The Business Immigration Program is inadequate to support the goals of attracting and retaining key talent in today’s global marketplace, the CBA’s National Immigration Section said in a recent submission to government.

A bill that would name gender identity and gender expression as prohibited grounds of exclusion under the Human Rights Act and Criminal Code has been debated in Parliament for far too long, says a new submission from SOGIC.

At the end of March, the CBA National Immigration Law Section made a submission in response to the Citizenship and Immigration Committee’s study of the regulatory framework surrounding immigration consultants.

In the tennis match that is the government’s review of its environmental assessment process, the ball is back in the CBA’s court – and the Association is calling a fault on the play.

A bill that would amend the Criminal Code to increase the reasons to keep suspects behind bars and require prosecutors to mention the accused’s prior criminal record and outstanding charges at bail hearings has sailed through the Senate and House approvals process on a wave of sympathy, but shouldn’t make it out of committee, says the Criminal Justice Section.

Rona Ambrose’s private member’s bill that would require sexual assault law training for prospective judges has laudable intentions, but a lot of its requirements already exist in law, several CBA sections say in a submission to a House committee reviewing the bill.

The CBA’s National Immigration Law Section has for more than 20 years been telling the federal government that the people best placed to counsel new and potential immigrants are lawyers – and immigration consultants only if they are governed stringently by a regulatory body.

Changes to the Canada Business Corporations Act designed to make certain enterprises more accountable for diversity in corporate leadership get a thumbs-up from a number of CBA groups.

With Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada looking at the question of medical inadmissibility and applicants likely to place “excessive demand” on the country’s health and social services, the CBA’s Immigration Law Section has some recommendations for streamlining procedures.

SOGIC wrote to Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale in March asking that the federal government show a leadership role in ensuring that convicted trans people aren’t doubly punished by a prison system designed on the binary model.