Justice committee  I'm with the Canadian Bar Association and will say a few words, and then Mr. DelBigio will continue on.

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, and honourable members. We're very pleased to appear before you today on your review of sections 25.1 to 25.4 of the Criminal Code. The Canadian Bar Association was very active in commenting on the original Bill C-24 before this committee, so we are very h

Justice committee  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 ba

Justice committee  The principles on which the position is based are published and known, and the review of section 25.1 would not have been an election issue because it wasn't in a review at the time of the last elections.

Justice committee  The mission of the CBA is indeed multifaceted. It does have that member interest facet to it that gives the wonderful insurance rates you talk about from the CBIA. It also has a public interest element to it that is well established in the mission statement adopted by Parliament.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. The Canadian Bar Association is very pleased to appear before this committee today on Bill C-14, with these particular amendments to the Citizenship Act. We have addressed these issues before this committee before, in previous bills in previous Parliaments.

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and honourable members. The Canadian Bar Association is very pleased to have an opportunity to present its views to you today on Bill C-9. The CBA is a national voluntary organization comprising lawyers, law professors, law teachers, notaries, and law studen

Justice committee  The submission you have before you was prepared by the members of the criminal justice section. The executive of the section comprises the officers, who are elected, and the chairs of each of our branch sections—branches in every province and territory in Canada. Those people in

Justice committee  I'm not sure about the entire membership of the section, but I do know the executive is fairly well balanced between crown prosecutor and defence. There are some who start on one side and then go to the other and back.

Justice committee  Mr. Chair, honourable members, thank you for the invitation to address you today concerning judicial compensation and Bill C-17. I will start with a brief overview of the Canadian Bar Association's interest in this issue. Then my colleague Mr. Leurer will give more detailed comme

Justice committee  Certainly members of the CBA have noted the problem of backlogs in family courts in provinces other than New Brunswick, as well. We see it as a problem across the country, and we certainly supported the additional complement of judges for the unified family courts that were in th

Justice committee  The policy of the CBA is set through our council process and through the expertise of the members on our standing committees. Just as every law is not subject to a plebiscite, the policies of the CBA go through a representative process.

Justice committee  There are judges who are members. However, the constitution of the CBA isolates them from participation in the policy-making process.

Justice committee  Yes, and I'm not sure what it is offhand. It's comparable to that of a regular member.

Justice committee  Depending on the province.