Thank you, Mr. Chair, and honourable members.
We're pleased to appear before you today on behalf of the Canadian Bar Association.
The CBA is a national association representing over 37,000 members of the legal profession. Our mandate includes improvement of the law and the administration of justice. It's through that optic that we've analysed the bill.
The submission before you has been prepared by the CBA's anti-corruption team, comprising lawyers in private practice and in-house counsel across Canada, who are experts in the field of anti-bribery and anti-corruption.
The CBA's anti-corruption team was put together to respond to all matters relating to anti-corruption laws and to provide a resource for Canadian lawyers to learn about anti-corruption legislation, and their compliance requirements.
My colleague Mr. Osborne is a member of the CBA's anti-corruption team and I'll turn it over to him to speak to our submissions.