Submissions and Resolutions

The Canadian Bar Association recommends that new rules to protect communications between patent and trade-mark agents and their clients remain distinct from solicitor-client privilege, which in Canada is a unique substantive rule of law protected by the Charter.

The CBA extends congratulations to the Justice Minister and looks forward to working with her to convey the perspective of the legal profession on issues of mutual interest.

The CBA extends congratulations to the Prime Minister and looks forward to working with the new government to convey the perspective of the legal profession on issues of mutual interest.

The CBA encourages the Provincial/Territorial Expert Advisory Group on Physician-Assisted Dying to adopt a harmonized, clear and principled approach to end of life decision-making, including timely access to physician assisted dying.

The CBA tells the federal External Panel on Options for a Legislative Response to Carter v. Canada that it supports amendments to the Criminal Code and harmonized provincial and territorial legislation to address physician-assisted dying.

The CBA articulates support for the retention of prothonotaries as important decision-makers in the Federal Court.

The CBA supports the amendments to the Model Code of Professional Conduct proposed by the Federation of Law Societies of Canada and suggests a number of changes to strengthen the new and revised provisions.

Submission to Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights

This Section of the National Sections Council of the Canadian Bar Association (the Association) shall be known as “The National Civil Litigation Section” (the Section).

Whereas the Model National Section By-law and certain specific National Section B-laws were amended at the 2007 Mid-Winter Meeting in Mont-Tremblant