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Education

University of Victoria Law School (L..L.B., 1986)
University of Winnipeg (B.A. Hon.)
Year of Call: 1987 (British Columbia)

Acknowledgements

The Best Lawyers in Canada 2012, Employee Benefits Law
Canadian Pension & Benefits Institute - National and Regional Volunteer Award 2009

Memberships & Professional Affiliations

NAV Canada Board of Directors
The Law Society of British Columbia
The Canadian Bar Association
Alberta- British Columbia Joint Expert Panel on Pension Standards
The Canadian Pension & Benefits Institute
International Pension and Employee Benefits Lawyers Association
Association of Canadian Pension Management
International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans

Publications

Co-Author – “Pension, Employment Benefit and Executive Compensation Strategies on Termination of Employment” (with Colin Galinski), presented at Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia Employment Law Conference 2011, Vancouver, May 12th and 13th, 2011.
Co-author - “Age Discrimination and Pension Benefits” (with Colin Galinski), Pension Planning – Federated Press, Volume XV, No. 4, 2010, pp. 1042-1045.
Co-author - "Pension and Employee Benefits Trends in Canada", Inside Counsel, p. 31, January 2009.
Co-author - "Executive Employment Terminations", May 28, 2008.
Author - "British Columbia Estate Planning and Wealth Preservation", 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 updates, Chapter 14 - Pension Trusts, The Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Author - "Plan Sponsor Power", Benefits Canada, P. 57, October 2006.
Co-author - "Perils and Pitfalls in Pension, Benefit and Compensation Communication", Presented at Pension Law, Litigation and Governance, The Canadian Institute's Western Canadian Forum, Calgary, Alberta, May 10-11, 2006.
Author - "Pension Plan Considerations in Business Sale, Merger or Amalgamation", Presented at Pension & Benefits Update 2006, The Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., April 6, 2006.
Co-author - "Regulatory and Legal Framework Relating to Business Transactions", Presented at Blakes' Calgary Business Development Seminar - Focus on Pension, Labour and Employment Issues in Business Transactions (Calgary Petroleum Club), Calgary, Alberta, March 9, 2006.
Co-author - "Employee Stock Option Plans for Income Trusts", Taxation of Executive Compensation and Retirement, Federated Press, P. 651-655, March 2006.
Author - "Human Capital Risks and Opportunities", Presented at Legal Strategies for Business Acquisitions, The Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, Vancouver, B. C., February 24, 2006.
Author - "Legal Trends Update", Presented at Canadian Pension & Benefits Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, December 6, 2005.
Author - "Pension Trusts - Challenges in the Negotiation and Drafting of Pension Trust Agreements", Presented at Wills, Estates & Trusts Conference 2005 - Trusts: An In-Depth Review, The Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, Vancouver, B. C., November 3, 2005.
Co-author - "Recent Developments in British Columbia and Current Age Discrimination Issues in the Pension Context", Presented at Blakes Pension & Employee Benefits Law Seminar, Board of Trade, Toronto, Ontario, June 14, 2005.
Co-author - "Employee Benefit Plans and Employees Profit Sharing Plans", Taxation of Executive Compensation and Retirement, Federated Press, P. 539-547, May 2005.
Co-author - "A Modern Trustee Act for British Columbia", Committee on the Modernization of the Trustee Act, Report, British Columbia Law Institute Report No. 33, October 2004.
Co-author - "Executive Compensation: Current and Deferred Remuneration Strategies - Is Aligning Just a Line?", Report of Proceedings of the Fifty-fifth Tax Conference, Canadian Tax Foundation, 2004, 15:1-26, Toronto, Ontario, September 21-23, 2003.
Co-author - "Income Trusts: Long Term Incentives for Employees of Income Trust", Taxation of Executive Compensation and Retirement, Volume 15, Number 2, pp. 319-322, September 2003.

