On behalf of the Executive of the CBA Competition Law and Foreign Investment Review Section:
The CBA Competition Law and Foreign Investment Review Section has twelve (12) subject area Committees through which many of our Section’s activities are conducted. Our Committees provide a unique opportunity for members of the Canadian competition law and foreign investment community to get involved in our Section, to enhance their expertise and to collaborate with lawyers and economists sharing similar interests. Through their publications, programs, events and online resources, the Committees offer a range of services including analysis of legal and policy issues, and other activities that seek to advance competition law learning and expertise.
The vitality of our Committees is a function of their leadership. Each Committee (except for the Canadian Competition Law Review Committee) is led by a Chair and two Vice-Chairs coming from the Section members, in addition to a Vice-Chair coming from the Competition Bureau. The Committee Chairs and Vice-Chairs from the private sector are appointed by the Section Executive while the Vice-Chairs from the Competition Bureau are appointed by the Commissioner.
With the exception of the CCLR Committee and the Digital Media Committee, Committee Chairs and Vice-Chairs from the private sector are appointed for one-year terms and may be re-appointed. Subject to re-appointment, it is envisioned that an individual would serve on a Committee for three years: either three years as Vice-Chair or the first two years as Vice-Chair and year three as Chair.
If you are a Vice-Chair and wish to remain on the Committee leadership, either as Chair or Vice-Chair, you do not need to do anything. If you are a Vice-Chair and do NOT wish to remain on the Committee leadership, please let your responsible Executive Member (Sandy Walker or Elisha Kearney) know before July 14, 2022.
If you are currently Chair of a Committee, you would normally rotate off of the Committee come September – in which case we thank you profoundly for your contributions to the Section, and hope you will stay involved, perhaps on another Committee!
If you are interested in joining the leadership of one of our Committees for 2022-2023, please note that we are now accepting applications for Vice-Chair positions on each of our Committees, namely:
Please advise Augusta Acquah by July 14, 2022 if you would like to be considered by the Section Executive for any of these Vice-Chair positions (and if so, which ones) for the upcoming year, which will begin in September 2022.