Mark Warner Was on the CBC Weekend Business Panel Talking About the Economic Effects of the Gulf War and Jury Verdicts Against Meta and YouTube for Targeting Young People

Mark Warner was featured on the CBC News Weekend Business Panel talking about the economic effects of the Gulf war and blocking of the Straight of Hormuz, and jury verdicts against Meta and YouTube for misleading users about the safety of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp in New Mexico and for their addictive design targeting young users in California. (March 28, 2025) Mr. Warner is a Canadian and U.S. lawyer who has practiced in Toronto, Washington, D.C., New York and Brussels and has advised governments on trade policy and trade negotiations and previously worked on trade and competition issues as counsel in the OECD Trade Directorate in Paris, and represented the OECD at meetings of the WTO Working Groups on Trade and Competition Policies and Trade and Investment Policies.

Mark was Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade and the Ministry of Research & Innovation and advised on economic development, research and innovation grants and loans to corporations, including Huawei. As MEDT Legal Director, he led Ontario’s legal team for trade negotiations, advised on trade disputes and various NAFTA Chapter 11 investor-state arbitration matters.

As Legal Director for the Ontario Ministry of Research & Innovation (MRI), Mr. Warner led Ontario’s legal team in creating the $250 million Ontario Emerging Technologies Fund, the $205 million Ontario Venture Capital Fund and establishing the Ontario Capital Growth Corporation. As a former Acting Legal Director for the Ontario Ministry of Consumer Services, Mark was responsible for prosecutions under the provincial consumer protection laws and regulations.

Mark is a past Chair of the International and Economics Committees of the American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law as well as a member of the Section’s Task Forces on Competition Policy and NAFTA and Antitrust in the Global Economy. In addition to being a lawyer, Mr. Warner has a Masters Degree in Economics from the University of Toronto.