Professional Activities

Speaker - "Trust Fund Legal Issues" - The Responsible Trustee – Introductory Level, University of British Columbia Sauder School of Business, Vancouver, British Columbia, October 3, 2011.
Speaker - "Legal Issues – Conflict of Interest" - The Responsible Trustee – Intermediate Level, University of British Columbia Sauder School of Business, Vancouver, October 31, 2011.
Speaker and Conference Co-Chair – “Mergers & Acquisitions: What you need to know about Benefits when Acquiring a Business“, Pensions & Benefits: Critical Issues & What's Often Overlooked, Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, Vancouver, May 25th.
Moderator and Speaker - Forum 2011 – “Pension Reform: Are We Moving Ahead?”, The Next Wave, Canadian Pension & Benefits Institute, Vancouver, May 18-20, 2011.
Speaker – “Termination of Employment “- Pension, Benefits and Compensation Strategies”, Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia Employment Law Conference 2011, Vancouver, May 12th and 13th, 2011.
Panellist & Speaker - "The Future of Occupational Pension Plans in Canada", 2011 BC Pension Forum, Shareholder Association for Research & Education, Vancouver, British Columbia, March 1, 2011.
Speaker - “Trustee Responsibility”, BCYT-BCTC 33rd Annual Pension, Health & Welfare Seminar, British Columbia and Yukon Territory Building and Construction Trades Council, November 4, 2010.
Panellist - "Pension Reform", 2010 Western Regional Conference, Canadian Pension & Benefits Institute, Banff, Alberta, October 27-29, 2010.
Speaker – “Termination of Employment – Pension, Benefit and Compensation Strategies”, Canadian Bar Association - BC Employment Law Subsection, September 20, 2010.
Panellist and Speaker – “Older and Wiser? The Future of Pension Policy”, University of Saskatchewan, Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, March 8, 2010.
Speaker - "Status of Pension Reform", Canadian Pension & Benefits Institute, Saskatchewan Region, Saskatoon - January 13, 2010; Regina - January 14, 2010.
Panellist & Speaker - "The Great Debate: Forging a Secure Retirement for Canadians", 2009 BC Pension Forum, Shareholder Association for Research & Education, Vancouver, British Columbia, December 10, 2009.
Panellist & Speaker - "Pension Plans: Critical Issues that Threaten Pension Protection and Sustainability", Bargaining in the Broader Public Sector Conference, Lancaster House, Vancouver, British Columbia, December 2, 2009.
Speaker - "Pension Reform", 14th Essential Skills for Pension Committee Members, Federated Press, Vancouver, British Columbia, November 4-6, 2009.
Speaker - "The Latest in Employee Pension Strategies - Effective Ways to Rein in Costs While Delivering Value", 2009 CFO Summit, Insight Information, Toronto, Ontario, October 21-22, 2009.
Co-speaker - "Making Sense of Pension Reform: New Views on a Well-Reviewed Topic", 2009 Western Regional Conference, Canadian Pension & Benefits Institute, Whistler, British Columbia, October 7-9, 2009.
Speaker - "The ABC Plan: Creating a Provincially-Sponsored "Superfund"", 2009 National Conference: Changing Currents, Association of Canadian Pension Management, Toronto, Ontario, September 15-19, 2009.
Speaker - "Report of the Alberta/British Columbia Joint Expert Panel on Pension Standards", BC Public Sector Pension Conference, British Columbia Investment Management Corporation, Victoria, British Columbia, April 30, 2009.
Speaker - "Getting our Acts Together - a Report on the Alberta & British Columbia Joint Expert Panel on Pension Standards - An Overview and Next Steps", 32nd Annual BCYT-BCTC Pension, Health & Welfare Seminar, British Columbia & Yukon Territory Building & Construction Trades Council, Vancouver, British Columbia, April 23, 2009.
Speaker - "Final Report of the Alberta and British Columbia Joint Expert Panel on Pension Standards", 3rd Pension Law & Litigation: Protecting the organization in an era of increased pension liabilities, shortfalls and litigation, Federated Press Inc., Vancouver, British Columbia, April 20-21, 2009.
Panellist & Speaker - "Meeting the Complex Challenges of Today's Shifting Pension Landscape: Overhauling Canadian Pension Law", 10th Annual Forum on Pension Law Litigation & Governance, Canadian Institute, Toronto, Ontario, February 5-6, 2009.
Speaker - "Final Report of the Alberta/British Columbia Joint Expert Panel on Pension Standards", BC Pension Forum 2008, BC Federation of Labour/Shareholder Association for Research & Education, Vancouver, British Columbia, December 4, 2008.
Speaker - "Final Report of the Alberta/British Columbia Joint Expert Panel on Pension Standards", Blakes/Watson Wyatt Executive Briefing, Calgary, Alberta, December 3, 2008; Vancouver, British Columbia, December 4, 2008.
Speaker - "Pension Standards Reform: Research and Stakeholder Submissions to Expert Panels", Global Warnings Conference, Canadian Pension & Benefits Institute, Kelowna, British Columbia, October 8-10, 2008.
Author and Co-presenter - "Implications of Abolishing Mandatory Retirement in British Columbia.", Recent Developments in Pension & Employee Benefits Law, Blakes Pensions Group Client Seminar, Vancouver, British Columbia, May 29, 2008.
Presenter - "Alberta/British Columbia Joint Expert Panel on Pension Standards", Recent Developments in Pension & Employee Benefits Law, Blakes Pensions Group Client Seminar, Vancouver, British Columbia, May 29, 2008.
Co-author and Co-presenter - "Executive Employment Terminations", Recent Developments in Pension & Employee Benefits Law, Blakes Pensions Group Client Seminar, Calgary, Alberta, May 28, 2008.
Speaker - "The End of Mandatory Retirement: The Problems, The Solutions", Human Rights and Accommodation Conference, Lancaster House, Vancouver, British Columbia, April 9, 2008.
Speaker - "Negotiating Pensions and Benefits Workshop", Lancaster House, Vancouver, British Columbia, December 10, 2007.
Presenter - "Update on Alberta and British Columbia Joint Expert Panel on Pension Standards", Recent Developments in Pension & Employment Benefits Law, Blakes Pensions Group Client Seminar, Calgary, Alberta, November 28, 2007.
Speaker & Presenter - "Legal Trends Update", Canadian Pension & Benefits Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, November 6, 2007.
Presenter - "Retirement Compensation Arrangements (RCAs) and Other Supplementary Options", Retirement Planning and Risk Control for Corporate Directors and Officers - An Executive Round Table Breakfast Seminar, Artel Insurance Services Inc./Willis Canada Inc., Vancouver, BC, May 29, 2007.
Presenter - "Managing Legal Issues Created by Fund Deficits and Surpluses", Western Canadian Forum on Pension Law, Litigation and Governance, The Canadian Institute, Calgary, AB, May 16-17, 2007.
Presenter - "Supplemental Executive Retirement Plans (SERPs)", Taxation of Executive Compensation and Retirement, Federated Press, Vancouver, BC, May 14-15, 2007.
Presenter - "The End of Mandatory Retirement in British Columbia", Blakes Labour and Employment Group Breakfast Seminar, Vancouver, BC, April 20, 2007.
Presenter - "Dealing with the Changing Face of Benefits in Light of a Tight Labour Market and Soaring Costs", Advanced Human Resources Management in a Hot Economic Climate, Insight Information, Vancouver, British Columbia, November 27-28, 2006.
Presenter - "Courting Disaster", 2006 National Annual Conference, The Association of Canadian Pension Management, Winnipeg, Manitoba, September 19-22, 2006.
Presenter - "On the Firing Line - The Battle Over Executive Compensation Heats Up", PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Client Seminar, Calgary, Alberta and Vancouver, British Columbia, December 7 and 8, 2004.
Presenter - "Post Retirement Liabilities for Other Than Pension Employee Benefits", Canadian Pension & Benefits Institute, Maritime Region, Brudenell, Prince Edward Island, October 7, 2004 and Canadian Pension & Benefits Institute, Pacific Region, Victoria, British Columbia, October 9, 2003.

