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Bar Leaders’ Priorities for G7 Leaders Summit

  • June 16, 2022

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

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Pension Investment Risk Management

  • May 13, 2022

The CBA comments on proposed pension investment risk management principles issued by the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions.

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Employment Equity Act Review

  • May 10, 2022

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

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Medical Assistance in Dying

  • May 09, 2022

The CBA comments on medical assistance in dying for persons with mental illnesses, mature minors and advance requests.

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PGWP Eligibility

  • April 28, 2022

The CBA recommends improvements to the Post-Graduation Work Permit Program in response to Canadian labour-market needs.

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United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)

  • April 19, 2022

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.

Aboriginal Law, Child and Youth Law, Constitutional & Human Rights and 6 more..., Family Law, French Speaking Lawyers, International Law, Public Sector, Women Lawyers, Young Lawyers

Expanded access to work permits for foreign nationals

  • February 15, 2022

The CBA recommends that IRCC expand access to work permits for foreign nationals unable to return to their country of nationality.

Administrative Law, Business Law, CCCA and 13 more..., Child and Youth Law, Competition Law, Constitutional & Human Rights, Elder Law, Family Law, French Speaking Lawyers, Immigration Law, International Law, Labour & Employment, Public Sector, Sole Practitioners, Women Lawyers, Young Lawyers

Medical Assistance in Dying

  • February 09, 2022

The CBA comments on medical assistance in dying for persons with mental illnesses, mature minors and advance requests.

CCCA, Charities & Not-for-Profit Law, Child and Youth Law and 11 more..., Civil Litigation, Constitutional & Human Rights, Criminal Justice, Elder Law, Family Law, French Speaking Lawyers, Health Law, Insurance Law, Privacy and Access, Taxation Law, Wills, Estates and Trusts

L'inclusion des personnes transgenres, non binaires et d'identités de genre diverses à la Cour d'appel fédérale

  • January 28, 2022

(only available in French) L'ABC recommande des mesures visant à améliorer l'inclusion des personnes transgenres, non binaires et d'identités de genre diverses à la Cour d'appel fédérale.

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