Brian P Smeenk

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Practice Areas: Focus on labour and employment law on behalf of private and public sector employers. Frequently appears before all levels of courts and administrative tribunals, including arbitration, labour relations and human rights tribunals. Counsel in many leading reported decisions. Extensive experience in collective bargaining and mediation. Named employer nominee to several mediation-arbitration panels to resolve national railroad strikes in 1995 involving CP Rail. Chief Negotiator for York University in collective bargaining with its support staff unions in 2008 and 2011. Past President, Toronto Human Resources Association and past Vice-President, Human Resources Association of Ontario.