Justice committee  We will each speak for about two minutes.

Information & Ethics committee  Mr. Chair, I will start and then Mr. Bowman will continue. The Canadian Bar Association is very pleased to appear before this committee as it conducts its statutory review of PIPEDA. The Canadian Bar Association is a national association representing over 37,000 jurists across C

Justice committee  In terms of how CBA policy is developed, it is through democratic processes, representative processes. It does not claim to be unanimous, but it is representative.

Justice committee  I will start; he will finish.

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and honourable members. The Canadian Bar Association welcomes the opportunity to present our comments to you today on Bill C-10. The CBA is a national organization that represents 37,000 jurists across Canada, and among our objectives is improvement in th

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I will start and then my colleague Ms. Buckley will take over--

Justice committee  Mr. Chair, honourable members, the Canadian Bar Association appreciates the opportunity to speak to the committee today on two programs that are very dear to our mission, those being the Court Challenges Program and the Law Commission. The Canadian Bar Association is a national

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. The Canadian Bar Association is very pleased to have been able to accept the committee's invitation to appear today on Bill C-25. I'd like to start by telling the committee members about the distinction between the Federation of Law Societies and the Canad

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.

Justice committee  Not offhand, no.

Justice committee  I don't know the proportion of judges who are members. As I said before, all of them are isolated from the policy-making decisions. None of the judges who are members participated in the process of developing this brief, or any other policy of the CBA.

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