In its second committee appearance on the government’s Bill C-75, Criminal Code and Youth Criminal Justice Act amendments, the CBA presentation focused on the need for preliminary hearings.

The CBA’s Immigration Law Section doesn’t like anything about the government’s proposed amendments to Canada’s refugee determination system – not the suggested changes themselves, and certainly not the way they were presented – as part of C-97, the omnibus federal budget implementation bill.

There is much to love in the federal government’s proposed amendments to the Official Languages (Communications with and Services to the Public) Regulations:

The CBA’s Construction and Infrastructure Law Section has in the past asked the federal government to introduce prompt payment legislation, so it was happy to see it when it came – but unhappy with the way it was introduced, as part of an omnibus budget implementation bill, C-97.

When more than a third of transgender Canadians report negative interactions with their family doctors, you know there are more health issues to talk about in the LGBTQI2S community than we usually think about.

There are 159 countries in the World Trade Organization and when it comes to e-commerce, so far the only thing they’ve been able to agree on is to not put customs duties on electronic transmissions – a moratorium that has been renewed every two years since 1998.

Given the long-running confusion over what constitutes political activities by charities, as opposed to legitimate activities advancing a charity’s cause, guidance from the Canada Revenue Agency regarding which is which should be welcome.

Bill C-92, which was introduced in the House of Commons in February, is meant to help meet the Government of Canada’s commitment to righting past wrongs when it comes to the treatment of Indigenous children.

A law that can’t be enforced is an aspiration on a page. A law that purports to protect Indigenous language rights without providing for a way to defend those rights is little more than a “hollow promise,” says the CBA’s Aboriginal Law Section in response to the government’s proposed Bill C-91, the Indigenous Languages Act.

Bill C-69, the awkwardly named Impact Assessment Act and Canada Energy Regulator Act, to amend the Navigation Protection Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, has been reviewed and amended in the House and is now making its way through the Senate.