Citizenship and Immigration committee  Just to pick up on the issue of constitutionality, section 15 prohibits discrimination on the basis of national or ethnic origin. The intent to reside applies only to naturalized Canadians and not to Canadians who receive their citizenship because they were born here. It's diff

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and honourable members. The Canadian Bar Association is pleased to appear before the committee today to address Bill C-24, the Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act. The Canadian Bar Association is a voluntary association of 37,500 lawyers across Canada, w

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, and honourable members. The Canadian Bar Association is pleased to appear before this committee today to address the statutory review of the Conflict of Interest Act. The Canadian Bar Association is a voluntary association of 37,000 lawyers across Canada,

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and honourable members. The Canadian Bar Association is pleased to appear before this committee today to address Bill C-43. The Canadian Bar Association is a voluntary association of 37,000 lawyers across Canada whose primary objectives include improvement

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Mr. Chair, we're going to split the time between us, but we'll take the seven minutes. The Canadian Bar Association is pleased to appear before this committee today on its study regarding immigration application process wait times, particularly for the investor class and family

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. The Canadian Bar Association is very pleased to appear before this committee today on Bill C-11, the Balanced Refugee Reform Act. The Canadian Bar Association is a national voluntary association with about 37,000 members across the country. The citizenshi