I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Willoughby is one of the most poetically haunted pieces of television I’ve ever seen. They essentially share the same DNA but have polar opposite endings, so they go hand in hand. It’s tied for my favorite along with A Passage For Trumpet. I love how the episode breaks that illusion, it's something people like me need to hear. Whereas you can find a silver lining by finding enjoyment in the same things you used to know, if you're stuck in the past it will consume you. It's also the pessimistic counterpoint to Walking Distance. I don't really experience that, I don't especially miss being a kid (I've always sided with Martin's father that adulthood is what you make of it really), but Gart just wanting to take a stroll through history more generally, before he was apart of the corporate machine? I absolutely identify with that. I find it a very interesting subject to tackle because for most people nostalgia pretty exclusively means their own, the kind Martin in Walking Distance longs for. I don't think the longing to return to a simpler time is universal but I relate to it very much. “This really was a wonderful surprise.I'll put the spoiler warning in here for you so you can tell me, what makes it not so clear cut? I'm very curious. “Frankly, I never expected anybody was going to go back, look at what I had done, and try to assess it,” he told the crowd. He spent most of his career as a partner with Torys LLP in Toronto, but took a two-year sabbatical from private practice in the 1980s to serve as the OSC’s first general counsel. That job involved serving on public hearing panels that issued precedent-setting rulings, and advising the commission behind the scenes on policy. Turner recently retired as a vice-chair of the Ontario Securities Commission. “We feel we have a responsibility to current and future generations to integrate sustainability into what we do.Īs previously announced, James Turner received the lifetime achievement award. “I’m very honoured to accept this award on behalf of the Telus legal team,” said Andrea Wood, senior vice president, legal services at Telus. The company was also recognized for its sustainability efforts. Since 2005, Telus Community Boards have contributed more than $47 million to 3,700 projects. Telus received the social responsibility award in recognition of several initiatives, among them providing legal and governance support to a network of 11 community and three international boards that provide funding to local groups where the company operates. “Simon backs us up every day,” Lang said. She credited several people within the bank for her success, among them BMO’s general counsel - and 2013 GC of the Year award recipient - Simon Fish.įish regularly tells the bank’s legal staff that if there is a way to do something better, go ahead and do it, even if that means pushing something else out of the way. “I know this doesn’t sound like a Hitchcock thriller, but I did say it was for the deal junkies.”Īt BMO, she manages a team of lawyers, paralegals and administrative staff that look after all litigation involving the personal and commercial banking group, including credit cards. kicked things off with a hostile bid, then a white-knight entered the fray, then a second-white knight enhanced the deal, then the hostile bidder upped the ante, and then finally the white knights prevailed with a revised offer that sealed the deal. She told the crowd the battle for Osisko was a thriller, at least for deal junkies. in a joint $3.9-billion bid for Osisko Mining Corp. She was honoured for her work on Yamana’s move to team up with Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. The deal making award went to Sofia Tsakos, general counsel with Yamana Gold Inc. “I love that there’s a category that celebrates lawyers taking risks, so thank you.” “I feel so lucky that I took my leap of faith.” The company made only $14,000 in revenue after the first two years. She moved to Vancouver to take a job with Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, but then took the risk of joining Global Relay. Rogers went to law school at McGill University, and started her legal career with McCarthy Tétrault LLP in Toronto. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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