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IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025

2 Nov - 8 Nov 2025

Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Canada

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Arif Virani

Biography

Hon. Arif Virani, P.C., K.C. has a distinguished record of legal excellence and leadership, working with clients as a strategic advisor and advocate on critical legal and policy matters. Arif is the former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada. Advising governments, organizations, businesses and Indigenous leaders, Arif brings a wealth of experience and perspective to his counsel to clients. Arif is a highly skilled lawyer and consensus builder with an extensive track record of government leadership—from policymaking in advancing Canada’s justice system to the co-development of public policy with Indigenous leaders and communities. Arif’s range of legal and policy experience is exceptionally broad, demonstrated by Parliamentary Secretary appointments to the Departments of International Trade, Justice, Democratic Institutions, Heritage and Immigration, as well as by his work prior to public office as a litigator for the Ontario government and in private practice.

Session

US energy policy under Trump 2.0 and its impact on Canada and Mexico

Thursday 6 November (0930 - 1045)

Room 605, Level 600, MTCC

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