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The Canadian Bar Association’s BC branch is calling for several changes to the law and its administration as a result of lessons we’ve learned in the pandemic that affect individuals and businesses. Jennifer Brun, the president of the CBABC, joins BIV publisher and editor-in-chief Kirk LaPointe for a conversation on the Agenda for Justice report from the association.

The attorney-general is supposed to be the least controversial of cabinet posts — a position demanding the disinterested mien of someone impervious to political winds or vested interests. Tell that to David Eby, who has been among the most partisan and pugnacious of NDP ministers since his appointment in July 2017.

How do we keep from forcing Eurocentric, patriarchal, and assimilative perspectives on migrant women of colour? It’s a question that Vancouver lawyer Will Tao asked in a thoughtful paper exploring the potential of intersectionality and Indigenous approaches to immigration appeals.

The B.C. government has introduced amendments to the Court of Appeal Act that, if passed, will make the process of filing an appeal easier to understand and more efficient for lawyers and people who are self represented.

"It is my great pleasure and privilege to announce that the Lieutenant Governor in Council has signed Orders in Council appointing three new provincial court judges to the Provincial Court. The new judge appointments are J Martin Nadon, Jodie Harris and Michelle Stanford Q.C." - Chief Judge Melissa Gillespie

From The Lawyer's Daily: Despite the watershed (and much-needed) change foisted on the justice sector as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Canadian Bar Association, B.C. Branch (CBABC) says much more needs to be done to improve access to the system. It has now set out a plan of action for the province to achieve that goal.

The Lawyer's Daily: The rights of transgender and non-binary persons to equality and dignity are not open to debate — they are a matter of law.

The Province is extending the current suspension of civil jury trials in the Supreme Court of B.C. by an additional year to respond to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the courts.

CBA President Brad Regehr discusses Calls to Action 34 and 40 with Harold R. Johnson and Stacey Soldier. They speak on the problem of over-incarceration of Indigenous peoples and how the system failed them.

The suspension of civil jury trials has been extended to October 7, 2022