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About the Deputy Commissioner

Richard Makuch has been legal counsel to two major federal tribunals, namely the National Energy Board and the National Transportation Agency. He also has experience as chief legal counsel to a former Ottawa area municipality, where he managed the city’s legal department and represented the city before the Ontario courts and tribunals.

More recently, he has been a member of the Ontario Municipal Board, where he presided over hundreds of hearings pertaining to expropriations and municipal planning issues, as well as acted as a mediator. He has been a volunteer board member to various not for profit organizations in the Ottawa area.

He holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree from Loyola College in Montreal and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Ottawa . He was called to the Ontario Bar in April of 1981 and has practiced law in both the private and public sectors.