CBA Speaker Diversity August 12, 2016 A Canadian Bar Association resolution passed at the 2016 Annual Meeting of Council.
Governance Framework for IP Agents - Governance Model, Discipline Process and Conflicts August 05, 2016 TheCBA comments on proposals to modernize the IP agent community, including governance models, a disciplinary process, and overlapping regimes for lawyer agents.
Future of Immigration - Government Consultation August 05, 2016 The CBA comments on the Future of Immigration to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.
In-Canada Asylum Review July 29, 2016 The CBA Immigration Law Section comments to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada on the in-Canada asylum process.
Model Code of Professional Conduct July 12, 2016 CBA supports proposed changes to FLSC Model Code of Professional Conduct on competence, dishonesty, leaving a law firm, and incriminating physical evidence.
Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement June 30, 2016 The CBA comments on parts of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: Chapter 12 (Temporary Entry for Business Persons) and Chapter 26 (Transparency and Anti-Corruption).
Governance Framework for IP Agents - Code of Conduct June 13, 2016 The Canadian Bar Association welcomes a code of conduct for patent and trademark agents and recommends changes to provide greater clarity about the scope of agent work and to deal with the unauthorized practice of law by non-lawyer agents.
Designated Representatives at Immigration and Refugee Board June 07, 2016 The Canadian Bar Association responds to the Immigration and Refugee Board's reply of Canada to suggested changes in use of Designated Representatives for children and vulnerable persons under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.
Temporary Foreign Worker Program May 27, 2016 The CBA offers suggestions to Minister Mihychuk on operation and enforcement of the Temporary Foreign Workers Program.
Governor in Council Appointments May 04, 2016 The Canadian Bar Association welcomes the federal government's announcement of a new approach to Governor in Council (GiC) appointments and encourages attention to underlying issues that affect the perceived integrity of GiC appointees, particularly for adjudicative tribunals.