Government Relations and Public Advocacy

McKercher lawyers act as counsel for individuals, private businesses, public corporations and Aboriginal organizations in need of an intermediary on governmental relations. We have experience dealing with municipal, regional, provincial and federal levels of government. We have represented clients before all levels of court, including the Supreme Court of Canada.

McKercher has been involved in leading Canadian constitutional, administrative and Aboriginal cases, including Rothmans, Benson & Hedges Inc. v. Saskatchewan; First Vancouver Finance v. Canada (Minister of National Revenue – M.N.R.); Public School Boards’ Association of Alberta v. Alberta (Attorney General) and Lindsay v. Saskatchewan (Workers’ Compensation Board). Members of our legal team have also been involved in high profile public inquiries, including the North Battleford Water Inquiry, Inquiry into the Death of Neil Stonechild and Inquiry into the Wrongful Conviction of David Milgaard.

• Access to information
• Applications for judicial review
• Charter of Rights & Freedoms
• Constitutional, inter-governmental issues
• New legislation and legislative changes
• Prepare briefs, submissions to government
• Public policy developments