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John A.R. Dawson

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John A.R. Dawson

Partner
 
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
66 Wellington Street
Toronto, Ontario  M5K 1E6
(City of Toronto)

Mailing Address: Suite 5300, TD Bank Tower
Toronto Dominion Centre, Toronto, ON, M5K 1E6

Telephone: 416-601-8300
Facsimile: 416-868-0673
http://www.mccarthy.ca



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Experience & Credentials
 


Practice AreasMunicipal Planning; Real Estate
 
EducationUniversity of Toronto, LL.B., 1989, University of Waterloo, B.A., 1985
 
Admitted1991, Ontario
 
MembershipsCanadian Bar Association (Member, Municipal Law Section).

 
Biography

John Dawson is a partner in our Municipal Group in Toronto. His practice emphasizes advocacy before municipal councils and the Ontario Municipal Board and liaising with officials at all levels of government. In addition, Mr. Dawson provides advice on the municipal law aspects of public utility and other municipal service privatization transactions.

He was involved in securing the requisite Planning Act approvals through both the local municipal process and Ontario Municipal Board proceedings for numerous projects. Examples of such projects include:

· several high density residential intensification projects in the former City of Etobicoke (now Toronto);

· extensions of the urban boundary and residential secondary plans the Town of Richmond Hill and Municipality of Clarington;

· retail proposals in the City of Mississauga, City of Vaughan and Town of Richmond Hill (Ontario Municipal Board "Store Wars"); and

· a number of high density mixed use and residential projects in the former cities of North York and Toronto.

Mr. Dawson received his LLB from the University of Toronto in 1989 and his BA from the University of Waterloo in 1985. He was called to the Ontario bar in 1991.

Mr. Dawson is a member of the Municipal Law Section, Canadian Bar Association. He was formerly a regular lecturer on administrative, municipal and planning law matters at Ryerson Polytechnic University.

 
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