Michael Gottheil, Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, Toronto Panelists: Sonia Lawrence, Faculty of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto Daniel Proulx, Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke Stéphane Bernatchez, Faculty of Law, Sherbrooke University, Sherbrooke et Member, Human Rights Tribunal, Montréal Manon Montpetit, Member, Human Rights Tribunal, Montréal The Hon. Justice Lynn Smith, Supreme Court of British Columbia, Vancouver 2) Fundamental Freedoms: Association, Expression, Religion Moderator: The Hon. Justice Marshall Rothstein, Supreme Court of Canada Panelists: Thomas Kuttner, Faculty of Law, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton Michael Feder, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Vancouver Nathalie Des Rosiers, Dean, Civil Law Section, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, Ottawa 3) Criminal Law Moderator: The Hon. Justice Louise V. Charron, Supreme Court of Canada, Ottawa Panelists: Anne-Marie Boisvert, Faculty of Law, University of Montréal, Montréal Donald Stuart, Faculty of Law, Queen’s University, Kingston The Hon. Justice Shaun Nakatsuru, Ontario Court of Justice, Toronto 16:30 – 17:00 Closing Plenary by The Hon. Justice W. Ian Binnie, Supreme Court of Canada, Ottawa .