Submissions and Resolutions

The CBA supports draft regulations on immigration detention of children and suggests improvements.

The CBA reports on the results of a consultation on the evolving role of Ottawa agents at the Supreme Court of Canada.

The CBA says the Official Languages Act should be modernized to reflect today's linguistic realities and it should include an enforceable section requiring the Justice Minister to ensure a completely bilingual Constitution for Canada.

The CBA supports proposals to improve court efficiencies while preserving fairness to the accused. It objects to proposals to abolish peremptory challenges, restrict preliminary inquiries and allow the introduction of police evidence by affidavit.

The CBA comments on four revised practice directions from the Specific Claims Tribunal, emphasizing the likely impact on resources available to Indigenous claimants.

The CBA says Parliament should add an enforceable section to the Official Languages Act requiring the Minister of Justice to ensure a completely bilingual Constitution for Canada.

The CBA highlights a recent resolution on advancing LGBTI2S rights globally and urges the government to show leadership in that arena.

The CBA comments on changes to the Supreme Court of Canada Rules and a proposed Practice Direction on interveners.

The CBA urges the government to ratify the third optional protocol of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child establishing procedure to bring complaints about violations directly to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.

The CBA urges the federal government to maintain the role of the Immigration and Refugee Board as an independent quasi-judicial tribunal responsible for refugee determination in Canada.