Submissions and Resolutions

The CBA outlines issues of importance for the legal profession at the 2022 G7 Summit.

The CBA urges the government to work with Indigenous groups and give them resources to implement an action plan to significantly reduce incarceration rates of Indigenous peoples.

The CBA comments on Criminal Code and Identification of Criminals Act amendments to increase flexibility in the criminal justice system in the wake of COVID-19.

The CBA comments on the Employment Equity Act Review and recommends improvements to modernize the Act.

The CBA updates its February 2020 Alternative Report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child with a discussion of recent cases and events involving child and youth law in Canada.

The CBA assesses considerations for whether the Federal Court should adopt a vaccination protocol.

The CBA responds to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights’ review of the 2014 proposes changes to the criminal and municipal aspects of the law.

The CBA supports Bill C-5 as a step towards reforming mandatory minimum sentences and restoring conditional sentence orders in the Criminal Code.

The CBA supports complaint that Indian Act registration provisions discriminate against women in its letter to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

The CBA urges Finance Canada to consult with affected First Nations on the Disbursement Quota, to meet its obligations under UNDRIP.