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DESCRIPTION
The idea and ideal of the public interest informs the work of regulatory bodies, the statutory frameworks which create those bodies and the systems they oversee. Where a statute gives a mandate, whether express or implied, to a regulatory body to serve the public interest, that regulatory body may assert powers or jurisdiction "in the public interest", despite a lack of express statutory authority for the action taken. Gain an essential understanding of the underlying concept of the public interest, and examine how governing bodies have exercised their public interest jurisdiction. Get clarity on the limitation of these powers and how they impact the role of the public sector lawyer.
PROGRAM CHAIRS
Gregory Levine, Law Office of G J Levine
Dulce Mitchell, Toronto Transit Commission
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Defining Fairness in Public Government
Fiona Crean, Office of the Ombudsman, City of Toronto
Defining the Public Interest & Accountability Officers
Lorne Sossin, Osgoode Hall Law School
The Ontario Securities Commission's Public Interest Power: The Primacy of Principles
Tom Atkinson, Ontario Securities Commission
Cullen Price, Ontario Securities Commission
Freedom of Information and the Public Interest Override
Gregory Levine, Law Office of G J Levine
Public Interest as a restraint on Power
Edgar Schmidt, Barrister and Solicitor
The Role of the Public Interest Lawyer in Protecting the Public Interest
Zeynep Onen, Law Society of Upper Canada
Lawyers in the Public Interest
Allan Hutchinson, Osgoode Hall Law School