British Columbia Appointees to the NWPTA Disputes Roster:
Steven D. Cope
- Sole Practitioner, Fort St. John.
- Primarily involved in corporate, commercial, real and personal property law with a focus on commercial litigation.
- Holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from McMaster University and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Victoria.
Carl Kuhnke
- Executive Director of Intelligent Transportation Systems Society of Canada.
- Former Regional Director of Business Development for the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority.
- Holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Alberta.
R. Lorne Seitz
- Consultant providing services related to organizational development and management, public-private partnerships, land issues and land policy.
- Former Deputy Minister in the British Columbia government, serving in several portfolios including Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and International Business and Immigration.
Jeffrey Thomas
- Partner with Borden Ladner Gervais, LLP.
- Roster member of the Roster Dispute Settlement Panellists under the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) and an ad hoc roster member of the Dispute Settlement Panellists under NAFTA Chapter Nineteen.
- Holds a Bachelor of Laws from York University and a Master of Laws from the University of Toronto.
Andrew Wilkinson
- Physician as well as a practicing lawyer with McCarthy Tetrault.
- Former Deputy Minister of the British Columbia Ministry of Economic Development.
