John Craig
Canada Guide 2025
Band 3 : Employment & Labour
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About
Provided by John Craig
Practice Areas
John Craig’s practice is focused on providing strategic advice to employers, and representing them before arbitrators, labour relations boards, human rights tribunals and the courts. He is a leading federal sector labour lawyer, and many of his clients operate nationally and internationally. Over the past 15 years, John has acted as counsel in the leading constitutional cases impacting labour law.
In order to represent the interests of his clients and Canadian employers generally, John regularly attends meetings of the International Labour Organization (ILO), the World Bank, the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labour (IACML). John serves as a member of the Executive Committee of CEATAL, the hemispheric organization that represents employers within the OAS. He is an official spokesperson of CEATAL.
Chambers Review
Canada
Toronto-based John Craig is a highly regarded labour lawyer who acts for both federal and provincial clients. Alongside his strengths in bargaining and collective agreements, he also acts on tribunals, arbitrations and appeals arising from employee complaints.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He has clear opinions, well-founded. He is a phenomenal litigator."
"John Craig is a highly-skilled lawyer and has consistently produced incredibly results due to his knowledge of the law, our business context and his strategic prowess."
"He has clear opinions, well-founded. He is a phenomenal litigator."
"John Craig is a highly-skilled lawyer and has consistently produced incredibly results due to his knowledge of the law, our business context and his strategic prowess."