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 justice section, which comprises, pretty much equally, crown and defence lawyers from every part of the country. The positions are debated, and there are sometimes differences of opinion, but generally they are able to come to a compromise position.
Generally, we do present. There have been a few bills on which we have been silent because an agreement wasn't possible. But the position we put forward is one that the crowns and the defence lawyers within the section have supported.