Sébastien Laprise
PartnerSébastien Laprise is a reference in public procurement law in Québec. He advises and represents a large number of public and municipal bodies and their subsidiaries.
Sébastien’s expertise is sought at all stages of the process of awarding and executing public procurement contracts. Sébastien develops governance rules tailored to each organization’s reality. He identifies the best contractual strategies and advises clients in this regard. He is fully accustomed to navigating the strict requirements of the public procurement regulatory framework and the need for public and municipal bodies to develop innovative approaches. The policies, regulations, tender documents and contracts he drafts reflect the depth of his knowledge.
Sébastien represents the full range of public procurement stakeholders before the courts. His court pleadings on public procurement law are brilliantly executed.
To pay forward his expertise, Sébastien delivers seminars and has co-authored a long list of articles and books. In November 2011, he founded Contrats publics Québec, a LinkedIn discussion group devoted to current events and best practices in public procurement, which today boasts thousands of avid followers.
- Provided strategic advice related to public procurement (drafting policies, codes of ethics, guidelines and procedures, selecting the bid solicitation method and contract awarding process, etc.).
- Drafted and revised tender documents.
- Provided contract management support and advice (financial commitment, cost overruns, performance assessments, etc.).
- Submitted opinions on the process for awarding public procurement contracts (contractual strategy, division of contracts, interpretation of the rules and exceptions applicable to public calls for tenders and invitations to tender).
- Supported clients in the tendering processes with competitive discussion or dialogue.
- Drafted an opinion on the eligibility and compliance of bids.
- Provided support with respect to contract delivery or termination and applying penalties.
- Supported and advised stakeholders during inquiries or audits by supervisory bodies.
- Supported and advised governance stakeholders on various issues involving ethics and conflicts of interest.
- Represented clients before administrative, civil and penal tribunals having jurisdiction in contractual matters.
- Presented training and seminars in these areas of expertise.
- 2010 Lexpert Zenith Award – Corporate Law in Non-Profit Sector
- Best Lawyers in Canada:
- Administrative and Public Law, 2021-2025
- Public Procurement Law, 2025
Professional activities
- Since 2011, Sébastien has been active on social media, having created and currently managing a professional group on LinkedIn called Contrats publics Québec. The group currently has over 3,000 members and shares news and ideas on issues related to contract management and public procurement in Québec and at municipal levels.
- Co-author: “Rejection of a bid submitted in response to a public tender: The Court of Appeal of Québec modifies the analytical framework for classifying major irregularities”, September 12, 2024.
- Co-author: “Major reform of project delivery methods in the construction industry – Bill 62 opens the door to collaborative methods”, May 10, 2024.
- Co-author: “Électrification d’infrastructures de transport : des pratiques contractuelles énergisantes” [Electrification of transport infrastructures: energizing contractual practices], October 11, 2023.
- Co-author: Contrats des organismes publics québécois [Contracts with Québec public bodies], loose-leaf and online publishing, Wolters Kluwer Canada, February 1, 2022.
- Co-author: Contrats des organismes publics – Manuel sur les meilleures stratégies [Contracts with Québec public bodies – Manual of Best Strategies], 2nd Edition, Wolters Kluwer Canada, February 1, 2022.
- Co-author: “Bill 61: Acceleration measures for certain public projects in order to restart Quebec’s economy”, June 3, 2020.
- Co-author: Contrats municipaux – Manuel sur les meilleures stratégies [Municipal Contracts – Manual of Best Strategies], 2nd Edition, Wolters Kluwer Canada, September 5, 2018.
- Co-author: “Proposal for the Codification of the Rules Governing Public Contracts in Quebec”, March 8, 2018.
- Co-author: "Plaidoyer pour un Code québécois des contrats publics” [Proposal for the Codification of the Rules Governing Public Contracts in Québec], Association des firmes de Génie-Conseil Québec, February 13, 2018.
- Co-author: Contrats des organismes publics – Manuel sur les meilleures stratégies [Contracts with Québec public bodies – Manual of Best Strategies], Wolters Kluwer Canada, October 9, 2016.
