2024

As Canada’s top judges again raise their voices about Ottawa’s chronic and lengthy delays in appointing superior court judges — causing cancelled trials, judicial burnout and wasted time and expense for litigants — the Liberal government has allowed more than one-third of its judicial vetting committees to collapse.

Listen to Aleem Bharmal, KC, CBABC President 2022/23, who went on CKNW's Mornings with Simi to answer the question: "Who should be held accountable for releasing repeat offenders?" 

The BCGLA has filed unionization cards with the province's Labour Relations Board

The BC branch of the Canadian Bar Association is pushing back against the public perception that judges and prosecutors are to blame when repeat violent offenders are released back into the community on bail. CBABC President Aleem Bharmal joins Global News Morning to set the record straight.

The association says it is “concerned about the current public discourse that unfairly blames judges and prosecutors for releasing offenders back into the community on bail.”

The Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch is concerned about the current public discourse that unfairly blames judges and prosecutors for releasing offenders back into the community on bail. Politicians from all parties have attempted to blame others for a difficult problem – addressing individuals with complex social problems who are accused, but not yet convicted, of crimes.

Sonia Furstenau’s legislation comes after Canadian Bar Association criticized NDAs

Increasing diversity is top of mind for many in B.C.’s legal realm as the process is underway to appoint a new person to the top job.

CBABC acknowledges the BC government’s commitment to funding 15 Indigenous Justice Centres as proposed in the First Nations Justice Strategy. CBABC has been calling for funding to support the implementation of the Strategy since it was established in 2020 to address the over-representation of Indigenous people in the criminal justice system.

As presented on Feb 4, 2023