2017

Whereas one of the objectives of the CBA is to promote equality and diversity in the legal profession

Whereas the Bylaws of the French Speaking Members in Common Law Provinces and Territories Conference provide that only CBA members called to a bar outside Quebec are eligible to become regular members of the Conference

Whereas the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section wishes to make the French version of the Section name consistent with the English, to reflect the idea of resolving disputes in ways other than going to court

Whereas, at the 2003 Annual Meeting in Montreal, CBA Council directed the Executive Officers to appoint a special committee to review and make recommendations to Council with respect to fee levels for the CBA

Whereas the Uniform Securities Transfer Act (USTA) has been drafted as a joint project of the Uniform Law Conference of Canada and the Canadian Securities Administrators’ USTA Task Force to modernize Canadian commercial law governing property rights that exist whenever securities are bought, sold or used as collateral

Whereas, at the 1995 Annual Meeting in Winnipeg, Council of the Canadian Bar Association called for the Criminal Code to be amended to clarify who may appear as agent in summary conviction matters and for independent paralegals to be regulated by the provinces and territories

Whereas Canadian Bar Association Council has adopted the Public Interest Intervention Policy, governing Canadian Bar Association interventions on matters of compelling public interest or of special significance to the legal profession

Whereas the term “Conference”, describing common interest groups in the Canadian Bar Association By-Laws, is often confusing

Whereas the National Health Law and Law Practice Management & Technology Sections wish to increase Members-at-Large on their respective executive committees

Whereas the Canadian Bar Association is committed to promoting equality in the legal profession