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

Daniel W. Burnett, KC — Owen Bird Law Corporation, Vancouver

Defamation 101 (9:05 – 9:45)

• a primer
• recent developments
• best practices for handling an unfolding situation

Daniel W. Burnett, KC — Owen Bird Law Corporation, Vancouver
David F. Sutherland, KC — David F. Sutherland & Associates, Vancouver

BREAK (9:45 – 9:55)

SLAPP (Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation) Applications (9:55 – 10:50)

• Ontario
• BC
• practice pointers

Daniel J. Reid — Harper Grey LLP, Vancouver
Eve St-Laurent — Senior Legal Counsel, Media Law, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Vancouver
Karen R. Zimmer — Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP, Vancouver

BREAK (10:50 – 11:00)

Responsible Communications (11:00 – 11:45)

• when does the defence succeed and fail?
• what evidence to present

Daniel W. Burnett, KC — Owen Bird Law Corporation, Vancouver
Kathy Tomlinson — Former CBC and Globe and Mail Journalist, retired June 2021, Vancouver

BREAK (11:45 – 11:55)

Confidential Sources (11:55 – 12:35)

• in criminal processes: the new Federal legislation and the first SCC case
• in non-criminal processes: the common law test

Scott Dawson — Farris LLP, Vancouver
David F. Sutherland, KC — David F. Sutherland & Associates, Vancouverr 

LUNCH BREAK (12:35 – 1:05)

Libel, Privacy, and the Online World (1:05 – 2:00)

• Internet smear and process for finding and stopping
• Internet privacy torts and the right to be forgotten
• jurisdictional issues and US immunity

Daniel J. Reid — Harper Grey LLP, Vancouver
Karen R. Zimmer — Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP, Vancouver

BREAK (2:00 – 2:10)

Openness in the Courts (2:10 – 2:50)

• sealing orders and publication bans
• court policy constitutional challenge
• access to courts, exhibits, livestream

Scott Dawson — Farris LLP, Vancouver
Bethany Lindsay — CBC Vancouver, Vancouver
Eve St-Laurent — Senior Legal Counsel, Media Law, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Vancouver

BREAK (2:50 – 3:00)

What's Next? A High Level Round Table Discussion (3:00 – 3:55)

• a look at issues on the horizon
      
  Moderator: Daniel W. Burnett, KC — Owen Bird Law Corporation, Vancouver
  Scott Dawson — Farris LLP, Vancouver
  Eve St-Laurent — Senior Legal Counsel, Media Law, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Vancouver
  Daniel J. Reid — Harper Grey LLP, Vancouver
  David F. Sutherland, KC — David F. Sutherland & Associates, Vancouver
  Karen R. Zimmer — Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP, Vancouver
  

Closing Remarks (3:55 – 4:00)

Daniel W. Burnett, KC — Owen Bird Law Corporation, Vancouver