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The Canadian Bar Association appeared before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics. The submission was prepared by the CBA Privacy and Access, Immigration Law, and Commodity Tax, Customs and Trade Sections, as well as the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association (CCCA) and the Ethics Subcommittee of the Policy Committee of the Board.

The Commissioner of Federal Judicial Affairs is seeking applications from barristers or advocates who are members in good standing of any provincial or territorial Bar, and who have extensive professional experience spanning at least ten years, to fill an existing vacancy at the Federal Court in Vancouver and create a pool of candidates to staff future prothonotary positions in Ottawa, Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver.

In its letter to Health Canada, the CBA’s End-of-life working group offers comments in response to the proposed regulations for monitoring medical assistance in dying.

Does your Section have a conference coming up? Here’s a list.

Blast Email - April 2017

The CBA comments on the parliamentary review of PIPEDA.

So you want to set up a social media site for your Section or Forum. It’s a good idea, but there are a lot of questions that you need to ask – and answers that you need to find – before you go ahead. Read on to discover a few things you’ll need to consider.

A submission on Canada’s Anti-Spam Laws Private Right of Action Provisions has been made to Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada.

On behalf of the CBA, David Elder appeared before Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics on the Security of Canadians Information Sharing Act.

Blast Email - January 2017