CCLN Meeting

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Transport Futures Summit 2010: Leadership and Road Pricing Summit

Metropolitan Hotel, Toronto – June 18, 2010

With its recent $4 billion cutback to MoveOntario 2020, the provincial government has left Metrolinx’s “Big Move” Regional Transportation Plan and Toronto’s Transit City initiative in jeopardy. Meanwhile, over 400 Ontario municipalities cannot keep up with their road repair backlog – and many cannot provide or expand transit service to their citizens. Could a made-in-Ontario road pricing policy generate dedicated revenues needed to get these plans back on track? Would such a policy give motorists an incentive to actually use the envisioned multi-modal system once it has been built? And level the playing field for those who choose to take transit, walk and bike?

At this point, the answer for Ontario is “perhaps”. While Transport Futures 2008 and 2009taught us that a range of road pricing systems are being implemented around the world to help reduce congestion, fight climate change and finance sustainable transportation infrastructure, we’ve also learned that political leadership is paramount if road pricing is to be accepted by the public. So Transport Futures 2010 continues our 2-year discussion by asking our Political speakers several questions:

• Why would they — or elected leaders anywhere — support road pricing in the face of widespread opposition?

• How do they communicate road pricing benefits and costs to their constituents?

• What can we learn from their experiences?

Join us for a unique opportunity to hear first-hand how American politicians have “taken the heat” for adding tolls to their transportation tool kit – and from Canadian politicians who are (or aren’t) considering them.

Who should attend?

You won’t want to miss Transport Futures 2010 if you work or have an interest in transportation policy/planning/engineering, goods movement, transit, cycling/walking, energy, climate change, infrastructure, asset management, agriculture, urban planning/development, tourism, engineering, law, health, social justice, taxation, business/trade, finance/economics, education, social marketing, politics and/or sustainability.

A full agenda can be found here.

Interested parties can register by clicking here.

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Fundamentals of Environmental Law Practice

May 31, 2010

Back by popular demand, the Young Lawyers’ Division and the Environmental Law Section have teamed up again to present a Round Table Dinner for young lawyers whose practices focus or touch on environmental issues, and for young lawyers who wish to pursue the practice of environmental law.  Our Round Table leaders will rotate among the tables to discuss tips and traps about environmental law practice management, litigation and solicitors’ work and to review a few leading environmental cases.  Registrants will leave with practice advice that the Round Table leaders wish they’d had before starting in environmental law.  The program will be informal to promote discussion, debate and questions.  This is a not-to-be-missed event for young lawyers with an interest in environmental law.

Each participant will have an opportunity to engage in round-table discussions on the following topics:

• Practice management tips
• Environmental Litigation Practice
• Environmental Solicitor’s Practice
• Five Leading Environmental Law Cases You Need to Know

This program has been generously sponsored by:
Blaney McMurtry LLP | Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP |
Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP
Speakers
Janet Bobechko, Blaney McMurtry LLP
Rosalind Cooper, Fasken Martineau Dumoulin LLP
Eric Gillespie, Eric K. Gillespie Professional Corporation
Jonathan Kahn, Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP
Jennifer Mesquita, Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
Lynn Mitchell, Heenan Blaikie LLP
Harry Poch
Sarah Powell, Davies Ward Philips & Vineberg LLP

Program Chairs
Patricia De Sario, Town of Caledon
Barry Weintraub, Rueter Scargall Bennett LLP

Details
Date: Monday, May 31, 2010
Time: 5:00 PM
Location: Mercatto, 15 Toronto St., Toronto, Ontario

Attend Live Program

REGISTER ONLINE HERE

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Please Join the CCLN May 13th, 2010 at 6pm for an evening of presentations:

Julie Desjardins, a chartered accountant and an independent consultant with the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants will speak in the area of performance measurement and reporting.

Mike Pickersgill of Torys LLP will discuss carbon trading work from a legal perspective, specifically what exemplifies a climate change practice in securities law.

Dennis Mahoney, also of Torys, will speak briefly about his substantial new book on Canadian Climate Change Law which has recently been released.

Details:

WHEN: 6:00-7:30 Please note that CCLN members are invited to arrive early at 5:45 for a brief meeting to discuss upcoming events and work projects.

WHERE:

Torys LLP

79 Wellington Street West, Suite 3000
Box 270, TD Centre
Toronto, Ontario, M5K 1N2 Canada

Reception will be pleased to direct you to the boardroom.

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Climate Change Litigation and Other Non-Legislative Legal Responses in North America

Our speakers for this event are:

• Dina Kruger, director of the US EPA’s Climate Change Division, and
• Albert Koehl, staff lawyer with Ecojustice.

Dina Kruger will discuss “Non-legislative climate change response — EPA regulation and litigation”. Ms. Kruger will join us via tele-conference.

Albert Koehl will discuss climate change litigation in Canada, with specific discussion on the recent Friends of the Earth case where Ecojustice acted for the applicant. Mr. Koehl will appear in person.

Date: April 22, 2010
Time: 4:00pm-5:15pm
Location: Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP, 100 King St West (First Canadian Place), Suite 1600

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IBA Biennial Conference of the Section on Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law:

Challenges for Resources in a Changing World

25-28 April 2010
Four Seasons Hotel
Toronto, Ontario

Conference details and registration is here:
htttp://www.int-bar.org/conferences/conf304/

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ONTARIO’S NEW GREEN ECONOMY:

Green Innovation and Technological Leadership

WHAT:  Please join us on March 11th for a presentation from Mark Hazelden, Senior Policy Advisor to Ontario’s Minister of Research and Innovation. Mark will be speaking on the opportunities for green innovation and technological leadership in driving Ontario’s New Green Economy.

WHEN: 6:30-7:30 Please note that CCLN members are invited to arrive early at 5:45 for a brief meeting to discuss upcoming events and work projects.

Details to be communicated by email

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TELECONFERENCE

In the Eye of the Storm: Effectively Resolving
Emerging Climate Change Disputes

Presented by the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution

Co-sponsored by the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committees of the American Bar Association Environment Energy and Resources, Litigation, Business Law and TIPS Sections and the Renewable and Distributed Energy Resources Committee and Climate Change, Sustainable Development and Ecosystems Committee of ABA SEER  in collaboration with the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee of the Energy Bar Association

Teleconference: February 23, 2010
12:00 – 1:15 PM Eastern Time

Climate change has been compared to the industrial revolution in terms of its potential for monumental impacts on society and its resources. Massive changes are contemplated, whether it is due to rising ocean levels, dwindling water resources or changes in weather patterns and land productivity.  Issues related to climate change have already led to a raft of litigation and promise to give rise to numerous disputes in the future. The lawsuits and legal requirements arising from climate change will involve businesses, governmental agencies and not for profit organizations, will touch virtually every sector of society, and involve many areas of the law. A paradigm shift will also be required as the ramifications of climate change will be borne primarily at the local level and  local communities and  businesses will have to work together to adapt to the impacts of climate change. This challenge will require a collaborative effort that will change not only how local decisions are made, but what it means to effectively represent client interests.

An expert panel will highlight the many claims and disputes that have arisen and may arise in the future related to climate change and discuss the dispute resolution mechanisms (litigation, arbitration, mediation and collaboration) best suited to achieving resolution and addressing the challenges of climate change.

Moderator
Charles Denton, Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Speakers
Michael Gerrard, Director, Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School
David Batson, Senior Collaboration & ADR Specialist, Conflict Prevention and Resolution Center, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Edna Sussman, arbitrator and mediator, SussmanADR LLC, Distinguished ADR Practitioner in Residence, Fordham University School of Law