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this out tory of Quebec — all the way to Kuujjuaq in Nunavik, the northern third of Quebec, for special cases and treatments, says Ber- trand. The $2.5-billion CHUM project, calling for the consolidation of three hos- pitals into one location on the edge of Old Montreal and a research facility, will take care of a similar population basin from downtown to Montreal East and onto Trois-Rivières, halfway to Quebec City. "We gave Gino and Emma a free Irène Marcheterre, Ékram Antoine Rabbat, Yvon Deschamps (CHUM), Emma Saffman, Jean G. Bertrand, John Coleman, Norman Steinberg, Gino Martel (Norton Rose Canada), John A. Rae, Normand Rinfret (MUHC). campaign inside the law firm to support two major hospital development proj- ects that will serve residents of Montre- al and beyond for generations to come. The law firm has raised $500,000 from N 140 lawyers, patent agents, and employ- ees in Quebec for the McGill University Health Centre and the Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, both billion- dollar infrastructure projects in the prov- ince slated for completion within the next few years. Montreal managing partner Jean G. Bertrand says the law firm, like other businesses, is solicited all of the time by many charities, and its members already contribute jointly to annual campaigns for community charities at their discretion. But Norton Rose saw involvement in the Montreal hospital fundraising cam- paign in a different light. "We felt it was more than simply another charity where you were helping a good cause," says Bertrand. "These projects have so many ramifications that we felt it was up to us to show leadership and get involved and sup- port that, not only for ourselves, selfishly, saying, 'I would like to have a good hos- pital if I grow old and if I get sick,' but in terms of making sure Quebec remains in a orton Rose Canada LLP is thinking globally and acting locally though a fundraising position to provide top health care, attract top talent, and be out front in the research area. It is important for the Montreal and Quebec economy." The $2.4-billion MUHC redevelop- ment project, which groups six partner hospitals on three campuses around Mon- treal, will service not only the immediate Montreal area, but 63 per cent of the terri- hand and the results were astounding," adds Bertrand, referring to lawyer Gino Martel and patent agent Emma Saffman, who were the co-presidents of the firm's campaign on behalf of the MUHC and CHUM foundations. The two founda- tions have joined together in an historic partnership — the MUHC, traditionally an anglophone institution; the CHUM, francophone — for a corporate campaign to raise $300 million each to complement Quebec government funding. In recognition of the Norton Rose gift, the MUHC will name a family room at its new Centre for Innovative Medicine after the law firm. — KL WEST HISTORIC CALGARY COURTHOUSE STANDS EMPTY, UNUSED, AND UNLOVED trying to figure out the building's future for more than 10 years and there is still no sign of any decisions. Courthouse No. 2, an historic and storied building in T the heart of the city, sits right across the street from the shiny 24-storey Calgary Courts Centre, which opened in 2007. The old building has remained essentially empty since January 2001, when the Alberta Court of Appeal moved out coughing and wheezing. Toxic mould was found in the building and Chief Justice Catherine Fraser gEOFF ELLwAND www.CANADIAN Lawyermag.com A PRIL 2012 9 he Alberta government is trying to come up with an appropriate use for old Calgary Courthouse No. 2. The trouble is, it has been Cheque C ontinued on pa g e 10 pETER MCCABE

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