14TH ANNUAL NATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE LAW, LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT LAW CONFERENCE: The Evolution of Advocacy and Administrative Justice November 29-30, 2013 // Westin Hotel, Ottawa, ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2013 08:00 | 08:45 REGISTRATION 08:45 | 09:00 WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS Lorna Pawluk, Chair, CBA National Administrative Law Section Delayne Sartison, Q.C., Chair, CBA National Labour & Employment Law Section 09:00 | 10:30 PLENARY SESSION: The Year in Review in Administrative Law and Labour & Employment Law Introduction: Delayne Sartison, Q.C., Chair, CBA National Labour & Employment Law Section Speakers: David Phillip Jones, Q.C., de Villars Jones (Edmonton) Stephen Moreau, Cavalluzzo Shilton McIntyre & Cornish (Toronto) 10:30 | 10:45 REFRESHMENT BREAK 10:45 | 12:15 CONCURRENT SESSIONS SESSION I: Administrative Law: Tribunal Independence Moderator: Geoffrey Plant, Q.C., Heenan Blaikie (Vancouver) Speakers: Rowland Harrison, Q.C., University of Alberta Faculty of Law (Edmonton) Ron Ellis, Q.C., Osgoode Hall Law School, York University (Toronto) The Honourable Konrad von Finckenstein, Q.C., Arbitrator (Toronto) SESSION II: Labour & Employment Law: Interest Arbitration – Evolution and Role in Collective Bargaining Moderator: Brian Keller, Arbitrator (Ottawa) Speakers: Bernard Philion, Philion Leblanc Beaudry avocats s.a. (Montréal) Brian O’Byrne, Fasken Martineau (Toronto) Raymond F. Larkin, Q.C., Pink Larkin (Halifax) Ron Leblanc, GRI Labour Relations Management Inc. (Ottawa) 12:15 | 14:00 LUNCH & FIRESIDE CHAT with Justice Louis LeBel Introduction: Pierre E. Moreau, PE Moreau Avocat (Montréal) Speaker: The Honourable Louis LeBel, Supreme Court of Canada (Ottawa) 14:00 | 15:30 PLENARY SESSION: Charter Advocacy Before Labour and Administrative Tribunals Moderator: Professor Wayne Mackay, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University (Halifax) Speakers: Christopher Bredt, Borden Ladner Gervais (Toronto) Professor Genevieve Cartier, Faculté de droit, Université de Sherbrooke (Sherbrooke) Tom Roper, Q.C., Roper Greyell LLP (Vancouver) 15:30 | 15:45 REFRESHMENT BREAK 15:45 | 16:45 CONCURRENT SESSIONS SESSION I: Administrative Law: Standing and Administrative Tribunals Moderator: Simon Ruel, Heenan Blaikie (Quebec) Speakers: Bill Shores Q.C., Shores Jardine LLP (Edmonton) Catherine Beagan Flood, Blake, Cassels & Graydon (Toronto) SESSION II: Labour & Employment Law: Hot topics in Human Rights Law – Beyond Disability Moderator: Esi Codjoe, Ontario Nurses' Association (Toronto) Speakers: Sunil Kapur, McCarthy Tétrault (Toronto) Stan Lanyon, Q.C., Arbitrator (Vancouver) Mary Cornish, Cavalluzzo Shilton McIntyre & Cornish (Toronto) 17:00 | 18:30 NETWORKING RECEPTION 19:00 DINE AROUND Sign-up sheets are posted at the conference registration desk. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2013 08:30 | 09:00 REGISTRATION 09:00 | 10:30 PLENARY SESSION: Privacy Issues Before Labour and Administrative Tribunals Moderator: The Honourable Luc Martineau, Federal Court of Canada (Ottawa) Speakers: Chantal Bernier, Assistant Privacy Commissioner of Canada (Ottawa) Master Heather MacNaughton, Supreme Court of British Columbia (Vancouver) Michael Feder, McCarthy Tétrault (Vancouver) 10:30 | 10:45 REFRESHMENT BREAK 10:45 | 12:00 PLENARY SESSION: A View from the Bench Moderator: The Honourable Mary Saunders, British Columbia Court of Appeal (Vancouver) Speakers: The Honourable Freda Steele, Manitoba Court of Appeal (Winnipeg) The Honourable Mary J.L. Gleason, Federal Court (Ottawa) The Honourable Gilles Lareau, Court of Quebec (Montreal) 12:00 | 12:15 CLOSING COMMENTS Simon Ruel, Vice Chair, CBA National Administrative Law Section Maryse Tremblay, Past Chair, CBA National Labour & Employment Law Section 12:30 SECTION MEETINGS Accreditation: The time spent attending this program (9 hours) is eligible for credit towards the annual continuing professional development (CPD) requirement in all mandatory CPD jurisdictions. These CPD hours are not accredited by the LSUC for the New Member Requirement or the Professionalism Credit. Save the Dates! 15th Annual CBA Administrative Law, Labour & Employment Law Conference November 28-29, 2014 Westin Hotel | Ottawa, ON .