CLE Online

Welcome and Land Acknowledgement (9:00 – 9:10)

Frank A.V. Falzon, QC — Frank A.V. Falzon Law Corporation, Victoria
Elena F. Miller — BC Labour Relations Board, Vancouver

Opening Address (9:10 – 9:40)

The Honourable Madam Justice Suzanne Côté — Supreme Court of Canada, Ottawa

BREAK (9:40 – 9:50)

Year in Review: Administrative Law in the Supreme Court of Canada
(9:50 – 10:55)

• statutory appeals: plus ça change?
• broad and narrow approaches to Vavilov's correctness categories
• Vavilovian reasonableness: between robust and restrained judicial review
• remedial discretion post-Vavilov: indiscreet or respectful?
• the big Vavilov bang and the BC Administrative Tribunals Act

Paul Daly — University Research Chair in Administrative Law & Governance, University of Ottawa, Ottawa

BREAK (10:55 – 11:15)

Year in Review: BC Case Law (11:15 – 12:20)

• recent developments of interest in BC administrative law jurisprudence
• topics will cover both substantive and procedural developments
• recent Supreme Court of Canada decisions from the perspective of their implications for BC administrative law, including the application of Vavilov by BC courts

Katie Webber — Legal Counsel, Ministry of Attorney General, Victoria
Karrie A. Wolfe — Legal Counsel, Ministry of Attorney General, Victoria

LUNCH BREAK (12:20 – 1:00)

View from the Bench (1:00 – 1:45)

• tips and strategies for effective presentation
• comments on how altered court operations due to the pandemic affect advocacy
• what to avoid when arguing administrative law issues

The Honourable Madam Justice Neena Sharma — Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver

BREAK (1:45 – 2:05)

Administrative Justice During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Two Perspectives

• virtual hearings during the pandemic: legal authority, procedural fairness issues, access to justice, practical challenges
• virtual hearing after the pandemic: will the pandemic give rise to any enduring changes to practice and procedure?

Administrative Tribunal Perspectives (2:05 – 2:50)

Jacquie de Aguayo — Chair, BCLRB and BCEST, Vancouver
Alison MacPhail — Acting Chair, BC Review Board, Vancouver

BREAK (2:50 – 3:10)

Judicial Perspectives (3:10 – 3:55)

The Honourable Mr. Justice Harvey M. Groberman — Court of Appeal of BC, Vancouver
The Honourable Madam Justice Nitya Iyer — Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver

Closing Remarks (3:55 – 4:00)

Frank A.V. Falzon, QC — Frank A.V. Falzon Law Corporation, Victoria
Elena F. Miller — BC Labour Relations Board, Vancouver