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The Canadian Bar Association (CBA) says that changes are needed to Bill C-24, Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act, and offers 20 recommendations that would improve key areas of the legislation.

The Canadian Bar Association (CBA) says that changes are needed to Bill C-24, Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act, and offers 20 recommendations that would improve key areas of the legislation.

In the wake of Typhoon Haiyan last month, a group of lawyers from the Canadian Bar Association’s (CBA) National Immigration Law Section is spearheading a pro bono initiative to help families in Canada sponsor relatives living in areas affected by the recent disaster in the Philippines to come to this country.

Immigration law practitioners won’t want to miss the next CBA National Immigration Law Conference, to be held at the Delta Grand Okanagan Resort in Kelowna, British Columbia on May 3-5, 2012.

The Canadian Bar Association introduced a free, comprehensive new tool to address an inherent knowledge gap on children’s rights in Canada. The CBA Child Rights Toolkit is designed to help lawyers, judges and other professionals advocate, adjudicate and make better decisions for children.