2017

Whereas the National Bankruptcy and Insolvency Section wishes to benefit from the experience and continued involvement of past Section chairs

Whereas the auditors of the Canadian Bar Association have advised the Finance Committee that extending all estimates and assumptions five years out to develop a full financial plan is not a good use of time and resources

Whereas student membership in the Canadian Bar Association is restricted to law students enrolled in full time studies at a recognized Canadian law school, articling students, and Canadian citizens studying at a recognized foreign law faculty

Whereas the Legal Profession Assistance Conference (LPAC) works with local provincial and territorial programs designed to recognize alcohol, drug and other chemical substance abuse problems, and other personal and emotional problems, and to assist in the rehabilitation of law students, lawyers, judges arid related professional

This Section of the National Sections Council of the Canadian Bar Association (the Association) shall be known as the “National Intellectual Property Section” (the Section).

Whereas the Model National Section Bylaw and specified National Section Bylaws were amended at the 2007 Mid-Winter Meeting in Mont-Tremblant

Whereas the office of the federal court prothonotary was created in 1971 and the first appointments made in 1985

Whereas the federal Privacy Act, enacted in 1982, has not kept pace with societal and technological developments, or with parallel legislation for the private sector such as the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, diminishing its effectiveness in protecting the private information of Canadians

Whereas the federal Income Tax Act and the pension benefit standards legislation enacted by the federal government and nine provinces permit registration of pension plans sponsored by employers, but not by self employed persons

Whereas the Canadian Bar Association has a long history of contributing to the development of codes of professional conduct and the law of professional responsibility, starting with the adoption of the Canons of Legal Ethics in 1920