Submissions and Resolutions

(Available in French only) The CBA underscores the urgency of filling the position of Associate Chief Judge of the Superior Court of Quebec.

The CBA comments on proposed changes to IRB Chairperson’s Guideline 8 (Procedures With Respect to Vulnerable Persons Appearing Before the IRB).

The CBA recommends pathways to permanent residency for persons without valid immigration status.

The CBA voices serious concerns about the current state of judicial vacancies in federally appointed courts.

The CBA recommends amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada’s Chairperson Guideline 3 on procedural and evidentiary issues for Child Refugee Claimants.

The CBA suggests improvements to proposed amendments to Canada’s economic sanctions regime in the Special Economic Measures Act and Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law).

The CBA suggests improvements to proposed amendments to Canada’s economic sanctions regime in the Special Economic Measures Act and Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law).

The CBA supports a foreign influence transparency registry and recommends that legal advice and information subject to solicitor-client or contemplated litigation privilege be exempt from registration requirements.

The CBA supports Criminal Code amendments to anti-terrorist financing offences in Bill C-41and suggests ways to make them clearer and fairer.

The CBA proposes solutions to operational challenges at IRCC, to reduce flagpoling, use a master portal, and update the “Use of a Representative” IMM 5476 form.