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  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  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

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  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.

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  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  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