Doug Petrie is an Environmental Law Specialist, Certified by the Law Society of Upper Canada, and has the qualifications of both an environmental lawyer and a land use planner.
Doug joined Willms & Shier in 1988 after a uniquely relevant legal and land use planning education of some eleven years. He became a partner in Willms & Shier in 1991. His practice has included extensive hearings work before the Ontario Municipal Board, the Environmental Assessment and Appeal Boards, (now the Environmental Review Tribunal), and the Provincial Offences Courts.
Doug has had a particular focus on environmental facility approvals and orders, managing investigations and the defence of environmental prosecutions, and acting as counsel at the OMB in land use planning matters where environmental issues are at the fore. He is a valuable facilitator of land use and environmental approvals, with his extensive contacts in all levels of government.
Doug is the author of the authoritative book, Storage Tanks in Canada: The Guide to Environmental Regulation and Compliance (Toronto, Ontario: Templegate Information Services).
Credentials
Certified as a Specialist in Environmental Law by the Law Society of Upper Canada, 2004
Called to the Bar of Ontario, 1988
LL.B., Osgoode Hall Law School, 1986
M.E.S., Urban Planning, Impact Assessment and the Law, York University Faculty of Environmental Studies, 1986
B.E.S., Honours Geography, Urban Geography Option, University of Waterloo, Faculty of Environmental Studies, 1982
Books, Services & Reports
Storage Tanks in Canada: The Guide to Environmental Regulation and Compliance, Toronto: Templegate Information Services Inc., 1997, 2006, (Fall 2010)
Articles
Canadian Environmental Regulation and Compliance News
EM magazine
Environmental Science and Engineering magazine
Hazardous Materials Management magazine
Law Times
Lawyers Weekly
Municipal World
Organizations
American Bar Association; Section on Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law (SEER), member 2004 to 2010
National Environmental Law Section, Canadian Bar Association, member 1993 to present; member of Legislation and Law Reform Sub-committee, 1993-94
Environmental Law Section, Canadian Bar Association - Ontario, member of the Executive, 1988-89, 1992-96; member 1982 to present
Ontario Society for Environmental Management, member of Council, 1988-94, 2001 to 2003; President, 1992-93; member 1978 to present
Ontario Environment Industry Association, member of Board Directors, 2001 to 2004; Co-chair of Advocacy Committee, 2003 to 2004, member of Adcocacy Committee, Air, Waste and Brownfield Sub-Committees, Environment Industry Day Planning Committee, 2001 to present
Conservation Council of Ontario, President, 1997; Board of Directors, 1994-1998; Individual Member 1998 to present
International Association for Impact Assessment, member, 1995 to present
Ontario Association for Impact Assessment, member, 1995 to present
Air & Waste Management Association - Ontario Section, affiliate member since 1988; member of Ontario Section Board of Directors, 1996 to 2003
Air & Waste Management Association (international), member 1996 to present; member of Environmental Management Legal/Liability Issues Committee, 2004
Lecturing and Speaking
York University Faculty of Environmental Studies Short Course in Preparing and Presenting Evidence
Canadian Bar Association - Ontario's Annual Institute, 1995, 2001 and 2008
Canadian Institute of Chemists
Appraisal Institute of Canada
Environmental Management Resource Centre for Business
Facility Managers Association
Auto Parts Manufacturers Association
Ontario Professional Planners Institute
Conservation Council of Ontario
Ontario Society for Environmental Management
Canadian Municipal Environmental Managers
University of Guelph, School of Rural Planning and Development, Master's degree programme
Air & Waste Management Association Annual International Conference, Denver, 1993
Numerous environmental and land use planning conferences presented by Canadian Institute, Executive Enterprises, Insight, EPIC, Institute of International Research, CANECT
