overview
Robin is a Harvard Law School graduate and a former law clerk to the BC Court of Appeal. He acts for mining, energy, infrastructure, forestry and industrial companies - as well as property developers, governments and First Nations - in the areas of:
- Environmental law – environmental assessment, permitting and appeals, contaminated sites
- Aboriginal law – duty to consult, negotiation of mutual benefit agreements, dispute resolution
- Restructuring and Insolvency - environmental liability and reclamation bonding
- Administrative law – procedural fairness in governmental decision-making
Robin is recognized for providing practical and strategic advice, having previously served as:
- Deputy Minister of Energy, Mines & Petroleum Resources
- Deputy Minister of Energy and Clean Technology (Office of the Premier)
- Head of the Environmental Assessment Office
- Chair of the Oil & Gas Commission
- Chief Provincial Treaty Negotiator
He has also acted as legal counsel for numerous statutory decision-makers, administrative tribunals and independent Officers of the Legislature, as well as providing training to tribunal members and statutory decision-makers. He was integrally involved in the development of some of British Columbia’s most significant legislation including the Environmental Management Act, the Clean Energy Act and the Public Health Act.
Robin is frequent media commentator on issues related to major project development and is consistently ranked by his peers in the areas of environmental and Aboriginal law (Chambers Global, Chambers Canada, Lexpert and Best Lawyers).
Representative Matters
- Advised the Court Appointed Monitor in respect of environmental law issues associated with the Walter Energy CCAA proceedings in British Columbia.
- Advising Centerra Gold / Thompson Creek Metals Corp. in respect of environmental and Indigenous engagement issues at its Mt. Milligan mine.
- Counsel to Tahoe Resources in respect of Indigenous law matters.
- Counsel to the WSANEC Leadership Council, a society established to represent collective interests of the WESANC bands on the Saanich Inlet.
- Advised China Minerals Mining Corporation in challenging a BC government agreement with First Nations that adversely affected access to mineral right.
- Counsel to the Major Appliance Recycling Roundtable and Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (BC product stewardship organizations).
- Counselled Cedar 1 LNG Export Ltd. (a Haisla Nation company) in successfully obtaining National Energy Board approval for a liquefied natural gas export license.
- Representing an adventure tourism operator affected by negotiations between the province and the Tsilhqot’in National Government (following the Supreme Court of Canada’s 2014 declaration of Aboriginal title).
- Counseled an LNG pipeline company in successfully obtaining an environmental assessment certificate for a major intraprovincial pipeline.
- Represented Stewart Bulk Terminals in relation to a civil claim against the District of Stewart and related waste management issues.
- Advised and represented Avanti Mining in successfully obtaining environmental assessment approval and negotiating a benefits agreement with the Nisga'a Nation.
- Counseled on the Moose Cree First Nation's equity participation in the $2.6B Lower Mattagami Hydroelectric Project in Ontario.
- Counseled Pattern Energy in successfully obtaining an environmental assessment certificate for the Meikle Wind Energy Project.
- Counseled and represented a BC coal mine in successfully obtaining an environmental assessment certificate and related compliance matters.
- Advised CH2M Hill in respect of environmental matters in British Columbia.
- Represented a disabled Indigenous person in a Charter of Rights case related to equality rights and treaty benefits.
- Counseled an Ontario natural gas-powered electricity generator on First Nation consultation and environmental assessment matters.
- Advised the Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations in respect of his decision to approve a Master Development Agreement for Jumbo Resort.
- Conducted a comprehensive review and provided recommendations regarding the project review (environmental assessment) process for Port Metro Vancouver.
- Negotiated the Roberts Bank Protocol Agreement (a precursor to the Tsawwassen Final Agreement).
Presentations
Determining the Proper Rights Holder in a Dispute
The Regulator's Duty of Fairness in Mining Development
Working Together and Moving Forward Post Tsilhqot'in
Panel Speaker
State of the (Oil) Nation: What's in the Pipeline?
Watch your step...archaeology and project development in BC
Indigenous Rights and Mineral Development: Challenges and Opportunities - Canadian Perspective
Aboriginal Engagement: The Current Context from a Legal Perspective
The Tsilhqot'in Decision - What is Next?
Tsilhqot'in v. B.C. - What does it mean for the resource sector?
