News

Browse our news listing for top CBA news stories and messages to our members.

Say hello to the AGM

  • November 07, 2016

As you remember, CBA Council voted at its meeting in August to dissolve itself. What comes next? We’re still working out the details, but for now the 2017 CBA Legal Conference has been cancelled and we’re making plans for an annual general meeting.

Spotlight on changes at the CBA

  • November 07, 2016

November’s usually the month for settling in and beginning to hibernate, but this month the CBA is shaking things up, with the departure of one CEO and the arrival of another, and members and staff working away like proverbial national symbols on Re-think-related projects.

CBA Calls on Federal Government to Support Leonard Peltier’s Plea for Clemency

  • November 01, 2016

Following a resolution passed in August 2016, the CBA is seeking the Government of Canada’s support for an application for clemency for Leonard Peltier. In a letter dated October 28, the CBA has asked Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould to contact her counterpart, US Attorney General Loretta Lynch, to support Mr. Peltier’s request for clemency so he can live out his days in Canada.

CBA supports family reunification as an immigration priority

  • October 27, 2016

In an appearance before the Commons Citizenship and Immigration Committee on Oct. 27, the CBA’s Immigration Law Section expressed its support for the principle of family reunification as an objective of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.

CBA President statement on judicial appointments & reforms to the appointments process

  • October 20, 2016

The Canadian Bar Association is pleased that the government has improved the judicial appointment process and has filled some vacancies on the courts. The Canadian Bar Association agrees with the reinstatement of the “highly recommended” category for judicial candidates as a way of denoting truly exceptional candidates. We are also happy that voting on Judicial Advisory Committees has been rebalanced so that the majority of members will be independent of the government.

More input into criminal justice system delays presented

  • October 19, 2016

Following an appearance before the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee last February, and the subsequent release of the Senate Committee’s report on delays in the criminal justice system in August, the CBA is now offering additional input.

Checklist for writing legal health checks

  • October 12, 2016

CBA’s legal health checks are a way of alerting people to legal issues they may not be aware of. They can impart basic information on a particular theme and give lay people an idea of the next steps they’ll need to take to prevent a legal problem, or at least stop it from escalating.

Fall conferences

  • October 12, 2016

Is your Section having a conference this fall? Read on to see our list of upcoming conferences.