February

Many of the provincial law societies are currently deliberating on whether (and if so, how) to implement some form of entity regulation in their jurisdictions.

The Canadian Bar Association has adopted model business principles to combat forced labour, labour trafficking and illegal or harmful child labour that will help lawyers in private practice and in-house counsel to encourage their business clients to guard against labour abuses in their operations.

Following up on a promise made during last fall’s election campaign, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has instructed the ministers of Small Business and Finance Bill Morneau to work together to ensure the small business tax rate is used to support small businesses.

In an appearance before the Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs on Feb. 16, 2016, the CBA’s Criminal Justice Section welcomed the opportunity to offer its expertise regarding delays in the criminal justice system.

Join us at the Westin Calgary in Calgary, April 3-5, 2016 for our National Conference, the largest gathering of in-house counsel in Canada.

You won’t want to miss the Competition Law Section’s Spring Forum, which will focus on international perspectives on competition law compliance. As well, the Canadian Competition Law Review has put out a call for papers for its fall edition, and don’t forget to go online for your copy of Fundamentals of Canadian Competition Law.

A number of the resolutions passed by CBA Council at the Mid-Winter meeting in Ottawa in February are of interest to lawyers working in the business and corporate field.

The President of the Canadian Bar Association, Janet Fuhrer of Ottawa, will visit CBA-Yukon (CBA-Y) in Whitehorse from Feb.24 to 26, where she will speak to lawyers about improving access to justice issues, particularly as they affect Indigenous people.

Mark L. Berlin, Professor of Practice at McGill University’s Institute for the Study of International Development, is the winner of the CBA's 2016 Douglas Miller Award.