David Lawrence Varty is a lawyer and author in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Canada

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Varty is author of the book, Who Gets Ungava

Ungava Peninsula

The Ungava Peninsula of Nunavik, Quebec, Canada, is bounded by Hudson Bay to the west, Hudson Strait to the north, and Ungava Bay to the east. The Ungava Peninsula is part of the Labrador Peninsula and covers about 252,000 km²...

?, analyzing the legal

Law of Canada

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 and constitutional

Constitution of Canada

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 issues (particularly the potential partition

Partition of Quebec

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 of the northern "Ungava" region of Quebec), relating to the potential secession of the province of Quebec

Quebec

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 from Canada. He sought the Liberal Party of Canada

Liberal Party of Canada

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 nomination to challenge sitting Prime Minister

Prime Minister of Canada

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 Kim Campbell

Kim Campbell

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 in the electoral district of Vancouver Centre

Vancouver Centre

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 in the 1993 Canadian federal election

Canadian federal election, 1993

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; the nomination eventually went to Hedy Fry

Hedy Fry

Hedy Fry, PC, MP is a Canadian politician and physician. She is the Member of Parliament for Vancouver Centre.-Early life:Fry was born into poverty in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago...

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David Varty was called to the British Columbia Bar in 1980. He practiced civil litigation in Vancouver

Vancouver

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 and then served as counsel with the Department of Justice (Canada)

Department of Justice (Canada)

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 and with the Canadian Transport Commission

Canadian Transport Commission

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 (CTC) in Ottawa, Ontario. He has written over 40 publications on legal and public issues. Varty is fluent in French and English.

Writings

• Denied : essays on native property rights in Canada (1990)
• Who Gets Ungava (1991)
• Air Law in Canada: A British Columbia Perspective(1981)
• The Johnstone-Georgia Basin Transportation Corridor Discussion Paper: Environmental Issues(1994)