I'll just introduce the CBA briefly.
Thank you for the invitation to present the Canadian Bar Association's views on Bill C-13 to you today.
The CBA is a national association of over 37,500 lawyers, students, notaries, and academics. An important aspect of our mandate is seeking improvements in the law and the administration of justice, and it's that aspect of our mandate that brings us to you today.
Our submission on Bill C-13 was a joint effort, a team led by our national criminal justice section with input from our privacy and access to information law section, our competition law section, as well as our children's law committee.
With me is Marian Brown, an executive member of our national criminal justice section. That section's membership represents a balance of crown and defence lawyers from all parts of the country. Ms. Brown has practised criminal law in B.C. as crown attorney, as defence counsel, and as counsel for an oversight agency investigating police for over 18 years. She'll now address the substance of our submission and respond to your questions.
Thank you.