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- Represented rail shippers in court proceedings involving contract disputes and challenges of final offer arbitrations and Canadian Transportation Agency decisions
- Provided strategic transportation advice to proponents of greenfield mining projects and industrial developments
- Appeared on behalf of the Forest Products Association of Canada in the Canadian Transportation Agency’s 2019 investigation of freight rail service issues in the Vancouver area
- Appeared on behalf of the Western Canadian Shippers’ Coalition before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities in 2017
- Counsel to large grain shippers in level of service complaints and applications for regulated interswitching before the Canadian Transportation Agency
- Co-counsel in numerous final offer arbitrations for rail shippers in the mining, automotive, forest products and oil and gas industry against Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway.
- Counsel to provincial and municipal governments in negotiations and regulatory proceedings relating to the acquisition of railway lands and trackage for shortline operations and in-land port facilities
- Appeared on behalf of rail shipper associations before the Canada Transportation Act Review Panel in 2001 and 2015
- Regulatory counsel on the acquisition of six regional and specialized air carriers
- Counsel to a regional airport authority in enforcement proceedings under the Aeronautics Act
- Represented airlines in enforcement proceedings under the Canada Transportation Act
- Represents and advises motor carriers and shippers on trucking contracts, bills of lading, cargo claims, National Safety Code certification and regulatory compliance.
