February

The CBA comments on the implications of adding Cannabis Act offences to the list of serious crimes in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations.

The CBA says Bill C-58 should not allow the Information and Privacy Commissioners to review records subject to solicitor-client privilege.

The CBA urges Canada to support human rights lawyers acting to defend the rights of Indigenous people in Guatemala.

The CBA comments on the government's response to the Parliamentary Committee report on Immigration Consultants

The CBA recommends Deferred Prosecution Agreements and enhancements to the Integrity Regime to expand Canada's toolkit to address corporate wrongdoing.

The CBA comments on the Privacy Commissioner's draft guidelines for obtaining online consent under PIPEDA and recommends some clarifications.

The CBA continues to say that Bill C-23, Preclearance Act, 2016 unnecessarily and unjustifiably sacrifices the rights and liberties of Canadian travellers.

The CBA views the Canada Border Services Agency's Flagpoling Pilot Project as unlawful, and urges the federal government to cancel the project.

The CBA comments on the Competition Bureau's discussion paper about the implications of big data and innovation on competition.

The CBA says the Official Languages Act should be modernized to reflect Canada's linguistic realities, and recommends improvements to access to justice in both official languages and to the bilingual capacity of the courts.