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Continuing Education Seminar with
Me George Petsikas

Dear colleague,

We wish to inform you that the our last AJHQ-HJAQ Continuing Education Seminar of the year, will take place on Thursday, November 3, 2022, online, from 12:30 to 14:00. The seminar will be 1.5 hours and free of charge for our members in good standing and only 60$ for all the other participants. Please register by 12:30 p.m. on November 1st, 2022, so you can receive the link for the virtual platform

«Airline customer relations and consumer protection legal frameworks…when the former gets messed up, the latter come to the rescue«

George Petsikas was born and currently lives in Montreal. He earned his Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from the Université de Sherbrooke in 1987, and thereafter his Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree from the Institute of Air and Space Law at McGill University. He has been a member of the Quebec Bar since 1988.

From 1990 to 2021, George worked at Transat A.T., Canada’s largest integrated holiday travel company and leisure airline. He was responsible for global government affairs and industry relations, as well as for issues and matters relating to: aviation law, policy and regulation; bilateral air transport agreements and related negotiations; air transport market access and liberalization; air carrier liability and related private international air law; immigration and border control management; consumer protection; airports and aviation security policy; environmental sustainability and climate change challenges.

In 2009, he co-founded and was appointed the first president of the National Airlines Council of Canada, the trade association representing Canada’s largest commercial air carriers. He has appeared before many parliamentary committees and has participated in numerous ministerial advisory bodies. In June 2019, he was appointed as a member, and subsequently elected as the first chairman of IATA’s Industry Affairs Advisory Council.

George is currently a sessional lecturer in air and space law at McGill University’s Faculty of Law, as well as the co-founder and president of a successful real estate investment holding. He is married and has two teenaged sons. He enjoys travelling, cycling, cooking, gardening, premium Cuban cigars, fine scotch and disliking the Toronto Maple Leafs.

To participating lawyers : Training the eligibility of which has been confirmed by the Barreau du Québec for the purposes of mandatory continuing education, for a period of one and half (1.5) hours.
We invite you to forward this invitation to members in your networks. Look forward to you joining us!HJAQ Board of Directors

CONTINUING EDUCATION WITH
Me Corinne Lambert

We wish to inform you that the next AJHQ-HJAQ Continuing Education Seminar will take place on Thursday, June 2, 2022, online, from 12:30 to 14h00. The seminar will be 1.5 hours and free of charge for our members in good standing and only 60$ for all the other participants. Please register by 12:30 p.m. on June 1st, 2022, so you can receive the link for the virtual platform.

Due diligence in occupational health and safety (CNESST's powers to issue statements of offence against employers in OHS matters, the concept of due diligence as a defence generally presented by employers)

Me Corinne Lambert is a lawyer who has specialized in occupational health and safety law for over 20 years. </em

After training in litigation with the Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CSST, now CNESST), Mtre Lambert honed his skills with a firm specializing in the management and prevention of employment injuries before opening his own firm in January 2010.

Mtre Lambert's particular experience gives him exceptional competence in inspection-prevention, corporate criminal law and the defence of their interests in the face of an ever-increasing number of requests for correction, statements of offence and penal and criminal proceedings instituted by the Commission and other competent authorities in this field.

She has extensive experience as a litigator before the Tribunal administratif du travail (formerly CLP) and the Court of Quebec, penal and criminal division, but stands out for her intimate knowledge of the complex workings of the Commission and its due diligence requirements to mount a valid defense to criminal proceedings. This particular advantage allows him to obtain advantageous settlements for his clients and to reduce the fines claimed, thus saving them significant time, effort and money.

Her judgment, integrity and efficient approach to compensation officers and other decision-makers at the CNESST, the Direction de la révision administrative (DRA), as well as before the Tribunal (TAT), are also appreciated in the management and compensation of occupational injuries.*

Finally, invited to offer conferences, she distinguished herself with the Centre patronal de santé et sécurité du travail by addressing The trial! A story ... almost true! At the 15th CNESST Grand Rendezvous and at the 38th AQHSST Congress, the employer's duties were also presented.