Media Appearances

Quoted - "Premiers Push New Pension Plan; Regional Plan Would Cover Shortfalls", Article by Renata D'Aliesio, Calgary Herald, September 12, 2009.
Interviewed - "Canadian Lifecos Lobbying Against a New National Plan to Fix Troubles in the Pension System", Live interview with Andrew Bell, The Close, Business News Network, August 10, 2009.
Quoted - "It's a National Savings Crisis, but Provinces are Split on Solution", Article by Janet McFarland, Globe & Mail, July 31, 2009.
Interviewed - "Pension Crisis in Canada", Live interview with Judy Aldous, The Calgary Eyeopener, CBC Radio Calgary, July 24, 2009.
Quoted - "Deficient Pension Coverage Worries Provincial Ministers", Article by Renata D'Aliesio, Calgary Herald, July 22, 2009.
Interviewed - "The State of Pensions in British Columbia and the Recommendations Contained in the Joint Expert Panel on Pension Standards", Interviewed by Gregor Craigie, "On the Island", CBC Radio One, aired on March 24, 2009.
Quoted - "Pension Plans ", by Glenn Kauth, Canadian Lawyer, pp. 41-44, February 2009.
Interviewed - "New optional pension plan on the horizon for Western Canada", Interviewed by Jim Macdonald, Canadian Press, January 25, 2009.
Interviewed - "Alberta/B.C. Report Calls for Supplemental Pension Plan", Interviewed by Jody White for Benefits Canada, November 28, 2008.
Interviewed - "Two Gentlemen of the West", Interviewed by Don Bisch and Brooke Smith for Benefits Canada, p. 62, April 2008.
Interviewed - "DB Plans Reducing Benefits", Article by Uyen Vu for Canadian HR Reporter - The National Journal of Human Resource Management, P. 1, April 24, 2006.
Interviewed - "Pensions, RRSPs Not Equal Under the Law", Interviewed by Glen Korstrom for Business in Vancouver, P. L8, March 7-13, 2006.