CBA to appear on Bill C-51 before Standing Committee
on Public Safety and National Security
Room C-110, 1 Wellington Street
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
7:30 PM
on Public Safety and National Security
Room C-110, 1 Wellington Street
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
7:30 PM
OTTAWA
– The Canadian Bar Association (CBA) will appear before the Standing
Committee on Public Safety and National Security to offer its views on
Bill C-51, Anti-Terrorism Act 2015.
“The
CBA supports measures to improve public safety that are necessary,
proportionate and accompanied by adequate safeguards against abuse,”
says the CBA submission.
http://www.cba.org/CBA/submissions/pdf/15-15-eng.pdf
The appearance is scheduled for Wednesday, March 25 at 7:30 pm in Room C-110, 1 Wellington Street. A live stream is available online through ParlVU.
http://parlvu.parl.gc.ca/parlvu/ContentEntityDetailView.aspx?contententityid=12753&date=20150325&lang=en&Language=E
Eric
Gottardi of Vancouver, Chair of the CBA’s National Criminal Justice
Section and Peter Edelmann, executive member of the National
Immigration Law Section, will present on behalf of the Association.
CBA
President Michele Hollins, QC of Calgary, will be in Ottawa and
available for interviews prior to the hearing on Wednesday, March 25.
To obtain a copy of the executive summary, available today, and to book an interview, please contact Marie-Josée Lapointe.
The
CBA is dedicated to support for the rule of law, and improvement in
the law and the administration of justice. Some 36,000 lawyers,
notaries in Quebec, law teachers, and law students from across Canada
are members.
