The Criminal Justice Section of the Canadian Bar Association says in a submission that it supports Bill C-5, which proposes to remove several mandatory minimum sentences from the Criminal Code and other legislation, in addition to setting up a diversion program for simple drug possession offences.

Although Bill C-32 died on the Order Paper after being tabled in the House of Commons in 2021, it continues to raise concerns among members of the Canadian Bar Association’s French Speaking Common Law Members Section.

Most people agree with the goal of protecting children from the harms associated with increased exposure to internet pornography.

The Canadian Bar Association is committed to clarifying the law about end-of-life decision-making, especially for persons with mental illness, mature minors and advanced requests for medical assistance in dying, or MAiD. To this end, the CBA’s End of Life Working Group recommends that the Criminal Code be amended in a way that aligns with the criteria established by the Supreme Court of Canada in Carter.

Because Canada’s Competition Act is crucial to Canada’s economic recovery and future prosperity, the Competition Law and Foreign Investment Review Section of the Canadian Bar Association believes that any review the legislation should be rigorous, fact-based and include an examination of the public and private enforcement of the Act.

n the spring of 2021 several Sections of the Canadian Bar Association offered comprehensive suggestions to ensure a bilateral trade agreement with the United Kingdom and that country’s request to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, or CPTPP.

Foreign nationals who are without status in Canada but who cannot return to their country of nationality due to dangerous conditions should be allowed to apply for work permits if they are not subject to a removal order. That’s the gist of a letter to Immigration Minister Sean Fraser by the Immigration Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association.

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The Immigration Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association, in a letter to Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Sean Fraser, asks that paralegals be removed from the categories of persons authorized to practice immigration law.

Bill C-11, the Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2020, was introduced in November 2020 and died on the Order Paper when the 2021 election was called.