John Stefaniuk, K.C. of Winnipeg begins his year-long tenure as the 95th President of the Canadian Bar Association today, taking the helm of the 127-year-old Association of more than 38,000 lawyers, notaries, law professors and law students across Canada. He succeeds Steeves Bujold of Montreal. Lynne M. J. Vicars of Toronto begins her term as Vice-President.