Good afternoon. Thank you for the invitation to the Canadian Bar Association to present its views to the committee today on Bill C-304.
The CBA is a national association of over 37,000 lawyers, law students, notaries, and academics. An important aspect of CBA's mandate is to uphold the rule of law and seek improvements in the law and in the administration of justice. It is this optic that informs our comments to you today. The CBA's national constitutional and human rights law section and equality committee are the authors of the submission you have before you and are composed of lawyers with specialized knowledge in human rights.
Mr. Toews is a member of the constitutional and human rights law section. He practises human rights law in Winnipeg.