Harold H.
MacKAY, O.C., Q.C.
Counsel

Alternative Dispute Resolution
Corporate Governance
Business Law
Natural Resources Law

Harold MacKay is one of MLT's most distinguished lawyers and a former Managing partner and Chairman of the firm. His broadly-based legal practice includes commercial dispute resolution, corporate governance, corporate and commercial law, and resource law. With years of legal practice and experience as a mediator, negotiator and arbitrator, Harold has a reputation for being able to achieve amicable resolution to disputes by effectively managing the interests of each party. Parties also benefit from his practical experience in interpreting and administering long term commerical agreements.

Harold Mackay provides representation and comprehensive legal advice to both private and publically-listed companies, multi-national and Crown corporations, smaller enterprises, and not-for-profit organizations. He advises on a variety of matters concerning governance, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, organizational structuring, and resource and industrial project development. As a Corporate Director of a number of private and public companies in the forestry, agricultural, banking, insurance and mining sectors, Harold has chaired committees relating to governance, special transactions and risk management.

• Admitted to the Saskatchewan Bar
• LL.B. (Dalhousie, 1963)
• B.A. (Great Distinction, Political Studies, Economics and History, Saskatchewan, 1960)

• "Leading Practitioner" (Corporate Commercial Law, International Commercial Arbitration, Lexpert Legal Directory, since 2006)
• Distinguished Service Award, Canadian Bar Association (SK Branch, 2006)
• Saskatchewan Centennial Medal (2005)
• Appointed an officer of the Order of Canada (2002)
• Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) (Regina, 2002)
• University of Saskatchewan Alumni Award of Achievement (2000)

• First Nations University of Canada Campus, Corporate Fundraising Campaign - Chair
• Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy - Past Chair (2001 - 2005)
• Department of Finance (Canada), Clifford Clark Visiting Economist (2002 - 2004)
• Task Force on the Canadian Financial Services Sector - Chair (1997-1998)
• Post Secondary Education of Saskatchewan - Special Representative of the Minister (1996)
• Council for Canadian Unity - Past Governor
• Provincial Action Committee, Economy in SK - Founding Co-Chair
• Ranch Ehrlo Society - Past President
• Donner Canadian Foundation - Past Governor
• Canadian Tax Foundation - Past Governor
• Canadian Bar Association, SK Branch - Past President

• Domtar Corporation (NYSE), (Domtar Inc. / Weyerhaeuser Company) - Chairman (Since merger in 2007)
  • Nominating and Governance Committee
• The Mosaic Company (NYSE), (IMC Global Inc. / Crop Nutrients Division of Cargill Inc.) - Director (Since 1996)
  • Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee - Chair
  • Special Transactions Committee - Chair
• The Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE, TSE, TSE-Tokyo) - Director
  • Risk Committee
  • Corporate Governance Committee
• Canada Life Financial Corporation (TSX) - Director (2000-2002)
• IPSCO Inc. (TSX, NASDAQ, NYSE) - Vice President (1976 - 1977), Director (1993 - 1999)
• Merfin International Ltd. (TSE) - Director (1994-1996)
• The Vigoro Corporation (NYSE) - Director (1994-1996)
• IMC Global Inc. - (1996 - 2004)
• Uranerz Exploration and Mining Ltd. - Director (1984-1995)

• Bank of Canada, Ottawa - Director (1995 - 1997), Lead Director (1999 - 2002)
• Federal Business Development Bank, Montreal - Director (1975 - 1985), Chairman of the Board (1981 – 1985)

• Faculty of Administration, University of Regina - Special Lecturer
• Bar Admission Course, Law Society of Saskatchewan
• Continuing Legal Education programs, Canadian Bar Association and the Law Society of Saskatchewan

• Minister of Post-Secondary Education of Saskatchewan - Special Representative (1996)
• Task Force on the Future of the Canadian Financial Services Sector - Chair
  (1997 - 1998)
• Clifford Clark Visiting Economist with the Department of Finance of Canada (2002 - 2004), a senior policy advisory role; Vice-Chair Wise Persons' Committee
• Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy - Past Chair (2001 - 2005)