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J. Bruce McMeekin

J. Bruce McMeekin

Associé
Markham

905.415.6791
bmcmeekin@millerthomson.com

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Biographie

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Bruce is a litigator with specific expertise in helping clients with regulatory investigations, inspections, prosecutions, and other forms of enforcement proceedings. He also provides advice and assists organizations and their officers and directors with corporate criminal law issues.

His experience includes: defending prosecutions under the environmental, workplace safety and other regulatory statutes; providing advice on corporate compliance and management issues; appealing FINTRAC AMPs; providing advice on the forensic issues raised by instances of employee dishonesty; counselling on the completion of regulatory compliance audits; and, providing advice on regulatory issues arising in commercial transactions.

He was co-counsel to the Municipality of Brockton at The Walkerton Inquiry.

Bruce has also appeared before the Environmental Review Tribunal and the Ontario Municipal Board.

He has defended prosecutions under all of Ontario’s environmental statutes, in addition to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, both the provincial and federal Dangerous Goods statutes, the Fisheries Act, the Criminal Code, the Competition Act, the Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act, the Occupational Health and Safety Act, the Income Tax Act, the Planning Act, the Health Promotion and Protection Act, and the Food and Drug Act. He has prosecuted offences contrary to the Fire Marshall’s Act and the Securities Act.

Bruce also has extensive experience in Ontario’s Coroner’s Court, having appeared for both public and private sector clients.

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Formation

  • LL.B., Dalhousie University, 1987
  • M.A., International Relations, Queen's University, 1984
  • B.A., Political Economy, Wilfrid Laurier University, 1982

Réalisations professionnelles

  • Best Lawyers in Canada, 2013
  • Certified Specialist, Environmental Law, The Law Society of Upper Canada
  • Research Associate, Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy
  • BV Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
  • Member, Editorial Committee, Corporate Liability (Federated Press)

Mandats représentatifs

  • Counsel , R.v. Castonguay Blasting (Ont. C.A. 2011) (appeal pending to the Supreme Court of Canada
  • Counsel, R.v. Crown Cork & Seal, (Ont. C.A. 2008)
  • Co-Counsel representing the Hon. Greg Sorbara in the investigation of allegations of fraud (2005-2006)
  • Counsel, R.v. Material Resources Recovery, (Ont. Crt. of Justice, 2005)
  • Co-Counsel representing the Municipality of Brockton (Walkerton) in the Walkerton Inquiry (2000-2001)
  • Co-Counsel to the York Regional Police in the Faraz Suleman Inquest (1999)

Participation communautaire

  • Past President and Paul Harris Fellow, Rotary Club of Markham Sunrise
  • Chair, Government Affairs Committee, Markham Board of Trade

Associations

  • Former Member, Legal Expert Assistance Program, Canadian Environmental Defence Fund
  • Chair, Government Affairs Committee
  • Royal Canadian Military Institute
  • York Downs Golf Club

Présentations

  • Speaker/Author, Canadian Institute and CBAO Continuing Legal Education programs on Environmental and Corporate Liability Issues