- Co-author: “Time Limit for Publication of an Amendment to a Call for Tenders – Reflections on the Impact of Recent Legislative Amendments on Your Contractual Strategy”, September 28, 2016.
- Co-author: “Court Orders Suspending the Awarding or Performance of a Public Contract: a Risk Worth Considering?”, June 23, 2016.
- Co-author: “Information Technology: the Quebec Government Changes its Procurement Rules”, November 25, 2015.
- Co-author: Contrats municipaux – Manuel sur les meilleures stratégies [Municipal Contracts – Manual of Best Strategies], Wolters Kluwer Canada, October 9, 2014.
- Author: “Ability to Obtain Public Contracts Denied to ‘Rogue’ Businesses”, June 26, 2012.
- Author: “Capitalizing on the Opportunities Afforded by the Plan Nord: a Rocky Road Ahead?”, February 28, 2012.
- Author: “La gestion contractuelle dans la mire du MAMROT” [Contract management in the sights of MAMROT (Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy)], Marché municipal, Vol. 6, No. 2, March-April 2011.
- Author: “Accès à l’information : Microsoft forcée de dévoiler son jeu” [Access to information: Microsoft forced to show its hand], Marché municipal, Vol. 6, No. 1, January-February 2011.
- Author: “Logiciels libres et marchés publics : Un pavé dans la mare d’un quasi-monopole” [Open-source software and public markets: a shot across the bow of a quasi-monopoly], Marché municipal, Vol. 5, No. 5, September-October 2010.
- Author: “Contrer la collusion : Réussir là où d’autres ont échoué” [Combating collusion – how to succeed where others have failed], Marché municipal, Vol. 5, No. 3, May 2010.
- Author: “Retour sur l’affaire Double N Earthmovers ltd” [Revisiting the Double N Earthmovers Ltd case], Marché municipal, Vol. 4, No. 6, 2009.
- Author: “Décision cruciale dans l’exécution d’un contrat: une résolution du conseil était-elle requise?” [Making crucial decisions during the performance of a contract – is a board resolution required?], Marché municipal, Vol. 4, No. 5, 2009.
- Author: “Le droit d’un fournisseur à la confidentialité de sa soumission” [The supplier’s right to the confidentiality of its bid], Marché municipal, Vol. 4, No. 4, 2009.
- Author: “Condition ‘obligatoire’ ou ‘essentielle’ : laquelle entraîne le rejet d’une soumission?” [“Mandatory” and “essential” conditions: which will result in rejection of a bid?], Marché municipal, Vol. 4, No. 3, 2009.
- Author: “Obligation de renseignement et risques environnementaux” [The duty to inform and environmental risks], Marché municipal, Vol. 4, No. 1, 2009.
- Author: “L’évaluation de la structure de prix : une condition implicite à l’appel d’offres” [Evaluating Price Structure : A key step in tendering], Marché municipal, Vol. 3, No. 5, November-December 2008.
- Author: “Garantie de soumission : Attention à l’excès de formalisme” [Bid Guarantees: Avoid excess formalism], Marché municipal, Vol. 3, No. 4, September-October 2008.
- Author: “Les obligations entre soumissionnaires. L’acceptation d’une soumission n’emporte pas leur exonération” [Obligations between tenderers. Accepting a bid doesn’t waive them], Marché municipal, Vol. 3, No. 3, 2008.
- Author: “L’affaire des voitures de métro Alstom. Contrat avec un fournisseur 'unique' : une exception à la portée des municipalités” [The Alstom Metro Cars Affair. A Contract with a “Single” supplier: An exception municipalities can take advantage of], Marché municipal, Vol. 3, No. 2, April-May 2008.
- Author: “Équipements de loisirs: Plusieurs options, de mêmes obligations” [Recreational equipment: many options, the same obligations], Marché municipal, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2008.
- Author: “L’approvisionnement municipal à l’ère du développement durable” [Municipal purchasing in the age of sustainable development], Marché municipal, Vol. 2, No. 5, 2007.
