James Cameron

T. 613.567.2901 x 225

F. 613.567.2921

E. jcameron@ravenlaw.com

• Year of Call:
Ontario Bar in 1991, Quebec Bar in 1986

• 1984 B.C.L.,

McGill University

• 1983 D.E.S.U.

Université d’Aix-Marseilles

• 1982 LL.B.,

McGill University

• 1978 B.A.,

Queen’s University

James G. Cameron

Professional Activities and Organizations

Law Society of Upper Canada
Barreau du Québec
Advocates’ Society
Canadian Association of Labour Lawyers
County of Carleton Law Association
Association of French Speaking Jurists of Ontario

For more than twenty five years, James Cameron has provided sound advice, effective negotiation strategies and able representation to clients with respect to labour relations, employment law and human rights matters.

James represents federal and provincial unions on a wide range of issues, including pay equity, pensions, classification, contract interpretation, discipline and Charter issues such as freedom of speech and freedom of association. He appears regularly before the Federal Courts, the Courts of Ontario and Quebec, Labour Boards and arbitrators.

James has represented hundreds of individual clients in employment law matters, including wrongful dismissal, LTD, complex CSST and CPP matters, discipline and promotion. James represents federal, provincial and municipal public and para-public service employees including education, hospital, RCMP and DND employees.

In addition, James represents a wide range of employees in private sector, industries and professions, including those in high tech, legal, accounting, engineering, the Regulated Health professions, manufacturing and the financial sector.

He has advised many clients with respect to human rights issues, such as physical and mental challenges and the duty to accommodate, and represented them before the Canadian and Ontario Human Rights Tribunals. In addition, he has frequently appeared before the Federal Courts on judicial reviews of Tribunal decisions.

James has been involved with Scouting for many years and in his spare time, seeks to become a better triathlete.

Cases James has worked on include:

• Gauthier v. Canada (Attorney General), 2008 FCA 75 [Conflict of interest investigation of public servant acting as municipal counselor found to be flawed.]
• Sedrak v. Canada (Social Development), 2008 FCA 86 [Capacity of a person with paranoid schizophrenia to apply for CPP pension.]
• Canada Post Corporation v. Public Service Alliance of Canada (2008), 321 F.T.R. 196 [Judicial review of CHRT pay equity decision on behalf of 2000 CR employees.]
• Pérès v. Québec (Procureur général), 2007 QCCA 568 [Action against Union dismissed.]
• Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada v. Canada (Attorney General), 2007 CanLII 50603 (Ont.S.C.) [Claim by 150,000 federal employees seeking return of pension surplus.]
• Tomola v. Wal-Mart Canada Corporation, 2005 CanLII 2819 (Ont.S.C.) [Termination of pharmacist found to be without cause, damages awarded.]
• Gilchrist v. Canada (Treasury Board) (2005), 281 F.T.R. 135 [Classification process involved violations of procedural fairness.]
• Stenhouse v. Canada (Attorney General), [2004] 4 F.C. 437; (2004), 12 Admin. L.R. (4th) 299; (2004), 248 F.T.R. 248 [Termination of RCMP officer overturned for reasonable apprehension of bias.]
• Stopford v. Canada, [2004] 1 F.C. 431 [Soldier entitled to sue Crown despite limitations in Crown Liability and Proceedings Act.]