Lexpert®Ranked Lawyers
Hilton, Jim
Blake, Cassels &
Graydon LLP
(416) 863-2714
jim.hilton@blakes.com
Mr. Hilton's real
estate practice
emphasizes joint
ventures, acquisitions,
developments,
fi nancings and
dispositions. His clients
include domestic
and international
lenders, investors and
developers involved in
diverse properties.
Heard, Joel A.
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
(416) 601-7925
jheard@mccarthy.ca
Mr. Heard's
practice focuses on
construction projects.
He advises clients on
project structuring,
procurement, contract
documentation and
negotiation, risk
identifi cation and
mitigation, teaming
arrangements and
project execution
issues.
Henderson, Philip J.
Stikeman Elliott LLP
(416) 869-5691
phenderson@
stikeman.com
Mr. Henderson is
co-head of the fi rm's
Structured Finance
and Financial Products
Group. His practice
focuses on corporate
fi nance, M&A, capital
markets and securities
law matters including
structured fi nance and
derivative products.
Helbronner, Valerie
Torys LLP
(416) 865-7516
vhelbronner@
torys.com
Ms. Helbronner's
infrastructure,
PPP and energy
practice includes the
development and
fi nancing of combined
heat and power, gas-
fi red, wind, hydro, solar
and biomass projects.
Her experience
includes healthcare,
transportation
and mining.
Hill, Krista F.
Torys LLP
(416) 865-7953
khill@torys.com
Ms. Hill is widely
recognized as a
leading lawyer in
infrastructure and
power M&A and project
development. She has
signifi cant expertise in
all aspects of power
projects, including
nuclear, gas-fi red,
wind, hydro and
solar projects.
Hudec, Albert J.
Farris, Vaughan,
Wills & Murphy LLP
(604) 661-9356
ahudec@farris.com
Mr. Hudec's
corporate fi nance and
securities practice
focuses on cross-
border M&A, public
equity and venture
capital fi nancing,
and board and
independent committee
representation,
with emphasis on
the resource and
technology industries.
18 | The North
In the cash-constrained North, public-private participation partnerships
can be especially attractive, but they will not work for every project By Brian Burton
DEVELOPING
THE NORTH
IN A LAND of ironies, perhaps none is more striking. De-
spite their storied relationship with their environment, the
people of Nunavut are, by some calculations, among the
most emissions-dependent populations on the planet.
e entire territory relies on a fl eet of 90-plus diesel-fi red
electric power generators, most of which are several de-
cades old. In 2011, Qulliq Electric Corp. (QEC) reported
that six of its generators were 40 to 50 years old and anoth-
er 11 were 30 to 40 years old. All require nearly constant
maintenance that one resident famously likened to putting
lipstick on pigs.
Facing an estimated $145-million cost over fi ve years just
