Suggestions for improving CASL? We have a few… January 22, 2019 You don’t have to ask us twice: invited by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada to suggest improvements to Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation, several CBA Sections were happy to weigh in.
Victim fine surcharge regime unconstitutional January 22, 2019 The Supreme Court of Canada dealt a decisive blow to victim fine surcharges in December, ruling in R v Boudreault that the current surcharge regime is unconstitutional and amounted to “cruel and unusual punishment” of impecunious offenders.
Public Works suspension policy needs more consultation January 22, 2019 The CBA’s Anti-Corruption Team has 18 recommendations to make on the federal government’s draft revised Ineligibility and Suspension Policy for public works contractors. But its first comment may be its most important: that a one-month consultation period didn’t give stakeholders nearly enough time to study and comment on the policy, which is set to be finalized in early 2019.