Submissions and Resolutions

The CBA addresses several issues to update the Canada Business Corporations Act as part of Industry Canada’s consultations, and urges a comprehensive review of the legislation every five years.

WHEREAS the Second Fundamental Principle of Olympism states that the goal of Olympism is to place sport at the service of the harmonious development of humankind, with a view to promoting a peaceful society concerned with the preservation of human dignity

The CBA voices concerns with Ministerial Direction permitting CSIS to share information derived from torture or other forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or that may expose a person to torture or mistreatment.

WHEREAS the Ministerial Direction to CSIS on Information Sharing With Foreign Entities (the Direction) permits, in limited circumstances at the discretion of the CSIS Director, sharing information that may be derived from or put persons at risk of torture or other forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment (mistreatment)

WHEREAS the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (Hague Convention on Apostilles) replaces the existing and cumbersome process of legalizing documents with a simpler process of apostilles

Letter to Justice Canada

Letters to Ministers of Justice (Alberta, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island)

Whereas the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) is an autonomous international institution of the World Bank Group whose primary purpose is to provide facilities for conciliation and arbitration of international investment disputes

Letter to Justice Canada

Letter to Chair, Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development