Peter S. Grant, BA (Hon) (Toronto), 1964, LLB (Toronto), 1967, is a Senior Counsel at McCarthy Tétrault LLP and past chair of its Technology, Communications and Intellectual Property Group. Mr. Grant has pioneered the field of communications law in Canada, and his practice is substantially devoted to this field, including broadcasting, cable and satellite distribution, pay and specialty programming services, new media, copyright collectives, and cultural industries, both in Canada and abroad. He is also the Broadcasting Arbitrator for Canada under the Canada Elections Act. Mr. Grant is the author of numerous articles and publications, including the Canadian Broadcasting Regulatory Handbook, a standard industry reference published every two years, now in its tenth edition. He is also the co-author of Blockbusters and Trade Wars: Popular Culture in a Globalized World (Vancouver, Douglas & McIntyre, 2004), a book that focuses on the economics of popular culture, the efforts to provide diversity of expression around the world and the impact of technology and trade law on the dissemination of cultural products. The book was called "brilliant and sweeping" by the Toronto Star and was short-listed for the Donner Prize. Contact:
PGRANT@MCCARTHY.CA 