Debbie Tarshis

Debbie acts as general counsel to professional regulatory bodies, including providing ongoing advice to the Colleges? Registrars, boards of directors and committees on all of their policies, procedures and programs to regulate the professions in the public interest. She provides advice to the Colleges on legislative initiatives that affect their statutory mandate and the practice of the professions, and assists in preparing submissions to government advisory bodies and legislative standing committees. She also assists in the drafting and negotiation with government officials of regulations to be made under the relevant statute and their presentation to government from a policy and legal perspective. She has advised newly established regulatory bodies in developing their regulatory frameworks, by-laws, and policies and procedures, and existing regulatory bodies in adding and integrating a new profession into an existing regulatory framework.