I'm Gaylene Schellenberg, a lawyer with the legislation and law reform department of the Canadian Bar Association.
Thank you for the invitation to present the CBA's views on Bill C-5 today. The CBA is a national association representing over 37,000 lawyers, law students, notaries, and academics.
An important aspect of our mandate is seeking improvement in the law and the administration of justice. It's from that perspective that we appear before you today.
With me is Paul Calarco, member of the CBA's national criminal justice section. The CBA's justice section represents both crown and defence lawyers from every part of the country, and Mr. Calarco practises criminal law in Toronto.
I'll turn it over to him to introduce the substance of our submission and respond to your questions.
Thank you.