Publications

  • Ontario Court of Appeal Clarifies Employers’ Duty to Report Fatalities and Critical Injuries at a Workplace, Communiqué droit du travail et de l'emploi - Ontario, 8 février 2013
  • Manslaughter Charges Arise From Alleged Liquor Licence Act Violations, Bulletin droit criminel et réglementation, Juillet 2012
  • The Drummond Report and Environmental Protection, Alerte environnement, Mars 2012
  • Dealing with Regulatory Inspections and Investigations, Miller Thomson Environmental seminar, 2012
  • Workplace Safety: The Workplace May Be Larger Than You Think, Bulletin services aux municipalités, Septembre 2011
  • Workplace Safety: The Workplace May Be Larger Than You Think, Communiqué droit du travail et de l'emploi - Ontario, 20 juin 2011
  • New Federal Consumer Protection Legislation in Force Soon, Bulletin droit criminel et réglementation, Mai 2011
  • Developments in Foreign Anti-Corruption Enforcement, Bulletin droit criminel et réglementation, Mai 2011
  • Bruce McMeekin publishes "Bill C-45 - Corporate and Executive Liability: Recent Criminal Code Prosecution Illustrates New and Substantial Exposure for Workplace Safety", The Voice (Markham Board of Trade), Winter 2010, 2010
  • Bruce McMeekin publishes "Developments in Foreign Anti-corruption Enforcement", Corporate Liability, 2010
  • Vancouver v. Ward: The Supreme Court Upholds Damages as a Charter Remedy, Bulletin droit criminel et réglementation, September 2010
  • Public Disclosure: The Ontario Securities Commission Acts to Provide Guidance to Reporting Issuers on Environmental Matters, Alerte environnement, April 2010
  • News From the Ontario Ministry of Environment: Recent Prosecutions and Fines, Alerte environnement, April 2010
  • Workplace Safety: Another Criminal Code Prosecution, Bulletin droit criminel et réglementation, March 2010
  • Foreign Corruption: The U.S. Department of Justice Commences its Largest Prosecution to Date, Bulletin droit criminel et réglementation, February 2010
  • R.v. Dofasco: Whither the Defence of All Reasonable Care, Corporate Liability (Federated Press), 2009
  • R. v. Bruce Power: Breach of Solicitor-Client Privilege Results in the Dismissal of Workplace Safety Charge, Bulletin droit criminel et réglementation, November 2009
  • New Federal Envionrmental Enforcement Legislation Tabled, Alerte environnement, Spring 2009
  • Business Laws of Canada, West (a Thomson Reuters business), 2009
  • Foreign Anti-Corruption Enforcement Becomes an RCMP Priority, Bulletin droit criminel et réglementation, May 2008
  • First Environmental Penalty issued in Ontario, Alerte environnement, March 2008
  • The Difficulty With Insider Trading Offences, 13 Corporate Liability (2007), 2008
  • Regulatory Investigations and Prosecutions: Recent Noteworthy Court Cases, Bulletin droit criminel et réglementation, December 2007
  • Phased Implementation of Ontario Environmental Penalties to Begin August 1, 2007, Alerte environnement, Summer 2007
  • Using Criminal Convictions to Recover Defrauded Assets, Bulletin droit criminel et réglementation, Spring 2007
  • Bill-C-35 is smart law, Globe and Mail, 2007
  • Ontario: Draft Environmental Penalty Regulations Released for Public Comment, Alerte environnement, November 2006
  • Drinking Water Source Protection: Peacock v. Norfolk County Sets the Stage for Future Regulatory Confusion, Alerte environnement, July 2006
  • Preparing for Environmental Penalties, Corporate Liability, 2006
  • Asking the Right Questions on Criminal Pasts Gets the Right Answers, Bulletin organismes de bienfaisance et à but non lucratif, March 2006
  • Bill 43 - The Clean Water Act, Alerte environnement, February 2006
  • Bill 43: The Next Steps in Drinking Water Source Protection, 2006
  • Ontario Sentencing Update, Alerte environnement, November 2005
  • Update on Ontario's Air Quality, Alerte environnement, October 2005
  • Enforcement Agenda for the Environment, Government of Ontario Proposes a New Regulatory Enforcement Agenda for the Environment, 2005
  • Controversial Bill 133 Passed By Legislature, Alerte environnement, June 2005
  • Bill 133 Likely To Be Amended, Alerte environnement, May 2005
  • Ontario Ministry of the Environment Releases For Public Comment Its Proposed Draft General Air Pollution Regulation, Alerte environnement, May 2005
  • New Criminal Code Legislation Potentially Compounds Environmental Liability, Alerte environnement, April 2004

Principaux domaines de pratiques

Admission au Barreau

  • Ontario Bar, 1989