What We Do
Exchange information and ideas on subjects of specific use to practitioners in the entertainment field.

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Section Executive
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Upcoming Section Meetings
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Section Minutes
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Section Memorandums
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Section Annual Reports
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Section Submissions
CBA members and professional staff are actively involved in the development of government policy and law reform, lobbying on matters identified by members or responding to government initiatives. Click here to access the BC Branch archive of submissions to government or click here to access the CBA archive of submissions to government.

Media and Communications Law Section (CBA National)
The Media and Communications Law Section concentrates on five areas of law:

• Advertising - the law affecting advertisers in Canada, including Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission regulation, provisions of the Competition Act, and legislation intended to protect consumer privacy rights;
• Broadcasting - regulatory and other legal issues affecting broadcasters and broadcast distributors, including the mandate and policies of the CRTC and copyright issues;
• Entertainment - the concerns of the entertainment bar include freedom of expression, regulatory, copyright and privacy issues, as well as the rights and responsibilities of artists and their employers;
• Media and Freedom of Expression - the legal issues facing electronic and print media in Canada, including libel, slander and defamation issues and freedom of expression concerns;
• Telecommunications - legal and regulatory developments affecting providers and users of telecommunications in Canada, including content/carriage issues, CRTC mandate and regulatory policies, and electronic commerce.

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