Dino Mazzone

Curriculum Vitae

• Speaker at the Generation Screwed Conference, May 2015, Montreal, Quebec – The Trials and Tribulations of a Municipal Councillor – Putting Principles Before Politics.
• Speaker at the Manning Networking Conference, March 2015, Ottawa, Ontario – What can the federal government and parties do to strengthen the confidence of small business in the economy?
• Speaker at AICJQ – Formation Barreau du Québec et Chambre des notaires du Québec Conference, June 2010, Montreal, Quebec Quebec’ss Charter of the French Language A Closer Look at Key Provisions.
• Speaker at Canadian Association of Paralegals (CAP) Conference, May 2008, Montreal, Quebec. The ABCs of Amalgamations and Rollovers.
• Speaker at Canadian Association of Paralegals (CAP) Conference, October 2003, Toronto, Ontario – Demystifying Quebec Law.
• When words mean more than what they say- Quebec’s Charter of the French Language and the Rules of Doing Business in Quebec , (2003), Canadian Business Franchise Handbook, p.?.
• It’s not just what you say, but how you say it Quebec’s Charter of the French Language and the Rules of Doing Business in Quebec", (2002), Canadian Business Franchise Handbook, p.103.
• Franchising In Canada The Top 5 Things You Should Know (with Norman Issley), (2002), May/June Franchise Canada, 22 “Quebec’s Charter of the French Language - Doing Business in Quebec”, (2001), Canadian Business Franchise Handbook, 184.“Competing Interests- The Right vs. the Obligation to Work in French”, (1999), 5-4 Canadian Business Franchise, 27.“Franchising Developments Around the World- Canada” (with Anne-Marie Gauthier and Lawrence M. Weinberg), (1998) International Bar Association.
• The Business of Language Proposed Amendments to Quebec’s Charter of the French Language, (1996), 2-5 Canadian Business Franchise, 42.
• The Franchise Network- Rights and Obligations from a Quebec Perspective, (1996), Canadian Business Franchise Handbook, 96.
• The Inviolability of the Franchise Relationship, (1995), 1-9 Canadian Business Franchise, 42.“New Civil Code, French Language Charter will Impact on Franchising in Quebec”, (1994), 13-42 The Lawyers Weekly, 8. “Moving Forward in Québec – Legal Developments and their impact on the Franchise Business”, (1994), 1-1 Canadian Business Franchise, 36.
• November 2017, Elected Municipal Councillor, Town of Montreal West, Responsible for Public Security & Special Projects Fundraising (mandate completed in November 2021)
• November 2015 to April 2016, President of the Conservative Party of Quebec
• May 2013 to May 2015, President of the National-Italian American Bar Association (NIABA), first Canadian to hold the position since founding of organization in 1983
• March 2011, Appointed Special Advisor to the Leader of the Action Démocratique du Québec for the Island of Montreal
• December 2009 to present, On-Air Radio Guest every Sunday morning on Newstalk Leader CJAD 800 AM with Ken Connors – the Law of Our Land (weekly legal information segment previously ran from September 1999 to June 2006)
• November 2009, Elected Municipal Councillor, Town of Montreal West, Responsible for Administration and Buildings (mandate completed in November 2013)
• June 2006 to June 2008, On-Air Radio Host of the New 940 Montreal (940 AM) weekly legal affairs programme Sidebar with Dino Mazzone
• November 2005, Elected Municipal Councillor, Town of Montreal West, Responsible for Public Security & Buildings (mandate completed until August 2007)
• December 2004, Appointed as a Governor to the Fondation Communautaire Canadienne-Italienne du Quebec Inc., the philanthropic arm of the Italian community in Quebec
• October 2004, Elected member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian-Italian Business & Professional Association (CIBPA)
• June 2003, Co-Founder of the annual “Quintus” Montreal Italian Film Festival (launched in September 2004)
• June 2003, Elected as first Canadian lawyer to sit (and continue to sit) on Board of Directors of the National-Italian American Bar Association (NIABA)
• May 2002, One of founding members of Montreal’s first Canadian-Italian legal association (AICJQ)
• August 2000, First Canadian lawyer to become a member of the National Italian-American Bar Association (NIABA)
• February 1997, Delegate to Harvard Model United Nations, Boston, Massachusetts (Human Rights Committee – Canada)
• September 1994, Elected President of Optimist Club Rossini (Montreal-North) Inc. (Charitable Organization)
• November 1991, Co-Author of Comprehensive Constitutional Policy Paper submitted to Special Joint Committee of Canada’s Senate and House of Commons