January to May

The CBA provides comments to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner on the viability of the consent model used to collect personal information and solutions to improve individual control over personal information in the commercial environment

The Canadian Bar Association urges Canada to place the rule of law at the centre of international assistance, increase collaboration with civil society organizations (including bar associations) and engage young lawyers.

With proposed changes to Income Tax Act back-to-back rules, the Joint Canadian Bar Association/Canadian Professional Accountants of Canada Taxation Committee drafts legislation to avoid unintended consequences for bona fide business arrangements.

The CBA Immigration Law Section comments to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada on the in-Canada asylum process.

The CBA decries the arbitrary mass removal of judges and prosecutors following the attempted coup in Turkey. Without judicial independence, public confidence in the fairness of the justice system is at risk.

CBA supports proposed changes to FLSC Model Code of Professional Conduct on competence, dishonesty, leaving a law firm, and incriminating physical evidence.

The CBA comments on the revised draft Capital Markets Stability Act, and supports many amendments made in response to stakeholders' feedback on the 2014 draft.

The CBA comments on parts of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: Chapter 12 (Temporary Entry for Business Persons) and Chapter 26 (Transparency and Anti-Corruption).

The CBA comments on the Canadian Association of Pension Regulatory Authority (CAPSA) revised governance guidelines, and commends CAPSA's continued efforts to provide guidance on pension plan governance.

The Canadian Bar Association welcomes a code of conduct for patent and trademark agents and recommends changes to provide greater clarity about the scope of agent work and to deal with the unauthorized practice of law by non-lawyer agents.