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Gretener, Nicholas M. Bennett Jones LLP
(403) 298-3405 gretenern@bennettjones.com
Mr. Gretener's practice covers the regulatory/commercial aspects of
operations along the energy chain from Upstream (production–generation)
to Midstream (processing–transmission) to Downstream (distribution–
consumption). He draws on his background as a petroleum reservoir engineer
in providing effective legal representation (contract negotiation/drafting
and hearings) on technical energy issues.
Grenier, Pierre Dentons Canada LLP
(514) 878-8856 pierre.grenier@dentons.com
Mr. Grenier focuses on corporate & commercial matters and on the
construction, energy & real estate sectors. His experience includes regulatory
regimes in the energy sector, construction claims, contractual arrangements
and manufacturer's liability.
Greenfield, QC, Donald E. Bennett Jones LLP
(403) 298-3248 greenfieldd@bennettjones.com
Mr. Greenfield's energy practice spans asset and share sales and acquisitions
in Canada and abroad, LNG and oil and gas development and facilities
financing, construction and operation, as well as Investment Canada Act
matters. Mr. Greenfield is regularly ranked among the best energy lawyers
in Canada and internationally in several publications including Lexpert.
Green, Bram J. Goodmans LLP
(416) 597-4153 bgreen@goodmans.ca
Mr. Green's real estate practice extends to all aspects of domestic and
international utility-scale solar and wind power renewable energy generation
projects. He acts for Recurrent Energy in its development of utility-scale
solar projects in Ontario.
Graham, Gary D. Gowling WLG
(905) 540-3255 gary.graham@gowlingwlg.com
Gowling WLG's Hamilton office founding partner, Mr. Graham is a business
law lawyer. A former President of Westinghouse Canada Inc., he has been
advising clients in the manufacturing, energy and broader public sectors
for 25+ years.
Gormley, Daniel Goodmans LLP
(416) 597-4111 dgormley@goodmans.ca
Mr. Gormley leads Goodmans's Energy Group. He acts for owners
and developers of clean and renewable energy projects (solar, wind,
co-generation, hydro-electric) across Canada and internationally. Energy
clients include Electricity Distributors Association, Atlantic Power, AMP Solar,
SkyPower Global, Forum Equity, Essex Power Corporation, E.L.K. Energy
and the City of Mississauga.
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In Québec, for example, Drost says the discussion
now is that projects must obtain social acceptability for
the regulators to approve them, which she likens to the
obligation to consult and accommodate First Nations
— even though social licence is for non-Aboriginal
communities who have no constitutional protection.
She says the notion is being interpreted "almost like we
should be having referendums on these projects."
e problem, from a lawyer's point of view, is that, ab-
sent mandating referenda, the concept of social licence
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- Shawn Denstedt, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
"It's very difficult
to go to Beijing or
Tokyo and say Canada
has a process that
is well understood
and provides certainty
when it doesn't."