- Author: “Dans quelles circonstances une soumission est-elle ‘reçue en retard’ et doit-elle être rejetée?” [When is a bid “late” and must it be rejected?], Marché municipal, Vol. 2, No. 4, 2007.
- Author: “Des incitatifs à la réhabilitation des terrains contaminés” [Incentives to rehabilitate contaminated land], Marché municipal, Vol. 2, No. 2, 2007.
- Author: “Parcs, terrains de jeux et équipements de loisirs : La responsabilité des fabricants et vendeurs, des municipalités et des utilisateurs” [Parks, playgrounds, and recreational equipment: The liability of manufacturers, vendors, municipalities, and users], Marché municipal, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2007.
- Author: “Analyse des critères de pondération d’une soumission : droit à l’erreur?” [Analyzing the criteria for weighing bids: Are you entitled to make a mistake?], Droit de cité, Vol. 10, No. 4, 2003.
- Author: “Les clauses importantes à inclure aux devis municipaux” [Important clauses to include in municipal estimates], Droit de cité, Vol. 10, No. 3, 2003.
- Author: “Les cas d’exception aux règles d’appel d’offres et leur application en haute technologie” [Exceptions to bidding rules and applying them to high technology], Marché municipal, Vol. 1, No. 3, 2006.
- Co-speaker: Les étapes clés d’un projet en mode réalisation de projet intégré : perspectives juridiques et pratiques [The key stages of an integrated project delivery (IPD): legal and practical perspectives], as part of the Journées stratégiques sur les enjeux dans la construction, Montréal, November 4, 2024.
- Co-speaker: Planification, adjudication et réalisation de projets : comment optimiser réussite avant la phase de la construction [Project planning, tendering and implementation: how to optimize success before the construction phase], Langlois Knowledge, webinar, March 12, 2024.
- Speaker: Le contrat municipal et sa modification : et si ce n’était pas accessoire? [Modification of a municipal contract: If it weren’t incidental], COMAQ, Langlois Knowledge, webinar, December 14, 2023.
- Co-speaker: Planification, adjudication et réalisation de projets : La collaboration au service du transport en commun [Project planning, awarding and implementation: Working together to promote public transportation], Québec Public Transit Association's (ATUQ) annual symposium, Langlois Knowledge, October 11-12, 2023.
- Animator: Contrats publics : accroître l’accès aux marchés publics [Public procurement: increasing access to public contracts], Événements Les Affaires, Montréal, September 20, 2023.
- Speaker: Comment bien évaluer les équivalences? [How to properly assess equivalencies?], annual conference of the COMAQ, Langlois Knowledge, September 14, 2023.
- Speaker: Faut-il rehausser le seuil autorisant la conclusion de contrats de gré à gré? [Should we raise the threshold authorizing the execution of forward contracts?], event organized by the COMAQ, Langlois Knowledge, May 26, 2023.
- Speaker: La conformité en matière d’appel d’offres : une gestion de risques – Origine, portée et rigueur de l’obligation [Compliance of tenders: Managing risks – Origins, scope and strictness of the obligations], COMAQ, Langlois Knowledge, May 18, 2023.
- Speaker: Les risques en matière de contrats publics [The risks associated with public contracts], Langlois Knowledge, April 24, 2023.
- Speaker: Dix décisions de l’AMP et leurs impacts pour les municipalités [Ten decisions of the AMP and their impact on municipalities], COMAQ, Langlois Knowledge, March 17, 2023.
- Speaker: Projet de loi 12 et ses incidences pour les municipalités [Bill 12 and its effects on municipalities], COMAQ, January 2023.
- Speaker: Les nouveautés en matière de gestion contractuelle [What’s new in the area of contract management?], Langlois Knowledge, December 1, 2023.
- Speaker: Les devis fonctionnels ou de performance et les processus d’équivalence [Operational or performance specifications and the equivalency process], COMAQ, Langlois Knowledge, November 2022.
