Submissions and Legislative Updates

The Ontario Bar Association appreciates the opportunity to provide input on the Law Society of Upper Canada Professional Development and Competence Committee report to convocation dated September 22, 2016 addressing the Pathways Pilot Project Evaluation and Enhancements to Licensing.

The Ontario Bar Association (“OBA”) is pleased to provide this submission to the Law Society of Upper Canada Task Force on Compliance-Based Entity Regulation in response to its Consultation Paper: “Promoting Better Legal Practices” (“the Consultation Paper”).

The Ontario Bar Association (“OBA”) appreciates the opportunity to participate in consultations with the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services (“the Ministry”), and comment on Ontario’s Draft Regulations for Street Checks (“Draft Regulations”).

The Ontario Bar Association (“OBA”) appreciates the opportunity to comment to the Special Advisors for Ontario’s Changing Workplace Review, which examines the changing nature and trends of the modern workplace in today’s economy.

The Ontario Bar Association (“OBA”) appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services consultation for Ontario’s Proposed Regulation for Street Checks.

The Ontario Bar Association (the “OBA”) appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Ministry of the Attorney General’s consultation paper “Exploring an online Administrative Monetary Penalty System for infractions of provincial statutes and municipal by-laws in Ontario” (“the Consultation Paper”).

The Ontario Bar Association (“OBA”) is pleased to provide this update on our consideration of the issues raised by the Law Society of Upper Canada in “Alternative Business Structures and the Legal Profession in Ontario: A Discussion Paper” (the “Discussion Paper”)

The Ontario Bar Association (“OBA”) appreciates the opportunity to provide input on the New Proposed Rules of Common Procedure for all tribunals in the Social Justice Tribunals Ontario ("SJTO") Cluster.

The Ontario Bar Association (OBA) appreciates the opportunity to provide input on the Law Commission of Ontario's interim report: Vulnerable Workers and Precarious Work (the "Report").

The Ontario Bar Association (the “OBA”) appreciates the invitation from the Standing Committee on Justice Policy to address Bill 34, Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2012 (the “Bill 34” or the “Bill”).