Price Maintenance Guidelines June 03, 2014 The CBA comments on the Competition Bureau’s Draft Price Maintenance Guidelines to ensure that the Bureau’s guidance remains in-step with current legal, economic and policy views.
Intellectual Property Enforcement Guidelines June 02, 2014 While the CBA appreciates the update of the Competition Bureau’s Intellectual Property Enforcement Guidelines, we recommend more comprehensive changes to address changes in the interface between intellectual property and competition law since 2000.
Bill S-4 — Digital Privacy Act June 01, 2014 The CBA supports the objectives of Bill S-4, the Digital Privacy Act, which would amend the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, and offers suggestions for improvement.
Bill C-13 — Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act May 31, 2014 The CBA recognizes the need to protect people, especially vulnerable children, from using the internet to harass, intimidate and threaten, but says Bill C-13 goes far beyond cyberbullying into over-intrusive “lawful access.”
Bill C-560 — In the Interests of Children May 26, 2014 The CBA opposes against Bill C-560 to ensure that the best interests of children continues to be the primary focus of all legal decisions concerning children.
FLSC Model Code of Professional Conduct — Short-Term Limited Legal Services May 20, 2014 The CBA finds the Federation of Law Societies of Canada’s proposed professional conduct rules to address Short-Term Limited Legal Services lack adequate structure and clarity and, when followed, will not satisfy lawyers’ conflict issues.
Income Tax Act — Treaty Shopping May 16, 2014 The CBA/CPA Joint Committee on Taxation offers extensive comments on the federal government’s proposed rule to address “treaty shopping” as defined in Budget 2014.
Consultation on the Canada Business Corporations Act May 14, 2014 The CBA addresses several issues to update the Canada Business Corporations Act as part of Industry Canada’s consultations, and urges a comprehensive review of the legislation every five years.
Bill C-31 — Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 1, Part 6, Division 20 - Immigration and Refugee Protection Act Amendments May 12, 2014 The CBA disagrees with Citizenship and Immigration Canada’s (CIC) proposal to make electronic filing of certain applications mandatory, citing the lack of worldwide internet access and previous problems with CIC’s electronic portals.
Patent and Trade-mark Agent-Client Privilege May 09, 2014 The CBA urges Industry Canada to consult further with the Federation of Law Societies and provincial and territorial law societies, before deciding whether to extend privilege to communications between patent and trade-mark agents and their clients.