Key Aspects of Pipeline Development: Regulatory Process and Structuring of the Contracts
Indigenous and environmental issues
How do we improve certainty in the IA review process?
Environmental litigation regarding impact assessment
Streamlining EIAs and the approval process: How far do we go?
Aboriginal Law - Consultation and Other Emerging Issues
Reconciling the duty to consult with other law
Administrative Law Practice Manual, Chapter 2 – Administrative Law Decision Makers
BC Chamber of Commerce Annual General Meeting
2012 Environmental, Energy and Resources Law Summit
Advanced Administrative Law 2012
Aboriginal Consultation and Accommodation
Environmental Assessment of Major Projects in British Columbia
Clean Energy and Innovation in North America
Special Address: British Columbia's New Policy for Development of New Renewable & Green Energy Sources
Promoting Clean Energy Partnerships in the Western Interconnection
Provincial Government Approaches to Environmental Assessment (Canada)
Legislative Responses to Administrative Law Developments
Publications
Supreme Court Law Review, 2nd Series, Volume 83
Sacred places and the duty to consult: SCC confirms governments must balance Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Interests
Duty to Consult does not Apply to all Aboriginal Concerns
Court of Appeal Holds Duty to Consult Does Not Apply to Statutory Interpretation
A Thunderbolt Decision on Métis Rights: Daniels v Canada (Indian Affairs and Northern Development)1
Equivalency Agreements, Environmental Assessment and Aboriginal Consultation – Implications of Coastal First Nations v. British Columbia (Environment)
What do the Recent Site C Decisions Mean for Major Projects in British Columbia?
Knock, Knock: Responding to Search Warrants and Inspections in the Environmental Law Context
What Does Aboriginal Title Mean for Mining in British Columbia?
Amendment to the BC Recycling Regulation Impacts Small Businesses and Franchisees
Supreme Court declares Aboriginal title in Tsilhqot'in Nation v. British Columbia1
First Nation challenge based on spiritual interests rejected in Jumbo case
New BC Recycling Requirements for Paper Products Coming into Force Soon
BC Supreme Court Quashes Morrison Copper/Gold Project Environmental Assessment Certificate Decision
Case Law Update 2012-2013: Duty to Consult
Update: Louis v British Columbia (Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources)
BC Supreme Court Upholds Yet Another Decision of the BC Environmental Assessment Office
BC and Canada Announce MOU on Environmental Assessment Substitution
Yukon Court of Appeal Finds Duty to Consult Exists When Recording Mineral Claims
BC Court of Appeal overturns decision and finds duty to consult met in environmental assessment
BC Administrative Law Practice Manual, Chapter 2 – Administrative Law Decision Makers
Administrative Law Remedies in the Aboriginal Law Context
Improving the environmental assessment process
Cumulative Effects
Seven Steps for Navigating the Environmental Assessment Process in British Columbia
Cumulative Effects
Administrative Law Remedies in the Aboriginal Law Context
Judicial Consideration of the Administrative Tribunals Act
Judicial Consideration of the Administrative Tribunals Act
Judicial Consideration of the Administrative Tribunals Act
Judicial Oversight of Voluntary Organizations
British Columbia's New Drinking Water Protection Act
Developments in International Law
Case Comment: Tolofson v. Jensen
A Proposed Choice of Law Methodology for Tort in Canada: Comparative Evaluation of British and American Approaches
Book Note
News
The 2020 Lexpert Special Edition on Canada's Leading Energy Lawyers Recognizes Four McMillan Professionals
McMillan Lawyers Earn 38 Rankings Across 21 Categories in the 2021 Chambers Canada Directory
The 2020 Lexpert Special Edition on Canada's Leading Infrastructure Lawyers Recognizes Six McMillan Professionals
McMillan Recognized for 114 Rankings in the 2021 Edition of Best Lawyers in Canada
62 McMillan Lawyers Recognized in the 2020 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory
Chambers Global 2020 Ranks McMillan as a Leading Firm in Six Practice Areas and Features 17 McMillan Lawyers
McMillan Lawyers Recognized in the 2019 Lexpert/ROB Special Report on Canada's Leading Infrastructure Lawyers