- Co-speaker: Les impacts des accords de libéralisation des marchés publics [The impact of the agreements on the opening of public procurement], Langlois Knowledge, October 26, 2022.
- Speaker: L’évaluation du rendement des contractants municipaux [Performance assessment of municipal contractors], COMAQ, Langlois Knowledge, October 25, 2022.
- Speaker: L’ABC de la gestion contractuelle municipale [The basics of municipal contract management], Langlois Knowledge, September 15, 2022.
- Speaker: L’ABC de l’approvisionnement en éducation au Québec [The basics of procurement in education in Québec], Langlois Knowledge, July 2022.
- Co-speaker : Contrats publics : tout sur le projet de loi 12 encadrant l’achat québécois [Public contracts: What you need to know about Bill 12 regarding Québec-sourced procurement], Langlois Knowledge, June 15, 2022.
- Speaker: Enjeux et développements récents en matière de marchés publics [Issues and recent developments on government procurement], Langlois Knowledge, May 4, 2022.
- Co-speaker: Que reste-t-il de la liberté contractuelle des corps publics québécois? [What’s left of freedom to contract in Québec public bodies?], Québec Bar, April 8, 2022.
- Speaker: La gestion contractuelle [Contract management], Langlois Knowledge, December 8, 2021.
- Speaker: Réflexion sur les devis de performance et les processus d’équivalence [A few thoughts on performance specifications and equivalency processes], Langlois Knowledge, November 2021.
- Speaker: Contrats publics : Devis de performance et de processus d’équivalence [Public contracts: Performance specifications and the equivalency process], Langlois Knowledge, October 25, 2021.
- Speaker: Projet de loi 67 – Gestion contractuelle et pouvoirs d’aide temporaire des municipalités [Bill 67 – Contract management and temporary support for municipalities], Langlois Knowledge, October 7, 2021
- Speaker: AMP : les devis de performance [AMP: Performance specifications], Langlois Knowledge, September 21, 2021.
- Speaker: Contrats octroyés de gré à gré : dépenses, sollicitation, rotation et autres sujets obscures [Forward contracts: Expenses, solicitation, rotation and other ambiguous subjects], event organized by the COMAQ, Langlois Knowledge, May 19, 2021.
- Speaker: L’évaluation du rendement des contractants municipaux [Performance assessment of municipal contractors], Langlois Knowledge, April 15, 2021.
- Speaker: Contrats publics : les obligations de l’architecte en matière de devis de performance et de processus d’équivalence [Public contracts: Obligations of the architect with respect to performance specifications and the equivalency process], Langlois Knowledge, February 10, 2021.
- Co-speaker: Accès aux marchés publics québécois pour les entreprises françaises et européennes [Access to Québec government procurement for French and European corporations], Accéder aux marchés publics québécois et s’établir dans la Ville de Québec, Langlois Knowledge in collaboration with Québec International, webinar, November 26, 2020.
- Speaker: Les outils d’approvisionnement méconnus (oubliés?) [Overlooked (forgotten?) procurement tools], Journée des approvisionneurs municipaux (JAM) 2020, 8th Edition, organized by the Union des municipalités du Québec in collaboration with the COMAQ) webinar, June 18, 2020.
- Moderator: La collaboration à l’ère post-Charbonneau pour assurer une surveillance efficace des chantiers de construction [Collaboration in the post-Charbonneau Commission era to ensure effective supervision of construction sites], panel at the Forum Contrats publics : impacts des changements législatifs sur l’approvisionnement et la gestion de projets, 5th Edition, organized by Les Affaires Montréal, February 11, 2020.
- Co-speaker: Premières décisions de l’Autorité des marchés publics et les plus récents développements jurisprudentiels [Autorité des marchés publics Québec: First rulings and most recent developments relating to case-law], Langlois Knowledge, Québec City, February 5, 2020.
- Co-speaker: Premières décisions de l’Autorité des marchés publics et les plus récents développements jurisprudentiels [Autorité des marchés publics Québec: First rulings and most recent developments relating to case-law], Langlois Knowledge, Montréal, November 25, 2019.
