Submissions and Resolutions

A Canadian Bar Association resolution passed at the 2016 Annual Meeting of Council.

The CBA comments on the Saskatchewan Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority's consultation paper on negotiated cost pension plans. The CBA encourages harmonization, consistency and flexibility.

With proposed changes to Income Tax Act back-to-back rules, the Joint Canadian Bar Association/Canadian Professional Accountants of Canada Taxation Committee drafts legislation to avoid unintended consequences for bona fide business arrangements.

CBA supports proposed changes to FLSC Model Code of Professional Conduct on competence, dishonesty, leaving a law firm, and incriminating physical evidence.

The CBA comments on the Canadian Association of Pension Regulatory Authority (CAPSA) revised governance guidelines, and commends CAPSA's continued efforts to provide guidance on pension plan governance.

The CBA comments on entity regulation to the Federation of Law Societies and encourages the law societies to harmonize any new regulations between jurisdictions

A Canadian Bar Association resolution passed at the 2016 Mid-Winter Meeting of Council.

A Canadian Bar Association resolution passed at the 2016 Mid-Winter Meeting of Council.

The Canadian Bar Association supports proposed changes to the tax rules on estate donations and spousal trusts.

The Canadian Bar Association writes to the Ministers of Finance and Small Business about the impact of any changes to the small business corporate income tax rate on the legal profession.