McMillan Lawyers Earn 41 Rankings across 23 Categories in Chambers Canada 2020
McMillan Lawyers Recognized in 2019 Lexpert/ROB Special Edition on Canada's Leading Energy Lawyers
71 McMillan Lawyers Named in the 2020 Edition of Best Lawyers in Canada
60 McMillan Lawyers Recognized in the 2019 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory
Chambers Global 2019 has ranked McMillan as a leading law firm in several practice areas
Robin Junger speaks to Business In Vancouver on the Coastal GasLink Pipeline
Robin Junger talks to BNN about the latest battle over construction of LNG Canada's Coastal Gaslink Pipeline
Robin Junger talks to BNN on Trans Mountain Update
McMillan lawyers are well represented in the 2019 edition of Chambers Canada
Robin Junger told BIVnews that Senator Black's bill is unnecessarily heavy-handed
McMillan Lawyers Recognized in 2018 Lexpert/Report on Business Special Edition Canada's Leading Energy Lawyers
65 McMillan Lawyers Named in the 2019 Edition of Best Lawyers in Canada
Robin Junger says BC Treaty process is no longer the only path to reconciliation
McMillan lawyers well-represented in the 2018 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory
Chambers Global 2018 has ranked McMillan as a leading law firm in several practice areas
McMillan lawyers recognized in Lexpert's Special Edition on Global Mining 2017-18
McMillan lawyers are well represented in the 2018 edition of Chambers Canada
Margaret McNee recognized as Mutual Funds Lawyer of the Year, along with 58 McMillan Lawyers in the 2018 Best Lawyers in Canada Report
Robin Junger tells Vancouver Sun that government cannot alter duty to consult Aboriginal groups based on whether it supports or opposes a project
Robin Junger Quoted in Vancouver Sun Story Regarding Mt. Polley Investigation
Robin Junger discusses how Supreme Court rulings are good for developments for Business In Vancouver
Robin Junger discusses role of mine collapse investigators with Vancouver Sun
McMillan lawyers well-represented in the 2017 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory
Chambers Global 2017 has ranked McMillan as a leading law firm in several practice areas
McMillan LLP Launches National Public Affairs Firm, McMillan Vantage Policy Group
McMillan lawyers recognized in Lexpert's Special Edition Report on Canada's Leading Energy Lawyers 2016
McMillan lawyers are well represented in the 2017 edition of Chambers Canada
McMillan lawyers recognized in Lexpert's Special Edition on Canada's Leading Infrastructure Lawyers 2016
61 McMillan lawyers recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2017
McMillan lawyers well-represented in the 2016 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory
Robin Junger quoted in Vancouver Sun article: "B.C. orders review of Trans Mountain pipeline expansion"
McMillan lawyers recognized in 2016 Chambers Global
Joan Young and Robin Junger quoted in Business in Vancouver article: "Mineral rights continue to clash with land claims in B.C."
McMillan lawyers recognized as leading Canadian lawyers in global mining by Lexpert
Robin Junger published in Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute Journal
Seven McMillan lawyers recognized in Lexpert's Special Edition Report on Canada's Leading Energy Lawyers 2015
McMillan lawyers are well represented in inaugural edition of Chambers Canada
Robin Junger quoted in Business in Vancouver on Federal court decision on Site C dam
Robin Junger comments on transboundary mining issues in SNL Financial article
Four McMillan lawyers recognized in 2015 Lexpert's Special Edition Report on Canada's Leading Infrastructure Lawyers
60 McMillan lawyers recognized in the 10th Edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada
Robin Junger discusses the Tsilhqot'in land title decision with Wood Business
McMillan advises Port Metro Vancouver on improvements to permitting process
McMillan lawyers are well represented in the 2015 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory
Robin Junger comments on Lax Kw'alaams vote against proposed Petronas project in Business in Vancouver
McMillan lawyers recognized in 2015 Chambers Global
McMillan lawyers recognized in the 2015 Best Lawyers in Canada
Robin Junger comments on Tsilhqot'in title decision in The Vancouver Sun
