August

The Women Lawyers Forum is pleased to see the following Notice to the Profession issued by the Federal Court following the Mid-Winter resolution on accommodating maternity in court gowning directives.

The CBA sent a submission to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security regarding Bill C-23.

The CBA has asked the Minister of Health to accelerate plans to implement a monitoring system for medical assistance in dying.

The Canadian Bar Association’s Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Community Forum wrote a letter to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness raising its concerns regarding Gender Identity and Expression Rights in Corrections.

In the recent federal budget, the government announced its proposal to eliminate billed-basis accounting for income-tax purposes. Billed-basis accounting means you aren’t taxed on your work-in-progress – you only pay tax on what you bill.

CBA Sections are developing a number of toolkits to be released this spring that are meant for everybody but which may be of particular use to small and solo practitioners. The Child Rights Toolkit and the Collateral Consequences Toolkit are aimed at improving your practice, and the Successfully Parenting Apart Toolkit is something you can use to help clients.

Message from the Chair.

The CBA comments on the parliamentary review of PIPEDA.

In a letter dated March 14, 2017 to Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, the CBA’s National Criminal Justice Section urges the government to complete a careful and comprehensive review of the many challenges facing Canada’s criminal justice system, taking advantage of current research and hearing from all justice system participants.

Don’t miss the opportunity to attend the conference, featuring the Honourable Justice Michael Moldaver of the Supreme Court of Canada.