Kate McNeece Host of CBA’s Counterfactual Podcast: Counterfactual LIVE! Political Special with MP Patrick Weiler
Goodmans Counsel Kate McNeece hosts CBA’s Counterfactual podcast episode 30, Counterfactual LIVE! Political Special with MP Patrick Weiler.
Kate McNeece travels to Ottawa for her annual live episode! In this political special, she is joined by Patrick Weiler, Liberal MP for West Vancouver, to discuss the Federal budget, the differences between legal advocacy and law making, and learn the behind the scenes scoop on the greenwashing amendments in Bill C-59.
About Counterfactual
Counterfactual is a podcast presented by the Canadian Bar Association’s Competition Law and Foreign Investment Review Section. The Counterfactual podcast strives to inform and entertain about topics of interest that lie at the core, intersection or even periphery of competition law and policy.
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