Robin Junger discusses the Tsilhqot'in decision with CBC Early Edition
Robin Junger featured in Financial Post
Avanti Mining and the Nisga'a Nation Conclude Kitsault Mine Benefits Agreement
McMillan lawyers are well represented in the 2014 Chambers Global Directory
Business in Vancouver's 'Sustainability Report' features Robin Junger's article on B.C.'s major projects being hindered by litigation
McMillan lawyers are well represented in the 2013 Chambers Global Directory
McMillan partners contribute to global mining resource guidebook
Robin Junger discusses improving the environmental assessment process
McMillan welcomes Robin M. Junger to its Vancouver office
Education
- Harvard University, LL.M. - 1993
- University of British Columbia, J.D. - 1991
- University of Calgary, B.A. - 1992
Year Of Call
- Called to the British Columbia bar - 1994
- Called to the Yukon Territory bar - 2004
Practices
environmental regulation
aboriginal law
administrative law
government relations
public-private partnerships
Industries
energy
food, beverage and agribusiness
mining
natural resources
infrastructure
forest products
Directorships and Professional Associations
- Vancouver Bar Association
- Canadian Bar Association
- Member - British Columbia roster of panelists for the British Columbia-Alberta Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement, the New West Partnership Trade Agreement and the Agreement on Internal Trade
- Board Member and Executive Committee Member – Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia
- Member, Policy Review Committee, BC Chamber of Commerce
- Member, British Columbia roster for the Bid Protest Mechanism arbiter
Teaching Engagements
- Past sessional instructor, Private International Law and Public International Law, University of Victoria, Faculty of Law
Awards & Rankings
- Recognized in the 2020 Lexpert Special Edition on Canada’s Leading Energy Lawyers as a Leading Energy Lawyer
- Recognized by Chambers Canada (2021) as a leading lawyers in the areas of Aboriginal Law and Environmental Law
- Recognized in the 2020 Lexpert Special Edition on Canada’s Leading Infrastructure Lawyers as a Leading Infrastructure Lawyer
- Recognized by the Best Lawyers in Canada (2021) as a leading lawyer in the areas of Aboriginal Law and Environmental Law
- Recognized in the 2020 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as a Repeatedly Recommended lawyer in the area of Indigenous Law and a Consistently Recommended lawyer in the area of Environmental Law
- Recognized by Chambers Global (2020) as a leading lawyer in the areas of Aboriginal Law and Environmental Law
- Recognized in the 2019 Lexpert/ROB Infrastructure – Special Edition as one of Canada’s Leading Infrastructure lawyers
- Recognized by Chambers Canada (2020) as a leading lawyer in the areas of Aboriginal Law and Environmental Law
- Recognized in the 2019 Lexpert/ROB Energy – Special Edition as one of Canada’s Leading Energy lawyers
- Recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada (2020) as a leading lawyer in the areas of Aboriginal Law and Environmental Law
- Recognized in the 2019 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as a Repeatedly Recommended lawyer in the areas of Environmental Law and Indigenous Law
- Recognized by Chambers Global 2019 as a leading lawyer in the areas of Aboriginal Law and Environmental Law
- Recognized by Chambers Canada 2019 as a leader in Aboriginal Law and Environment Law
- Recognized in the 2018 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as a Repeatedly Recommended lawyer in the areas of Environmental Law and Indigenous Law
- Recognized in the Lexpert Report on Business 2018 – Special Edition, as one of Canada’s leading Energy lawyers
- Recognized in Best Lawyers in Canada (2019) as a leading lawyer in the areas of both Environmental and Aboriginal Law
- Recognized in Chambers Global 2018 as a leading lawyer in the areas of both Environmental and Aboriginal Law
- Recognized in Chambers Canada 2018 as a leading lawyer in the areas of both Environmental and Aboriginal Law
- Recognized in Best Lawyers in Canada 2018 as a leading lawyer in the areas of both Environmental and Aboriginal Law
- Repeatedly recommended, Environmental and Aboriginal Law, in the 2017 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory
