Join Chef Michael Smith as he departs the
original Ice Hotel in Sweden and heads deep into the bush
north of the Arctic Circle to find Europe's only remaining indigenous
people thriving in the cold.
Leading an animated movie combines skills that can be hard to find in one
person — the imagination to conceive an
original idea and the command to manage crews
of 200 to 300
people operating on budgets
north of $ 200 million.
Notable mandates: principal negotiator and senior legal counsel to the Algonquins
of Ontario in ongoing treaty negotiations in a land claim that covers most
of eastern Ontario, including the nation's capital, and in which more than 1.2 million
people reside; representing USW Local 2251, the largest local union at Essar Steel Algoma Inc., in the Algoma CCAA restructuring; two significant insurance coverage appellate victories, Urbanmine Inc. et al v. St Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company et al and Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Company
of Canada v. Intact Insurance Company; acting for
North American Fur Auctions, successor to the
original Hudson's Bay fur trading business, in connection with the amendment, restatement and re-syndication
of a credit facility to include Export Development Canada; acted for La Caisse Centrale Desjardins du Québec with respect to credit facilities to finance the construction
of a highrise condominium complex containing an affordable housing component