Pension Plans — Solvency Funding July 13, 2018 The CBA urges Finance Canada to support a sustainable framework to strengthen pension coverage, guided by the principles of retirement income security, sustainability, and harmonization.
Reversing the Faster Removal of Foreign Criminals Act July 06, 2018 The CBA urges reversal of measures undermining due process in immigration matters, and highlights disproportionate impact of new impaired driving penalties on permanent residents
Market Studies Information Bulletin June 29, 2018 The CBA expresses concern with broad-based market studies, including the Competition Bureau’s authority to conduct them, their value, strain on resources and burdens on private parties.
Discontinuing CRA Administrative Positions on Health and Welfare Trusts June 29, 2018 The CBA says changes in Budget 2018 to end CRA Administrative positions on health and welfare trusts to instead use employee life and health trust rules under the Income Tax Act should occur as seamlessly as possible.
Caregivers — Pathways to Permanent Resident June 27, 2018 The CBA comments on pathways to permanent resident status for foreign caregivers.
Scheduling Practice for Hearings June 25, 2018 The CBA asks that previously scheduled hearings at the Immigration Appeal Division of the IRB be considered a date of non-availability of counsel for the Federal Court.
Employment Insurance — Extended Parental Benefits June 19, 2018 The CBA highlights an inconsistency between federal EI benefits and some provincial and territorial parental leave entitlements, and recommends claimants be clearly informed.
Processing time for Permanent Resident Cards June 19, 2018 The CBA highlights the negative impact of long delays in processing permanent resident card applications, and recommends measures to reduce the wait and uncertainty.
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child — Third Optional Protocol June 15, 2018 The CBA urges the government to ratify the third optional protocol of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child establishing procedure to bring complaints about violations directly to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Independence of Canada’s refugee determination process June 07, 2018 The CBA urges the federal government to maintain the role of the Immigration and Refugee Board as an independent quasi-judicial tribunal responsible for refugee determination in Canada.