Competition Bureau initiates discussion on Big Data December 18, 2017 Google. Facebook. Twitter. The Internet itself. Twenty years ago most of these things were barely more than glints in their creators’ eyes (the internet was still the information superhighway 20 years ago), now they’re ubiquitous resources that most people can’t live without.
Competition Bureau’s merger fee review would change more than the money December 12, 2017 The Competition Bureau’s proposal to increase the amount it charges for a merger review is more than the first fee increase in 14 years – it represents a change in philosophy about how the Mergers Directorate is funded.
Flagpoling pilot project unlawful, says Immigration Section December 12, 2017 A controversial Immigration Department pilot program that the CBA has argued should be stopped is instead being expanded, much to the dismay of the Immigration Law Section.
Excising uncertainty: Comments on proposed amendments to the ETA November 28, 2017 The purpose of a definition is to define. The purpose of a clarification is to clarify. According to CBA’s Commodity Tax, Customs and Trade Section, draft amendments to the Excise Tax Act do neither, and in fact create uncertainty.
Wanted: A healthy system to assess medical inadmissibility November 28, 2017 Protecting the integrity of the health-care system is an important factor to consider in Canada’s immigration program, but the focus can’t be on keeping applicants with medical conditions out, says the CBA’s Immigration Law Section.
Past due: More time, consultation needed for prompt payment legislation November 28, 2017 In a perfect world, no one would need a law to make them pay their bills on time.
Yes, but no: Well-intended Bill C-51 would not improve justice in sex assault cases November 15, 2017 Changes to the Criminal Code’s sexual assault regime in Bill C-51 threaten to upset the ability of an accused to provide a full defence, suggests the CBA’s Criminal Justice Section.
Three pages to storm the CASL November 15, 2017 There’s more wrong with Canada’s Anti-Spam Law than can be dealt with in a three-page submission. So it is problematic that the House of Commons Committee on Industry, Science and Technology has limited the statutory review of the law in both time and space, three CBA Sections say in their submission.
Concerns with proposed changes to Access to Information Act November 15, 2017 When quasi-constitutional legislation interferes with a quasi-constitutional right, things are likely to get entirely messy.
Once more unto the breach regulations October 30, 2017 Sometimes it is better – or more feasible – to notify individuals affected by a data breach indirectly. The Sections suggest amending the draft regulations to allow this when the contact information is “likely” to be out of date (the draft regulations say “is” out of date), or when the cost of directly notifying each individual in the affected group would be prohibitive to the organization.