Leslie
J.
Milton
Partner
Leslie Milton is a partner in the Ottawa office of Fasken Martineau. Leslie practises primarily in the areas of communications law, competition law and international trade law. In all of these areas, Leslie is able to provide advice that builds on her prior training in economics. Before becoming a lawyer, Leslie worked as an economist at the Bank of Canada.
Leslie's communications law practice extends to all areas of communications regulation. Leslie has represented clients in regulatory proceedings before the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission covering all aspects of telecommunications regulation, including the framework proceedings for local and international services competition, forbearance proceedings, price cap regulation, regulation of Internet services, competitive safeguards and terms and conditions of interconnection, as well as regulation and licensing of broadcasting distribution undertakings. Leslie also acts for clients in matters relating to regulation and access to radio frequency spectrum and satellite orbital slots, and regularly advises clients on foreign ownership restrictions under the Telecommunications Act, the Broadcasting Act and the Radiocommunication Act.
In her competition law practice, Leslie assists clients in clearing merger transactions through the Canadian Competition Bureau, with particular focus on transactions in the telecommunications and broadcasting sectors. Leslie also regularly advises clients on compliance with the criminal and civil provisions of the Competition Act and the intersection between regulated conduct and competition law. In 2003-2004, Leslie was seconded to the Competition Law Division of the Department of Justice (Canada) where she acted as counsel for the Commissioner of Competition on merger reviews and investigations under the reviewable practices and deceptive marketing provisions of the Competition Act. Leslie also acted as counsel to the Commissioner before the Competition Tribunal in Commissioner of Competition v. Sears Canada Inc., an application brought under the ordinary selling price provisions of the Competition Act. More recently, Leslie acted for the Commissioner in the appeal and cross appeal of the Competition Tribunal's decision in Commissioner of Competition v. Canada Pipe Company Ltd. (abuse of dominance and exclusive dealing) and in the proceedings before the Competition Tribunal in United Grain Growers Limited v. Commissioner of Competition and Canadian Wheat Board and Mission Terminal Inc. (application to vary a consent order pursuant to section 106 of the Competition Act).
In international trade, Leslie advises on the scope of Canadian international trade commitments under the CUSTA, NAFTA and WTO agreements, with particular emphasis on commitments in the areas of telecommunications, cultural industries, investment and, more recently, agriculture and supply management in Canada. Leslie was Canadian counsel to the Canadian Film and Television Production Association in respect of the U.S. proceedings requesting application of countervailing duties on "runaway" productions.
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Membership/Affiliations
- Member, Canadian Bar Association
- Member, County of Carleton Law Association
- Member, Canadian Women in Communications
Honours and Awards
- Recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada 2011 as a leading practitioner in Communications
- Listed in Practical Law Company 2009 (Canada) as a recognized lawyer in telecommunications
- Listed in Chambers Global 2007 as a leading Canadian lawyer in telecommunications and in 2011 for telecommunications & broadcasting
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in Canada in Communications Law, as published in the National Post, December 2006
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