Howard Hampton Email & Phone Number

A native of Fort Frances, Ontario, Howie’s practice centres on First Nations issues as they impact resource development. He provides negotiation and strategic advice to mining, forestry and transportation companies developing projects in traditional First Nations lands. He also advises First Nations on land claims matters. Howie has advised clients and governments in Saskatchewan, Alberta, Ontario and Nunavut.Howie served Attorney General of Ontario where he oversaw the introduction and passage of the Class Proceedings Act, 1992, and the Family Support Act, 1991. Both acts continue to be the policy foundations for class actions, and for child and spousal support in Ontario today, and have heavily influenced the policy and legislation in other provinces.Howie also served as Minister of Natural Resources of Ontario where he guided the modernization of Ontario’s forest management legislation through the development and passage of the Crown Forest Sustainability Act, and the creation of the Forest Renewal Trust Fund, and the Forest Futures Trust Fund. The Act and the Trust Funds continue to be the basis for sustainable forest policy and sustainable forest management to this day.Howie is the author of Power Public Power: The Fight for Publicly Owned Electricity.

Listed skills include Aboriginal Law, Mining, Forestry, and Government Relations.