Justice committee  Is that part of the Quebec legislation?

Justice committee  Thank you. I'm Gaylene Schellenberg, a lawyer with the legislation and law reform directorate of the Canadian Bar Association. As we regularly appear before your committee and have previously appeared on this bill, I know that you're familiar with the CBA. With me today is Ric

Public Safety committee  I'm Gaylene Schellenberg, a lawyer with the legislation and law reform department of the Canadian Bar Association. Thank you for the invitation to present the CBA's views on Bill C-5 today. The CBA is a national association representing over 37,000 lawyers, law students, notari

Justice committee  Good morning. I am Gaylene Schellenberg, a lawyer with the legislation and law reform department of the Canadian Bar Association. Thank you for the opportunity to present the CBA's views on Bill C-4 to you today. The CBA is a national association of over 37,000 lawyers, law s

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for the invitation to present to you today the CBA's views on Bill C-3. The Canadian Bar Association is a national association of over 37,000 lawyers, notaries, law students, and academics. An important aspect of our mandate is seeking improvements in the law and in th

Justice committee  I'm beginning. Thank you for the invitation to present the Canadian Bar Association's views on Bill C-52 to you today. I'm Gaylene Schellenberg, a lawyer with the legislation and law reform department of the CBA. The CBA is a national association of more than 37,000 members, inc

Justice committee  Thank you for the invitation to present the Canadian Bar Association's views on Bill S-4 to you today. The CBA is a national association of over 37,000 members, including lawyers, notaries, law students, and academics. An important aspect of our mandate is seeking improvement

Justice committee  I'll begin and Dan will take over.

Justice committee  Well, it's untrue. We have supported several criminal law bills. I forget the exact number, but—

Justice committee  The one that was on child pornography, we expressed support for that bill. That's just one that comes to mind.

Justice committee  I don't believe so.

Justice committee  The broad strokes of the CBA's policy directions and principles are set by the CBA's national council, which is the equivalent of our parliament. When the CBA considers a response to a specific criminal law initiative, we refer it to the 1,200 or so members of our criminal justic

Justice committee  No, our mandate includes improvement in the law and the administration of justice, which does allow some scope for consideration of the broader policy implications rather than just the technical analysis of the bill. So I think we take those considerations into account.

Justice committee  Thank you. Good afternoon. I'm Gaylene Schellenberg, a lawyer with the legislation and law reform directorate of the Canadian Bar Association. Thank you for the invitation to present the views of the CBA on Bill C-15 to you today. The CBA is a national association of over 38,0

Information & Ethics committee  Perhaps, if you could send us a list, I could do a search. It may be in a different context that we have addressed some of these issues.