IRB consultative meeting

An IRB consultative meeting was scheduled for Monday, February 9, 2009 at the IRB office in Calgary. The meeting was chaired by Kim Workun, Assistant Deputy Chairperson for IAD, and Ross Pattee, Assistant Deputy Chairperson for RPD. The objective of the meeting was to discuss issues pertaining to IAD and RPD hearings in Calgary. I attended along with other counsel. A number of positive changes have taken place in the region which includes the appointment of new RPD members. The Calgary regional office will be relocating from the Fording Place building to a facility located on Manning Road in the northeast. It was a good opportunity to meet the administration of the RPD and IAD, and while counsel did not appear that enthused over the location of the new facility, its a done deal and both counsel and clients will have to adjust to the new reality.