- Recognized by Chambers Global 2017 as a leading lawyer in Environmental and Aboriginal Law
- Recognized by Chambers Canada 2017 as a leading lawyer in the areas of Aboriginal Law - Canada and Environment - Canada
- Recognized by Lexpert in the Special Edition - Leading Canadian Lawyers in Global Mining 2016/17
- Recognized by Lexpert in the Special Edition Report on Canada's Leading Energy Lawyers 2016
- Recognized by Chambers Global 2016 as a leading lawyer in Environmental and Aboriginal Law
- Listed in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2016 as a leading practitioner in the areas of Aboriginal and Environmental Law
- Recognized by Lexpert in the Report on Business Magazine 2016 as a "Leading Energy Lawyer"
- Recognized in Lexpert's Special Edition on Canada's Leading Infrastructure Lawyers 2016
- Recognized as Lexpert Ranked Lawyers in 2015
- Recognized as a leading lawyer in the 2015/16 Lexpert Special Edition on Global Mining
- Harvard Law School Addison Brown Prize (private international law)
- Law Society of British Columbia Graduate Scholarship
- Law Foundation of British Columbia Graduate Fellowship
Media Mentions
- "Resolving title issue doesn't fix pipeline problem", Business in Vancouver, March 11, 2020
- "Unpacking UNDRIP", Business in Vancouver, January 21, 2020
- "UN committee’s call for halt to pipeline projects is ‘condescending’: former First Nation chief", JWN Energy, January 15, 2020
- "UN pouring fuel on B.C. gas pipeline fire, critics say", Business in Vancouver, January 13, 2020
- "Robin Junger: B.C.’s new UNDRIP act — more questions than answers", Vancouver Sun, December 15, 2019
- "B.C. mulls potential promise and pitfalls of UNDRIP", Business in Vancouver, December 10, 2019
- "LNG projects: Slow but not dead", CBA/ABC National, May 14, 2019
- "Reference case on Trans Mountain pipeline wraps up", Business in Vancouver, March 22, 2019
- "Bill C-69 won't guarantee consensus on project decisions: Lawyer", BNN Bloomberg, January 11, 2019
- "Supreme Court less likely to intervene on Indigenous consultations going forward: Lawyer", BNN Bloomberg, October 11, 2018
- "Ottawa not appealing court decision on Trans Mountain 'a prudent move': Lawyer", BNN Bloomberg, October 3, 2018
- "Alberta premier encourages B.C. to move forward with Trans Mountain pipeline", Vancouver Courier, September 17, 2019
- "Ottawa’s choices: renegotiate, appeal or expropriate" by Nelson Bennett, Business in Vancouver, September 11, 2018
- "You now own a pipeline – here’s what you need to know about it" by Nelson Bennett, Business in Vancouver, June 5, 2018
- "First Nations court challenges continue to hang over $7.4-billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion" by Gordon Hoekstra, Vancouver Sun, April 19, 2018
- "Here is how Trudeau can get B.C. to back down on Trans Mountain" by Tristin Hopper, National Post, April 10, 2018
- "Emergencies Act? Calling In Troops? What Trudeau Could (Theoretically) Do To Push Kinder Morgan Pipeline Forward" by Althia Raj, Huffpost, April 10, 2018
- "Aboriginal/Environmental Law", Chambers Global 2018, March 14, 2018
- "Can B.C. really stop the Trans Mountain pipeline, and how can the federal government make sure it is built?", by Brian Platt, National Post, February 7, 2018
- "New oil spill regulations nothing more than an announcement: McMillan lawyer", BNN, January 31, 2018
- "NDP has yet to put price tag on 'defending B.C.'s interests' in pipeline expansion fight", by Derrick Penner, Vancouver Sun, August 14, 2017
- "Thomas Berger to lead legal challenge against Trans Mountain", by Nelson Bennett, Business in Vancouver, August 10, 2017
- "No provincial charges for Mount Polley mining disaster, but possibility of federal charges remain", by Gordon Hoekstra, Vancouver Sun, August 3, 2017
- "Environmentalists question laws following mine probe", by Gordon Hoekstra, Prince George Citizen, August 3, 2017
- "Supreme Court decisions good for development projects", by Nelson Bennett, Business in Vancouver, July 28, 2017
- "Musqueam’s YVR pact could be native partnership template", by Glen Korstrom, Business in Vancouver, July 4, 2017
- "How B.C.'s political shakeup will affect pipelines, hydro, lumber and housing", BNN (Business News Network), June 30, 2017