- Co-speaker: Projet de Loi 108 : L’Autorité des marchés publics : menaces ou opportunités? [Bill 108 establishing the Autorité des marchés publics: threats or opportunities?], Québec electrical industry, November 2016.
- Co-speaker: Les meilleures stratégies dans l’octroi de contrats à des organismes publics [The best strategies for awarding contracts to public bodies], organized by Wolters Kluwer, Québec City, November 17, 2016, and Montréal, December 8, 2016.
- Co-speaker: Approvisionnement et construction : Impacts des récents amendements à la réglementation et tendances actuelles concernant les échéanciers de construction [Procurement and construction: Impact of recent amendments on existing regulation and current trends regarding construction schedules], Langlois Knowledge, Montréal, June 9, 2016.
- Co-speaker: Pré-qualification et conditions générales : les clés du succès sur le chantier [Pre-qualification and terms and conditions: The keys to success on the construction site], Langlois Knowledge, Montréal, March 10, 2016.
- Co-speaker: L’entrepreneur général face aux clauses de pénalités dans les contrats publics : ce qu’il faut savoir [A general contractor facing penalty clauses in public contracts: What you need to know], 19th annual convention of the Québec General Contractors Corporation, Mont-Tremblant, February 25, 2016.
- Speaker: Aspects juridiques des contrats publics : tout ce que vous devez savoir pour en décrocher [Legal aspects of public contracts: All you need to know to be awarded contracts], Journée de formation pour entrepreneurs au Saguenay, Langlois Knowledge, Jonquière, December 10, 2015.
- Speaker: L’évaluation du rendement des entrepreneurs et des fournisseurs municipaux [Assessing the performance of municipal suppliers and contractors], COMAQ, 2014.
- Speaker: La Conformité en matière d’appel d’offres : une gestion de risques [Compliance in calling for tenders and awarding public contracts: How to manage the risks], COMAQ, 2014.
- Speaker: L’attribution de contrats par voie d’appel d’offres : 5 règles à respecter pour une meilleure gestion des risques [Awarding of contracts by call for tenders: 5 rules to respect to ensure better risk management], Société du développement économique du Saint-Laurent (SODES), 2014.
- Speaker: ABC de l’approvisionnement scolaire québécois [A primer for educational procurement in Québec], Centre collégial des services regroupés, 2014.
- Speaker: Les commissions scolaires à l’ère des regroupements d’achats [School Boards in the era of collective procurement], annual convention of the Québec Association of Senior Educational Administrators, May 28-29, 2014.
- Speaker: Conformité des soumissions – 7 vérités à retenir [Bid compliance – Seven rules to remember], Contech, 2014.
- Speaker: Conformité des soumissions : 7 vérités à retenir [Bid compliance – Seven rules to remember], Gestion dynamique des problématiques de l’appel d’offres à la fin des travaux, Langlois Knowledge in collaboration with Contech, Montréal, September 24, 2014.
- Co-speaker: La grande rencontre Contech : droit de la construction : gestion dynamique des problématiques; de l’appel d’offres à la fin des travaux [Contech Big Meeting: Construction Law: Dynamic management of issues; from the call for tenders to completion of construction work], Montréal, September 24, 2014.
- Co-speaker: L’attribution de contrats par voie d’appel d’offres : 5 règles à respecter pour une meilleure gestion des risques [Awarding contracts following the tendering process: Five risk-management rules to follow], Langlois Knowledge. Montréal, March 13, 2014.
- Speaker: Les aspects légaux des achats regroupés [Legal aspects of group purchasing], Journée sur les achats regroupés, Professional Commission for Procurement Services, Auberge Godefroy, 2013.
- Speaker: Évaluation des fournisseurs – Impacts du Projet de loi no 8 [Evaluating suppliers – the impacts of Bill 8], as part of the J.A.M. 2013 – Let’s combine our expertise, Union of Québec Municipalities, Montréal, 2013.
