April

CBA Council paid tribute to retiring CEO John Hoyles who is stepping down in November after 20 years in charge.

The second and third tranches of resolutions at CBA Council meeting in Ottawa on Thursday saw a great deal more discussion, largely because a major resolution, 16-01-A dealt with matters at the heart of the association itself, a proposal to change the CBA’s governance system that itself was the culmination of more than two years’ hard work by the Re-Think steering committee.

The first tranche of resolutions up for debate at the Council meeting in Ottawa on Thursday came and went smoothly as a hot knife through butter – no debate, no objections, no amendments.

The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, Beverley McLachlin, urged the federal government to address the “perpetual crisis of judicial vacancies in Canada” and to “restore funding to the Canadian Judicial Council,” a federal body mandated to improve the quality of judicial service in Canada’s superior courts.

Daphne Dumont of Prince Edward Island is the recipient of this year’s Canadian Bar Association’s (CBA) 2016 President’s Award. The award recognizes Ms. Dumont’s significant contribution to the CBA, women’s issues and her community.

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The CBA 2016 President’s Award is being presented to Daphne Dumont Q.C., a lawyer from Prince Edward Island who has been active in the CBA, women’s issues and her community.