February

In January, a contingent of 17 young lawyers with the CBA Young Lawyers International Program left Canada to begin six-month placements in Africa, the Caribbean, and South and East Asia.

On Dec. 13 the new CBA website was finally launched after much gnashing of teeth, pulling-out of hair and a colossal amount of work.

If you haven’t already registered, what are you waiting for?

The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has found that the federal government has discriminated against thousands of Aboriginal children by underfunding welfare services on reserves compared to the rest of the country.

The CBA’s Federal Court Bench and Bar Liaison Committee has responded to a discussion paper circulated by the Federal Court.

On February 6, 2015, the Supreme of Court of Canada stuck down the ban on physician-assisted death. The unanimous ruling provided eligible patients the right to receive assistance in dying from a willing physician. The Court gave Parliament and the provincial legislatures a year to build a framework to govern the provision of physician-assisted death.

The Canadian Cancer Society released a report on palliative care in Canada.

Report calls for fundamental reform of relationship between Dalhousie University and the Nova Scotia Health Authority.

A comprehensive account of the historical, social, economic and political dimensions of corruption and compares the US, UK and Canadian Anti-Corruption regimes.

In a letter sent to three deputy minister on Jan. 12, the CBA is asking the federal government to repeal changes to the Access to Information Act (ATIA).