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Mark, Alan H. Goodmans LLP
(416) 597-4264 amark@goodmans.ca
Mr. Mark's practice focuses on electricity law and regulation, corporate-
commercial litigation and class actions. He represents clients in the energy
sector before the Ontario Energy Board and the courts, including the Supreme
Court of Canada. He has significant expertise with the legislative and regulatory
framework of the Ontario energy market.
Madras, Mark L. Gowling WLG
(416) 862-4296 mark.madras@gowlingwlg.com
Mr. Madras is a Certified Specialist in Environmental Law. His practice
includes regulatory compliance, commercial transactions, project approvals
and dispute resolution.
MacWilliam, Alexander G. Dentons Canada LLP
(403) 268-7090 alex.macwilliam@dentons.com
Mr. MacWilliam advises the firm's clients on environmental issues, including
the management and minimization of liability arising from environmental risks,
environmental management systems and dispute resolution. He has appeared
before the Alberta Environmental Appeals Board, Alberta Energy Regulator,
Natural Resources Conservation Board, Federal Court of Canada and all levels
of Court in Alberta.
MacKay-Dunn, QC, R. Hector Farris, Vaughan,
Wills & Murphy LLP (604) 661-9307 hmackay-dunn@farris.com
Mr. MacKay-Dunn has over 25 years of practice experience in a broad range
of industry sectors, including mining and energy, lifesciences, technology, new
media, advising on corporate and general matters, complex domestic and cross-
border public and private securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, tender
offers and international partnering and licensing transactions.
Lyons, Catherine A. Goodmans LLP
(416) 597-4183 clyons@goodmans.ca
Ms. Lyons counsels private- and public-sector clients in municipal and
environmental law. She focuses on permitting, allocation of environmental risks
and costs and social license matters for energy clients such as Brookfield Asset
Management, Enwave, Ontario Power Generation, Atlantic Power, Recurrent
Energy and SkyPower.
Lissoir, Luc Gowling WLG
(514) 392-9571 luc.lissoir@gowlingwlg.com
Mr. Lissoir focuses on infrastructure projects in the Energy, Mining and
Transportation (Highways, Rail, LRTs, Airports) sectors, including P3s generally
across Canada, project financing, PE and Infra funds, as well as M&A, infra asset
portfolio transactions, and corporate counselling to Canadian and international
infra developers and major financial institutions active in these fields.
LEXPERT-RANKED LAWYERS
"In the longer term, in many ways," says DeMarco,
a senior partner and co-founder of DeMarco Allen
LLP, a boutique Toronto firm that specializes in cli-
mate change and responsible resource law, President
Trump's "backward move was a gi to not just Ca-
nadian producers, but American producers who are
progressive." Canada's carbon caps and carbon pricing,
along with other regulatory approaches, DeMarco says,
is forcing oil and gas companies operating here to be
not only greener, but more efficient, producing "more
output bang for less input bucks."
She can see a point where "greener" Canadian oil
and gas products could have an advantage in the global
marketplace compared to fossil fuel pumped out in
a deregulated United States. "I honestly think you
should see a market distinction between efficiency and
productivity in Canada that will result from what's
going on, in contrast, to the US, which is an anti-in-
novation play not likely to be conducive to an increase
in productivity." Moreover, says DeMarco, if the US
chooses not to impose carbon pricing on oil and gas
production, jurisdictions that do may apply taxes on
US energy imports.
Over at Bennett Jones, Warrier sees something posi-
tive going on as well as Canadian energy companies
contend with the widening policy gulch between Can-
ada and the US. Our harsher operating environment,
combined with low commodity prices and our inten-
sifying regulations, is spurring even greater technical
innovations among Canadian producers. As that pro-
gresses, the ability of Canadian companies to exploit
plays such as the Duvernay and Montney formations
will attract more attention from investors.
"In each case where these international companies
have le, you have seen Canadian capital step up to
jump, quite frankly, at the opportunity to take over
these assets," says Warrier. "It's fantastic to me and ex-
citing, the fact the CNRLs, Cenovuses and Athabascas
of our world have stepped up and obtained the capital
and want to develop these assets, because they're the
ones that know these assets the best. ey are more
nimble than most of these international companies
and able to more quickly deploy technologies to reduce
costs and make the Canadian barrel much more inter-
nationally attractive."
Quoting Peter Tertzakian, a well-known author and
Chief Energy Economist at the private-equity firm
ARC Financial Corp., Warrier says the last incremen-
tal barrel of oil ever produced in the world should be a
Canadian one.
"Why? Because we have the most rigorous environ-
mental standards on earth. We are doing as much as we
can to reduce emissions and to put a price on emissions.
And so, when you look around the marketplace of oil
barrels around the world, why wouldn't you continue
to produce the ones that are subject to those strong
regulations and producing the most environmental
and sustainable way possible, as opposed to barrels with
lesser regulation."
