Climie is currently a labour and employment lawyer at the Ottawa law firm of Emond Harnden.
[3] He earned his law degree at Queen's by attending its winter academic sessions while playing CFL football in the summer and fall, taking six terms over six years to graduate.
Soon after, he was signed by the Ottawa Rough Riders and would go on to play in 62 games for the franchise while also being named a CFL East All-Star in 1993.
Climie re-signed with the Argonauts in 1995 and then signed with the newly reborn Montreal Alouettes in 1996.
That year, he was again named a CFL East All-Star and he repeated the feat in 1997, while also being awarded the Lew Hayman Trophy as the top Canadian player in the CFL's East Division.