LAW RESOURCES And SUBMISSIONS
The CBA has a long history of advocating for the rights of Indigenous peoples in the Canadian justice system and work to support reconciliation through public policy and advocacy. Building positive and mutual relationships with Indigenous communities will be an ongoing and evolving journey.
Submissions
- Bill C-40 - Miscarriages of Justice Review Commission Act (November 2023 - David and Joyce Milgaard’s Law)
- Corrections – Structured Intervention Units (October 2023)
- Bill C-48 — Proposed changes to strengthen Canada’s bail system (September 2023)
- Prisoners’ exercise of right to counsel (August 2023)
- Prisons & Pathways (April 2023)
- Study of Canada’s Bail System (March 2023)
- Nomination au Tribunal des revendications particulières (February 2023)
- Indigenous Decarceration (May 2022)
- Indigenous Children (October 2021)
- Bill C-15 (April 2021)
- Specific Claims Tribunal (November 2021)
- Federal Court Practice Guidelines for Aboriginal Proceedings (September 2021)
- Federal Judicial Appointments (November 2020)
- UN Committee on the Rights of the Child – Update to the CBA Section Alternative Report Uniform Police Record Checks Act (October 2020)
- Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls Report (June 2020)
- COVID-19 – Impediments to Justice Canada Proceeding before the Federal Court (May 2020)
- COVID-19 — Indigenous Peoples' Governance (April 2020)
- Welcome to Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (March 2020)
- Access to Documents on Federal Court Website (December 2019)
- Gowning Requirements for Counsel (Supreme Court of Canada - Novemer 2019)
- Gowning Requirements for Counsel (Chief Justice of the Tax Court of Canada - November 2019)
- Gowning Requirements for Counsel (Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Appeal - November 2019)
- Privacy Act Modernization (October 2019)
- Bill S-251, Criminal Code Amendments (Independence of the Judiciary - June 2019)
- Bill C-93, Criminal Records Act (June 2019)
- Bill S-251, Independence of the Judiciary (June 2019)
- Bill C-83, Corrections and Conditional Release Act amendments (May 2019)
- Bill C-92 — An Act Respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families (April 2019)
- Bill C-75, Criminal Code and Youth Criminal Justice Act amendments (April 2019)
- Bill C-91 — Indigenous Languages Act (March 2019)
- Bill C-69 — Impact Assessment Act (March 2019)
- Bill C-92, Act respecting Indigenous, Inuit and Metis Children, Youth, and Families (April 2019)
- Bill C-91, Indigenous Languages Act (March 2019)
- Bilingual Constitution of Canada (February 2019)
- Bill C-75 Criminal Code and Youth Criminal Justice Act amendments (September 2018)
- Specific Claims Procedure (August 2018)
- National Commissioner for Children and Youth in Canada (May 2018)
- Bill C-69 Impact Assessment Act (April 2018)
- Reinstatement of the Court Challenges Program (June 2018)