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CBA Task Force on Justice Issues Arising from COVID-19

The Task Force on Justice Issues Arising from COVID-19 was a task force of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA).

History

On April 28, 2020, the CBA announced the launch of its Task Force on Justice Issues Arising from COVID-19 which would "examine in the wake of pandemic crisis systemic changes to improve the federal legal and justice systems overall."[1]

The Task Force published its report on February 17, 2021.[2]

Members

Name Role Notes
Vivene Salmon Co-Chair[1:1] Past President of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA)
Brad Regehr Co-Chair[3] President of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA)
Richard Wagner Justice System Partner Supreme Court of Canada, Canadian Judicial Council (CJC)
Marc Noël Justice System Partner Federal Court of Appeal
Paul Crampton Justice System Partner Federal Court of Canada
Eugene Rossiter Justice System Partner Tax Court of Canada
François Daigle Justice System Partner Department of Justice Canada
Owen Rees Justice System Partner Department of Justice Canada
Morgan Cooper Justice System Partner Federation of Law Societies of Canada (FLSC)
Daniel Gosselin Justice System Partner Courts Administration Service (CAS)
Francine Côté Justice System Partner Courts Administration Service (CAS)
Orlando da Silva Justice System Partner Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada (ATSSC)
Robert Leckey Justice System Partner Council of Canadian Law Deans
Catherine Dauvergne Justice System Partner Council of Canadian Law Deans
Jody Berkes Member Canadian Bar Association (CBA)
Martine Boucher Member Canadian Bar Association (CBA)
Daniel Bourque Member Canadian Corporate Counsel Association (CCCA)
Erin Brook Member Canadian Bar Association (CBA)
Steeves Bujold Member Canadian Bar Association (CBA)
John Gillis Member Canadian Bar Association (CBA)
Lisa Hynes Member Canadian Bar Association (CBA)
Sharon Kravetsky Member Canadian Bar Association (CBA)
Tom Laughlin Member Canadian Bar Association (CBA)
Steve Pengelly Member Canadian Bar Association (CBA)
Kathryn Pentz Member Canadian Bar Association (CBA)
Christopher Wirth Member Canadian Bar Association (CBA)
Stuart Zacharias Member Canadian Bar Association (CBA)
Jennifer Brun Contributor -
Karen Eltis Contributor -
Patricia Hebert Contributor -
David Hutt Contributor -
Kerry Simmons Contributor -
Kara Bodie Student Researcher -
Alexandra Nestorova Student Researcher -
Marc-André O'Rourke Project Director Canadian Bar Association (CBA)
Louise Brunet-Hermus Support Staff Canadian Bar Association (CBA)
Kim Covert Support Staff Canadian Bar Association (CBA)
Lyne Demmery Support Staff Canadian Bar Association (CBA)
Louis Robillard Support Staff Canadian Bar Association (CBA)
Tamra Thomson Support Staff Canadian Bar Association (CBA)
Sebrina Vandor Support Staff Canadian Bar Association (CBA)

  1. CBA Task Force on COVID-19 convened. (2020, April 28). National Magazine. http://archive.vn/2025.02.21-231538/https://nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articles/law/rule-of-law/2020/cba-task-force-on-covid-19-convened ↩︎ ↩︎

  2. No Turning Back: CBA Task Force Report on Justice Issues Arising from COVID-19. (2021, February 17). Canadian Bar Association. https://web.archive.org/web/20250313003208/https://www.cba.org/CBAMediaLibrary/cba_na/PDFs/Publications And Resources/2021/CBATaskForce.pdf ↩︎

  3. Salmon, V., & Regehr, B. (2021). No Turning Back: CBA Task Force Report on Justice Issues Arising from COVID-19. Canadian Bar Association. https://web.archive.org/web/20210219191148/https://www.cba.org/CBAMediaLibrary/cba_na/PDFs/Publications And Resources/2021/CBATaskForce.pdf ↩︎