Submissions and Resolutions

The CBA supports efforts to raise global standards for transparency in the extractive sector, however, urges harmonization of the reporting requirements with the Unites States and European Union regimes.

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.

The CBA supports Bill C-32, with some important amendments, to more meaningfully include victims in the criminal justice process.

The CBA comments on Bill C-32, the Victims Bill of Rights Act (the Bill).

The CBA says that Bill C-36, responding to the Supreme Court's decision in AG Canada v Bedford, would reintroduce problems the Court found unconstitutional.

The CBA says Bill C-2 should not be passed, as it would create insurmountable legislative obstacles to establishing new, or retaining existing safe injection sites.

The CBA responds to the Coordinating Committee of Senior Officials working group on FASD to ensure the criminal justice system responds appropriately to people with FASD, a permanent brain injury caused by maternal alcohol consumption.

WHEREAS a wrongful conviction represents the most serious example of a miscarriage of justice under the law

WHEREAS prosecutorial independence is a cornerstone of the proper functioning of the Canadian criminal justice system

WHEREAS Canada’s criminal justice system is intended to achieve several objectives, including ensuring public safety