Kyle Morrow maintains a broad public law practice, focused primarily on political law, anti-bribery and corruption law, and criminal and quasi-criminal law.
Kyle advises clients on their compliance obligations at the municipal, provincial, and federal levels of government in the areas of lobbying, campaign finance, conflicts of interest, public sector ethics, public sector procurement, anti-bribery and corruption, whistleblowing, and access to information. He routinely assists clients in drafting policies, procedures, and internal controls, which minimize exposure to legal and reputational risks. Kyle also routinely conducts compliance audits, reviews, and investigations.
Kyle defends clients who are being investigated or prosecuted for criminal or quasi-criminal offences under the Criminal Code, the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act, the Canada Elections Act, the Conflict of Interest Act, and the Lobbying Act.
He has defended clients in proceedings before the Special Investigation and Internal Disclosure (SIID) Directorate of the Department of Public Services and Procurement (PSPC), the Sensitive and International Investigations Team of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying for Canada, the Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner for Canada, the Office of the Commissioner of Canada Elections, the Office of the Integrity Commissioner for Ontario, the Office of the Lobbyist Registrar for British Columbia and the Office of the Ethics Commissioner for Alberta. He’s also been exposed to proceedings in the Ontario Court of Justice and the Superior Court of Justice, having previously interned with a prominent criminal defence firm.
Kyle routinely prepares clients for testimony before legislative and parliamentary committees, including the House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics and the House of Commons Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates.
He currently sits on the board of directors for Lupus Ontario and the board of directors for the Diefenbunker: Canada’s Cold War Museum. He also currently teaches in the Clayton H. Riddell Graduate Program in Political Management at Carleton University. His university course focusses on parliamentary law and procedure, including on the concepts of parliamentary privilege and contempt.
Kyle is interested in public policy and politics. He has volunteered on election campaigns in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, and Nova Scotia. He also previously volunteered as an opposition researcher in the Office of the Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. In his spare time, Kyle enjoys reading, writing, swimming, curling, scuba diving, hiking, and travelling.
