Lawyer Profile
Elizabeth L. Fashler
Calgary, Alberta
Overview
Elizabeth L. Fashler is Counsel at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP in Calgary. She practises regulatory and administrative law with a focus on transportation and railway matters, including Canadian Transportation Agency proceedings, rail crossing and new railway construction applications, regulatory compliance, appeals from administrative decisions, infrastructure agreements, and disputes involving transportation and institutional landowners. She has appeared before the Federal Court, Federal Court of Appeal, the provincial and superior courts of British Columbia and Alberta, the Canadian Transportation Agency, and the Trademarks Opposition Board. She holds a B.A. and J.D. from the University of British Columbia and is admitted in British Columbia and Alberta. She previously practised at Norton Rose Fulbright in Calgary and joined Fasken as Counsel in 2020 before moving to BLG.
Practice Areas
Bar Information
Alberta, 2013 British Columbia, 2009
Professional Details
Education
B.A., University of British Columbia, 2004
J.D., University of British Columbia, 2008
Associations
Canadian Transport Lawyers' Association, Director for Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, 2019-2020
Canadian Transport Lawyers' Association, Director of Communications, 2020-2021
Canadian Transport Lawyers' Association, Treasurer, 2021-2022
Canadian Transport Lawyers' Association, Vice-President and Secretary, 2022-2023
Canadian Transport Lawyers' Association, President, 2023-2024
Canadian Transport Lawyers' Association, Past President, 2024-2025
Association of Transportation Law Professionals
Calgary Bar Association
Canadian Bar Association
Law Society of British Columbia
League of Railway Women
Director and Board Member, Chrysalis
Awards & Recognition
Chambers Canada, Transport: Rail and Road, Nationwide Canada, 2024-2026
Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, Consistently Recommended, Transportation (Road and Rail), 2023-2026
Lexpert Special Edition on Canada's Leading Infrastructure Lawyers, 2024-2026
Articles & Speeches
What gives the Agency the right (to be heard on appeal)? Lessons from WestJet v Lareau, BLG Article, July 2024
All Aboard! Alberta Government Announces Master Plan to Build Passenger Rail, BLG Article, May 2024
A Railway Focused Overview of Bill C-33: Strengthening the Port System and Railway Safety in Canada Act, The Transportation Lawyer, May 2023
Selected Decisions
Canadian Pacific Railway Company v. Canada (Attorney General), [2019] 1 F.C.R. 129
Support Team
Chris Moggert, Practice Assistant, Calgary, 403.232.9604, fax 403.266.1395