Official Languages committee  The Canadian Bar Association made its view on the program very clear to the minister last August.

Official Languages committee  In fairness, we did have the opportunity to address our questions to the then Minister of Justice Toews before the program was abolished.

Official Languages committee  The Canadian Bar Association has not applied for court challenges funding. We have our own program for the cases in which we intervene.

Official Languages committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman, honourable members. The Canadian Bar Association is pleased to have again an opportunity to speak in favour of the court challenges program. The CBA is a national organization that represents over 37,000 jurists across Canada. We bring a rule of law pe

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and honourable members. The Canadian Bar Association appreciates the opportunity to speak to you today on Bill C-32. We're a national association of 37,000 lawyers across Canada. Our mandate includes improvement of the law and improvement in the administrati

Justice committee  That's correct. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  In the aboriginal law section, which is the section that was primarily responsible for the submission. The membership comprises lawyers across the country who specialize in this area of law.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We don't track our membership statistics in that way.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Again, we don't track the membership of the section, but there are aboriginal lawyers involved in the section.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, honourable members. The Canadian Bar Association is very pleased to have the opportunity to appear before your committee today to address the very important issues reflected in Bill C-44. The Canadian Bar Association is a national association. We represent

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think that concludes our opening statements. We welcome questions.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. We thought that changing the order of the witnesses slightly would give a better flow of information for the members of the committee. The Canadian Bar Association is very pleased to appear before this committee today to speak about the appointment process

Justice committee  I will address that, if I may. Certainly we were very happy to hear the suggestion of a presumption. The close-in-age exemption is a very important aspect of the CBA's consideration of Bill C-22, and we consider it essential. Anything that would allow a defence to be raised in t

Justice committee  I will start.

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and honourable members. The Canadian Bar Association is pleased to have this opportunity to speak to you today in support of Bill C-22. The letter we have provided to you analyzing the bill has been prepared by our criminal justice section, which has among