Yes.
All statements by the CBA, first of all, are based upon principles that have been adopted by our council, which is like the parliament of the CBA, if you will. Resolutions may be brought forward to the council and voted upon by the representative body, which has members based roughly in proportion to our membership in each province, and it meets twice a year. The basic principles of criminal justice on which all of our statements on the Criminal Code are based have been adopted by that council.
Secondly, when we have a particular bill or, in this case, a review of a law that has been in place, it goes before our criminal justice section, the members of which have been elected to their positions in the executive by members of their provinces and territorial groups, as well as the chairs of each of the sections within each province and territory. There's a second representative process in place within the section. The statement is then reviewed by a standing committee of the CBA and finally approved by the executive officers. There are third and fourth levels of review and procedure by elected members.
Parliament doesn't survey all Canadians each time it passes a law. It uses representative systems, as does the CBA.