Citizenship and Immigration committee  Mr. Chair, I will start, and then Mr. Langford will continue. Mr. Chair and honourable members, we're very pleased to be here today on behalf of the immigration law section of the Canadian Bar Association. The CBA is a national organization, and the members of the immigration la

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'll defer.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, and honourable members. Mr. Veeman and I will be sharing the seven minutes. I'd like to start by thanking you for the opportunity to appear on these amendments to the Citizenship Act today. The Canadian Bar Association is a national association. We are mo

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and honourable members. We are very pleased to appear before this committee today on behalf of the Canadian Bar Association. We represent over 37,000 members across Canada. The statement that you have received from us was prepared by the aboriginal law sectio

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, and honourable members. The Canadian Bar Association is pleased to appear before this committee today on this important piece of legislation. The Canadian Bar Association is a voluntary association of 37,000 lawyers across Canada whose primary objectives i

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, honourable members. The Canadian Bar Association is pleased that you have given us the opportunity to comment on this bill today. It is one that we have a great interest in, evidenced by the fact that the letter you have before you is dated in September. We

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and honourable members. I will start and then give the floor to Maître Arsenault and then Mr. Greene. The Canadian Bar Association is very pleased to appear before your committee today. The issue of who can represent those applying to immigrate to Canada h

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and honourable members. The Canadian Bar Association is pleased to appear before the committee today. We are here representing the charities and not-for-profit law section of the CBA, and since most of you are familiar with the Canadian Bar Association from

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I will start and then my colleagues will continue on. I think you are all familiar with the Canadian Bar Association as a national association representing over 37,000 jurists across Canada. Amongst our objectives are the improvement of the law and the imp

Industry committee  No. We're exempt.

Industry committee  However, the law societies, our governing bodies, have brought in the special regulations in terms of dealing with only small amounts of cash from clients and with special rules to identify your clients that are more stringent than the reporting requirements, in order to avoid th

Industry committee  Yes. Those were the client identification rules.

Industry committee  Yes.

Industry committee  Essentially, it's part II of the executive summary.

Industry committee  Not for this bill, but for predecessors of this bill.