CLE Online

Introduction and Land Acknowledgement (9:00 – 9:05)

Luciana P. Brasil — Branch MacMaster LLP, Vancouver
Michael A. Eizenga — Bennett Jones LLP, Vancouver/Toronto

Class Actions in Canada from Coast to Coast to Coast (9:05 – 9:45)

• significant changes in the law
• interesting, innovative, and unusual developments
• highlights and lowlights for practitioners

Moderator: Luciana P. Brasil — Branch MacMaster LLP, Vancouver

Angela Bespflug — Murphy Battista LLP, Vancouver 
Amanda M. Quayle, QC — McDougall Gauley LLP, Regina
Jill S. Yates — McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Vancouver 

BREAK (9:45 – 9:55)

COVID-19 and the Class Actions Boom (9:55 – 10:35)

• the big picture
• the big issues
  • LTC homes
  • business losses
  • ticket cases
• what are the lessons?
• what happens next?

Moderator: Michael A. Eizenga — Bennett Jones LLP, Vancouver/Toronto

Rahool Agarwal — Lax O’Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb, Toronto
Christopher Rhone — Branch MacMaster LLP, Vancouver
Cheryl M. Woodin — Bennett Jones LLP, Toronto

BREAK (10:35 – 10:45)

The Ontario Amendments and a Broader Comparison of BC and Ontario CAs (10:45 – 11:25)

• what do the amendments to the Ontario CPA really mean for class actions: 
  • in Ontario 
  • the rest of the country
• beyond the amendments—comparing the BC and Ontario regimes

Moderator: Michael A. Eizenga — Bennett Jones LLP, Vancouver/Toronto

Daniel Bach — Siskinds LLP, Toronto
Jennifer Winstanley — Camp Fiorante Matthews Mogerman LLP, Vancouver

BREAK (11:25 – 11:35)

Judges' Panel (11:35 – 12:35)

Moderators: Luciana P. Brasil — Branch MacMaster LLP, Vancouver and 
Michael A. Eizenga — Bennett Jones LLP, Vancouver/Toronto

The Honourable Mr. Justice Ward K. Branch — Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver
The Honourable Madam Justice Sharon D. Matthews — Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver
The Honourable Associate Chief Justice John D. Rooke — Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta, Calgary

LUNCH BREAK (12:35 – 1:20) 

Privacy: The Next Frontier and Leading Edge for Class Actions? Or Is That All There Is? (1:20 – 2:00)

• overview of Canada's private sector privacy legislation
• how we got here: common law and statutory claims as a basis for class actions
• the problem of "notional-nominal general damages"
• managing privacy class actions
  • what is next?

Moderator: Michael A. Eizenga — Bennett Jones LLP, Vancouver/Toronto

Ranjan Kumar Agarwal — Bennett Jones LLP, Toronto
David E. Loukidelis, QC — Young Anderson, Vancouver

BREAK (2:00 – 2:10)

Public Interest Class Actions (2:10 – 2:50)

• an overview of the achievements of the regime
  • success
  • failings
  • solutions and paths forward
• can they really do that? the new immunities

Moderator: Luciana P. Brasil — Branch MacMaster LLP, Vancouver

Celeste Poltak — Koskie Minsky, Toronto
Margaret L. Waddell — Waddell Phillips Professional Corporation, Calgary/Toronto

BREAK (2:50 – 3:00)

Ethical Issues in Class Actions (3:00 – 3:40)

• take the quiz: a wide-ranging selection of ethical challenges for class and defence counsel

Luciana P. Brasil — Branch MacMaster LLP, Vancouver
Brad Dixon — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Michael A. Eizenga — Bennett Jones LLP, Vancouver/Toronto
Professor Craig E. Jones, QC — Faculty of Law, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops

Concluding Remarks (3:40 – 3:45) 

Luciana P. Brasil — Branch MacMaster LLP, Vancouver
Michael A. Eizenga — Bennett Jones LLP, Vancouver/Toronto