February

The CBA outlines tax issues in family law matters under the new Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act.

The CBA outlines tax problems for families in shared parenting arrangements.

The CBA congratulates the Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages on her appointment and looks forward to meeting with her to discuss common issues, modernizing the Official Languages Act and enacting a bilingual Constitution.

The CBA welcomes the new Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship on his appointment.

The CBA comments on the Uniform Law Conference of Canada's draft Uniform Informal Public Appeals and Crowdfunding Act.

The CBA congratulates Minister of Infrastructure and Communities on her appointment.

The CBA welcomes the new Minister of International Development, and looks forward to continued work with the government on global access to justice and rule of law programming.

The CBA comments on the Federal Court’s proposal to make court files available online, suggesting ways to respect open courts while protecting vulnerable parties using the justice system.

The CBA to congratulates Minister of Justice and AG David Lametti on his re-appointment and looks forward to pursuing shared goals of advancing the rule of law, and improving legislation and the administration of justice.

The CBA writes in anticipation of the Parliamentary review of the Canada Not for Profit Corporations Act, identifying problems for practitioners and suggesting remedies for those problems.