The CBA Competition Law and Foreign Investment Review Section’s Foreign Investment Review Committee presents:

Annual Town Hall with IRD and CSIR

September 14, 2022 | 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM Eastern
Online (Zoom)

Please join the Foreign Investment Review Committee of the CBA Competition Law and Foreign Investment Review Section for a meeting with representatives from the Investment Review Division and Cultural Sector Investment Review.

Our distinguished speakers will speak about recent activities and events relating to foreign investment in cultural and other sectors, including national security and the recent launch of the voluntary notification option for non-notifiable investments.- The session will feature presentations by our speakers with a discussion to follow, in which FIRC members are invited to ask questions and speak to their experience guiding clients through the ICA process.

Moderators

Michael Caldecott, McCarthy Tetrault LLP

Peter Flynn, Stikeman Elliott LLP

Speakers

Katherine Burke, Director General, Investment Review Division

James Burns, Senior Director, Policy and Outreach, Investment Review Division

Bryan Cowell, Manager, Cultural Sector Investment Review, Canadian Heritage

DeNeige Dojack, Director, Operations, Investment Review Division

Terence Stechysin, Deputy Director of Investments, Cultural Investments and Director, Trade Negotiations and Investments, Canadian Heritage