- "Three-year deadline to lay charges for Mt. Polley dam failure approaching fast", by Gordon Hoekstra, Vancouver Sun, June 20, 2017
- "Horgan draws bead on pipeline project with unloaded gun", by Nelson Bennett, Business in Vancouver, June 5, 2017
- "B.C. pipeline showdown: Will Kinder Morgan expansion get built?" by Gordon Hoekstra, The Province, June 2, 2017
- "Rule of law needs to be respected with Trans Mountain: Former deputy energy minister" BNN (Business News Network), May 31, 2017
- "Trudeau defends Trans Mountain as BC Greens, NDP gear up for fight" by Robert Fefe and Shawn McCarthy, The Globe and Mail, May 30, 2017
- "Changing industry regulatory goalposts draw fire" by Nelson Bennett, Business in Vancouver, April 4, 2017
- "Legal challenges will not prevent Kinder Morgan from moving ahead, experts say", by Gordon Hoekstra, Vancouver Sun, December 1, 2016
- "Trans Mountain expansion: The First Nations factor" by Nelson Bennett, Business in Vancouver, December 1, 2016
- "A ‘duty to consult’ aboriginals is no excuse to delay project approvals" by Tim Murphy and Robin Junger, Financial Post, November 28, 2016
- "First Nations file for judicial review of Petronas LNG" by Nelson Bennett, Business in Vancouver, October 27, 2016
- "Hereditary chiefs demand extension of Pacific NorthWest LNG review" by Gordon Hoekstra, Ottawa Citizen, July 26, 2016
- "Federal Appeal Court deals blow to Northern Gateway pipeline (Updated)" by Patrick Blennerhassett, Business in Vancouver, June 30, 2016
- "First Nations demands for access payments not legal: province" by Nelson Bennett, Business in Vancouver, June 20, 2016
- "Canada's aboriginals tell Trudeau they can block pipelines" by Julie Gordon, Reuters, May 20, 2016
- "B.C. orders review of Trans Mountain pipeline expansion" by Gordon Hoekstra, Vancouver Sun, April 24, 2016
- "Competing factions claim to represent bands in multibillion-dollar B.C. gas export plant debate." by Nelson Bennett, Business in Vancouver, April 6, 2016
- "Tahoe Resources and Lake Shore Gold complete merger", Lexpert Magazine, April 1, 2016
- "Mineral rights continue to clash with native land claims in B.C." by Nelson Bennett, Business in Vancouver, March 15, 2016
- "An uneasy duty" by Kerry Banks, Listed Magazine , March 4, 2016
- "Trans Mountain pipeline plan enters home stretch" by Nelson Bennett, Business in Vancouver, January 19, 2016
- "Proposed BC mines raise Alaskan concerns over transboundary watershed, tailings safety" by Jax Jacobsen, SNL Financial , September 2, 2015
- "Courts deliver double punch to Site C dam opponents" by Nelson Bennett, Business in Vancouver, August 28, 2015
- "Game-changing' Aboriginal land title" by Treena Hein, Wood Business , June 5, 2015
- "Tussle over proposed Yukon environmental review bill could spell grief for miners" by Jax Jacobsen, SNL Financial , May 25, 2015
- "Routes of energy controversy" by Nelson Bennett, Business in Vancouver, May 19, 2015
- "Expert says Government can move forward on resource projects if they are necessary development" by Dwight Ford, EnergeticCity.ca, May 12, 2015
- "Discusses the role of aboriginal agreements in project development" CBC Daybreak North, May 11, 2015
- "Expert says First Nations can't veto Site C and other resource projects" by Dwight Ford, EnergeticCity.ca, May 11, 2015
- "Petronas LNG project doesn't hinge on Lax Kw'alaams offer" by Nelson Bennett, Business in Vancouver, May 7, 2015
- "What does Aboriginal title mean for mining in BC?" by Robin Junger and Brent Ryan, The Northern Miner , July 16, 2014
- "Supreme Court clarifies provincial governance and impact of aboriginal title" by Robin Junger, Business in Vancouver, July 14, 2014
- "Why the Supreme Court's Tsilhqot'in land title decision is no game changer" by Robin Junger, Financial Post ( reprinted in the Republic of Mining ), July 10, 2014
- "Miners should be at ease with recent aboriginal court rulings" by Robert Simpson, PR Associates, November 20, 2014
- "Premier's positive spin can't shake concerns about Tsilhqot'in title decision" by Vaughn Palmer, The Vancouver Sun, July 18, 2014
- "First Nations Title" CBC Early Edition with Rick Cluff , July 14, 2014
- "Balance of power: Mining, energy and resources" China Business Law Journal, October 2013