- Speaker: L’ABC de l’approvisionnement en éducation au Québec [The ABCs of procurement for Québec educational institutions], training sessions of the CCSR, Montréal, April 25, and Québec City, May 2, 2013.
- Speaker: La conformité en matière d’appel d’offres : une gestion de risque [Compliance in tendering matters: managing the risk], breakfast seminar for the Québec Association for Logistics and Procurement in the Health-Care Sector (AQLASS), Québec City, 2013.
- Speaker: Aspect juridique de l’approvisionnement [The legal aspects of procurement], Université Laval’s Institute for mental health (IUSMQ), Québec City, 2013.
- Speaker: Les responsables de l’observation des règles contractuelles (RORC) : Titulaires, rôles, compétences et pouvoirs [Contract rules compliance monitors (CRCMs): Who they are, and what are their roles, powers and jurisdiction], 3rd Symposium on the procurement chain – Procurement professionals: key managers for the organization, Québec City, 2013.
- Speaker: L’adjudication d’un contrat municipal – Ce qu’un gestionnaire doit savoir [Awarding a municipal contract – what a manager needs to know], Seminar for future municipal managers – The University of Public Administration (ÉNAP), Québec City, 2013.
- Speaker: Déjeuner conférence – Loi sur l’intégrité en matière de contrats publics, [Breakfast conference – The integrity in Public Contracts Act], Québec Corporation of Procurement Professionals, Québec City, 2013.
- Animator: La commission Charbonneau : leçons de gouvernance pour tous [The Charbonneau Commission: Governance lessons for all], Langlois Knowledge, Montréal, October 8, 2013, and Québec City, October 22, 2013.
- Speaker: Faire affaire avec une municipalité ou un organisme public: pourquoi pas? [Why you should be doing business with municipalities and other public entities], Breakfast with Procurement Champions, Hotel Plaza Québec, Québec City, 2012.
- Speaker: Comité de sélection, définition des critères de qualité, éthique, transparence, accès à l’information et questions diverses en matière d’évaluation qualitative des soumissions [Selection Committee, definition of quality requirements, ethics, transparency, access to information and various issues focusing on the qualitative assessment of the bids], Québec Association of Education-Sector Executives, Manoir Saint-Sauveur, 2012.
- Speaker: Services professionnels visés par un décret ou la fausse impression d’anticiper les coûts [Professional services affected by a decree, or the false impression of anticipating costs], Québec Association of Education-Sector Executives, Manoir Saint-Sauveur, 2012.
- Speaker: L’approvisionnement à l’ère du développement durable [Procurement in the era of sustainable development], CCSR, a non-profit education-sector group-purchasing association, Hotel Rimouski, 2012.
- Speaker: Quelques principes en matière de marchés publics canadiens [Some principles involved in Canadian public markets], Defence Construction Canada, Montréal, 2012.
- Speaker: L’ABC des marchés publics canadiens [The ABCs of Canadian public markets], Defence Construction Canada, Montréal, 2012.
- Speaker: Éthique et déontologie en matière contractuelle [Ethics and deontology in contracting], conference of the Québec Procurement Professionals Corporation (CAQ) – Québec City area, Delta Hotel, 2012.
- Speaker: Mieux connaître les règles du jeu, pour faire des affaires autrement [Know the ground rules better, so you can do business differently], day-long seminar on how to become a supplier to Québec municipalities, 2012.
- Speaker: Réduire les risques en amont du processus d’appel d’offres [Reducing the upstream risks involved in the tender process], Canadian Institute's conference on provincial and municipal liability, 2012.
- Speaker: Le Plan Nord : opportunités et contraintes [The Plan Nord: opportunities and constraints], 68th annual meeting of the Québec Association of Road and Major Infrastructure Contractors, Québec City, January 18-20, 2012.
- Speaker: Innover dans le contexte du resserrement et du raffinement des règles d’adjudication des contrats publics : un défi à relever [Innovating in an environment of stricter and more sophisticated rules for awarding public contracts: a new challenge], Canadian Public Procurement Council Forum 2011, Québec City, 2011.
