2024

Whereas the CCCA Executive Committee has approved a streamlined governance structure to improve the effectiveness of its operations

Whereas in recent years, Parliament has made significant changes to criminal justice legislation, accompanied by statements suggesting that a more punitive approach and greater reliance on incarceration are required to address serious and pressing safety threats

Whereas the Canadian Bar Association condemns any type of abuse or neglect of older people

Whereas in the late 1960s, governments began a move to deinstitutionalize mental health services with the expectation that more effective and humane care could and would be provided in the community

Whereas the office of the federal court prothonotary was created in 1971 and the first appointments made in 1985

Whereas climate change and Canada's response to it have profound environmental and economic implications for Canada's future

Whereas across Canada, transphobic and homophobic bullying results in human rights violations ― including harassment, bullying and acts of violence ranging from verbal abuse to murder ― are perpetrated daily against those perceived to be Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning (LGBTQ) people

Protocols of General Application

Where a court intends to apply this Protocol (with or without modifications), counsel in that case shall be given notice and an opportunity to be heard on the sections of this Protocol to be employed. Following such a hearing, the adoption of part or all of this Protocol should, wherever possible, be set forth in orders or minutes or other notice to counsel in the case before it is applied.

The purpose of this protocol is to make use of existing class action legislation, the Rules of Court and Rules of Civil Procedure in various provincial jurisdictions to facilitate the management of multijurisdictional class actions.