Mark Warner was featured on the CBC Weekend Business Panel talking about the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), the Rivian electric truck initial public offering and the General Electric conglomerate split up. (November 13, 2021) Mr. Warner is a Canadian and U.S. lawyer who has practiced in Toronto, Washington, D.C., New York and Brussels has advised governments on trade policy and trade negotiations. As counsel at the OECD Trade Directorate, he advised on trade and competition issues. As Legal Director for the Ontario Ministry of Research & Innovation, Mr. Warner was responsible for establishing the Ontario Capital Growth Corporation (OCGC) and providing corporate governance legal advice and secretarial support to its Board of Directors, as well as to the Board of Directors of the Ontario Immigrant Investor Corporation (OIIC), and other agencies administered by the Ministries.

As Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade, Mr. Warner provided strategic legal advice with respect to the Ontario’s economic development, research and innovation grants and loans to corporations, including to electric car battery manufacturer, Electrovaya and and a Better Place demonstration centre and electric vehicle charging station network. Mr. Warner also led the Province’s legal team for the insolvency / restructuring of General Motors and Chrysler and legal team in the CETA negotiations, provided advice on the design of the Green Energy Act and related WTO dispute settlement proceedings.