Publications

Books 

  • Regulatory Law and Practice, 2nd Edition (Toronto: LexisNexis, 2015)

  • Modern First Nations Legislation, Annotated (Toronto: LexisNexis, annually 2006 to 2016)

  • Legal and Legislative Drafting, 2nd Ed. (Toronto: LexisNexis, 2018)

Articles

  • “How Many Sheep Make a Flock? An Analysis of the Surrender Provisions of the Indian Act”, [1992] 1 C.N.L.R. 14

  • “The Crown as Fiduciary and the Conflict of Interest Inherent in its use of Indian Lands for Public Purposes”, (1994) University of Ottawa (thesis)

  • “Crown Fiduciary Duty, Indian Title and the Lost Treasure of I.R. 172: The Legacy of Apsassin v. The Queen”, [1996] 3 C.N.L.R. 1

  • “Understanding the Regulation-Making Process”, (2002) 25 Canadian Parliamentary Review 13

  • “Designing Regulatory Systems: A Template for Regulatory Rule-making”, (2002) 23 Statute Law Rev. 165; (2003) 24 Statute Law Rev. 1

  • “Understanding Retroactivity: When the Past Just Ain't What It Used To Be”, (2003) 33 H.K.L.J. 99

  • “Rethinking the Interpretation of Bilingual Legislation: The Demise of the Shared Meaning Rule” (2004) 35 Ottawa L. R. 75

  • “Equal Authenticity and Rule of Law in the Adjudication of Bilingual Legislation”, (2004) 26 S.C.L.R. (2d) 579

  • “Designing Interpretive Statutes” in The Drafting of Laws, ed. Serge Lortie, (Ottawa: Department of Justice International Development Group, 2008) at p. 235.

  • “Testing Client Policy: The Emperor’s Clothes” [2011] 3 Loophole 44

  • “The Do’s and Don’ts of Dealing with Instructing Officials” [2014] 2 Loophole 50

  • “Is Bad Grammar Good Policy? Legislative Use of the Singular they”, (2015) 36 Statute Law Rev. 175

  • “De-institutionalizing Corruption” [2018] 2 Loophole 3