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Fortier and Bryan Williams, the incoming president of the BC Branch. The amendments removed the language calling for the CBA to support national unity and to reject provincial separatism. Instead, the resolution called on the CBA to create a
753:, one of the parties to the complaint, that Fortier recuse himself because he had formerly sat on the board of Trans Canada Pipelines, which was now one of the proponents of the project, and also held a large number of shares in that company. However, Fortier declined to recuse himself and the hearing went ahead as scheduled in Vancouver in 2015.
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In 2014, the panel ruled on the merits of the claim and ruled in favour of the shareholders. The panel awarded more than US$ 50 billion to the shareholders, the largest award ever made by an international arbitration panel. However, Russia then applied to the
District Court of The Hague to have the
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Russian energy company, and the government of Russia. The shareholders argued that the Russian government had improperly expropriated the company, allegedly to satisfy unpaid back-taxes. The arbitration was argued under
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Fortier developed an active civil litigation practice, both within Canada and internationally. He acted in a wide range of litigation matters: commercial law, bankruptcy cases, tax law, competition law, and divorces all came within his practice. He appeared before the
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Ambassador to the United Nations, Fortier decided he would concentrate on acting as an arbitrator in international commercial matters, rather than returning to his civil litigation practice. Through his firm, he made contacts with some of the leading arbitrators in the
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Supreme Court, which is politically neutral: "It is ill conceived, however, to add an imposing sculpture signalling a
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which was to undertake "the search for a definition of the essential constitutional attributes of a Canadian federalism", with a final report to be presented at the next Annual Meeting of the CBA in 1978. Following the passage of the resolution, the new president of the CBA,
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strong political message, controversial or not, literally in the face of the very institution which is the final arbiter in Canada of disputes involving Canadians, the federal and provincial governments, and foreign litigants."
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you will have never learned law in English either.") Fortier applied to McGill and was accepted, and then successfully persuaded the McGill faculty that he should be able to sit his examinations in French. He graduated with a
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awards set aside. In 2016, the District Court ruled that the panel did not have jurisdiction under the Energy Charter Treaty, and set aside the award. It is now under appeal to The Hague Court of Appeal for a full
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In 1993, Fortier was asked to investigate a controversy at the
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1800:CBA Resolution 77-01-A, para (iii).
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1943:"Shareholders Blast Nortel"
1848:, RSC 1985, c S-26, ss 5, 6
1754:(1977), Vol 35, pp 413-417.
1537:"Dr Charles Poncet, M.C.L."
1314:September 30, 2011, at the
1214:"Shareholders Blast Nortel"
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146:Canadian Bar Association
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862:Federal Court of Appeal
855:Supreme Court of Canada
527:Supreme Court of Canada
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1032:2006 - Officer of the
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898:Paul D.K. Fraser, Q.C.
815:Constitution of Canada
666:National Hockey League
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237:Université de Montréal
144:54th President of the
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1543:on November 5, 2016.
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1198:Québec, Barreau du.
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945:Hudson's Bay Company
762:Leadership positions
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1267:Macfarland, Janet.
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377:Bachelor of Letters
319:from 1982 to 1983.
181:Robert H. McKercher
1973:, January 7, 2009.
1882:The Globe and Mail
1818:The Globe and Mail
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1554:Andrew E. Kramer,
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1181:2016-09-11 at the
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