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Welcome and Opening Remarks

Mark R. Davies — Richards Buell Sutton LLP, Vancouver

Real Property Mortgages

Andrew A. Bury — Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP, Vancouver 

Secured Transactions/PPSA

• PPSA vs. PPSA
• PPSA vs. common law and equitable liens
• PPSA vs. statutory liens and trusts
• PPSA vs. garnishment under the Income Tax Act and Excise Tax Act
• PPSA vs. Bank Act security and maritime mortgages
• PPSA vs. interest in land

Martha A. Martindale — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver

Networking Break

Priority Issues for Landlords

• rent distress
• priority against other creditors
• issues arising on the filing of a proposal
• bankruptcy issues
• CCAA issues

H. Scott MacDonald — Richards Buell Sutton LLP, Vancouver
C. Nicole Mangan — Richards Buell Sutton LLP, Vancouver

Priorities and the Builders Lien Claimant

• priorities and the lien claimant
  • between lien claimants
  • between lien claimant and mortgagee
  • between lien claimant and bankrupt estate
  • lien claimant in Companies Creditors Arrangement Act and Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act proceedings
  • between lien claimant and trust beneficiary
  • between lien claimant and the Crown
  • between lien claimant and other creditors
• priorities and the trust beneficiary
  • between trust beneficiaries
  • between trust beneficiaries and the Crown
  • between trust beneficiaries and other creditors

Tyler S. Galbraith — Jenkins Marzban Logan LLP, Vancouver

Lunch (on your own) 
 
Bank Act Security

• exclusion from the PPSA
• priority rules in the Bank Act
• common law/equity rules
• Bank Act security and the PPSA
• will Bank Act security survive?

Mark R. Davies — Richards Buell Sutton LLP, Vancouver

Crown and Statutory Claims

• CRA deemed trusts and super-priorities
• provincial Crown claims
• current tax collection initiatives
• effect of bankruptcy on Crown claims

Christine N. Matthews — Department of Justice, Vancouver 

Priority Issues in Bankruptcy

• Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act priorities
• other sources for priority rules
• trust property
• priority creditors
  • wage earners
  • Crown claims
  • unpaid suppliers
  • secured creditors
• preferred creditors
• postponed claim

Gregory J. Gehlen — Gehlen Dabbs, Vancouver

Networking Break

Hot Topics in Priorities: Panel Discussion

Mark R. Davies — Richards Buell Sutton LLP, Vancouver
Tyler S. Galbraith — Jenkins Marzban Logan LLP, Vancouver
Gregory J. Gehlen — Gehlen Dabbs, Vancouver
Christine N. Matthews — Department of Justice, Vancouver