- Speaker: L’éthique en approvisionnement [Ethics in procurement matters], dinner presentation to the Québec Corporation of Procurement Professionals, 2011.
- Speaker: Les comités de sélection [Selection committees], annual meeting of the Québec Association of Education-Sector Executives, 2011.
- Speaker: Droit et politiques en approvisionnement. Sortir d’un contrat… ou comment rompre avec un fournisseur devenu indésirable [The law and politics of procurement: getting out of a contract... or how to break with a now unsavory supplier], Québec Corporation of Procurement Professionals, Québec City, 2011.
- Speaker: Réussir là où d’autres ont échoué : prévenir et contrer la collusion, le trucage des offres et le trafic d’influence auprès des acheteurs publics ou des membres d’un comité de sélection [Succeeding where others have failed: preventing and thwarting collusion, bid rigging and influence peddling aimed at public procurement officials and members of selection committees], Journée des acquisitions (Procurement Day), Centre de services partagés du Québec, 2010.
- Speaker: Gestion du patrimoine : de nouvelles responsabilités pour les municipalités [Asset and facilities management: new responsibilities for municipalities], annual convention of the Québec Federation of Municipalities, 2010.
- Speaker: Développements récents en droit de l’approvisionnement [Recent developments in procurement law], annual meeting of the Centre collégial des services regroupés, a non-profit education-sector group-purchasing association, 2010.
- Speaker: Projet de loi 76 : Le point sur les mesures annoncées en matière d’attribution de contrats municipaux [Bill 76: what you need to know about pending measures for governing the awarding of municipal contracts], Québec Corporation of Procurement Professionals, 2010.
- Speaker: La Loi sur les contrats des organismes publics : connaître les règles du jeu, [The Act respecting contracting by public bodies: learning the rules of the game], trade show of the Canadian Sanitation Supply Association, 2010.
- Speaker: Abécédaire de la conformité en matière d’appel d’offres et les exceptions aux règles d’appel d’offres (APA) [The ABCs of compliance in public tender matters and exceptions to the tender process rules], Québec Corporation of Procurement Professionals, 2010.
- Speaker: Élaboration d’un code d’éthique et impacts du projet de loi 76 pour une saine gestion des contrats et une plus grande transparence dans l’administration municipale (APA) [Developing a code of ethics, and the effect of Bill 76 on sound contract management and greater transparency in municipal administrations], Québec Corporation of Procurement Professionals, 2010.
- Speaker: Les exceptions aux règles d’appel d’offres [Exceptions to tendering rules], Rendez-vous SAM de Québec Federation of Municipalities, 2009.
- Speaker: En période difficile : réagissez en toute légalité [In difficult times: react legally], Québec Corporation of Procurement Professionals' provincial conference, 2009.
- Speaker: Les services professionnels et les grilles de pondération [Professional services and weighting grids], Rendez-vous Sam, organized by the Québec Federation of Municipalities, 2008.
- Speaker: L’adjudication des contrats municipaux et les relations contractuelles entre les municipalités et les promoteurs : deux sujets d’actualité [Awarding of municipal contracts and contractual relationships between municipalities and developers: Two current topics], Québec Association of Municipal Managers' annual convention, 2002.
- Interviewed: “Hydro-Québec : comprendre la règle du plus bas soumissionnaire” [Hydro-Québec: Understanding the rule of the lowest bidder], in Côte à Côte, interview by Catherine Paquette, Radio-Canada Ohdio, November 12, 2024.
- Quoted: “Vers plus de contrats pour les PME d’ici” [More contracts expected for small and medium-sized businesses], Les Affaires, article by Philippe Jean Poirier, October 12, 2022.
- Interviewed: “Entrevue à propos du péage du nouveau pont Champlain”, TV interview focused on tolls for the new Champlain Bridge in Salut Bonjour!, by Georges Pothier, TVA, October 21, 2015.
LL.L., Public Law, University of Ottawa, 1997