Submissions
As the national voice of Canada’s law societies, the Federation of Law Societies of Canada provides its views to the federal government on issues related to the governance of the legal profession and core values of public importance, including solicitor client privilege.
Anti-money laundering
Criminal law
Deposit insurance
Immigration
Income tax
Information and privacy law
Judicial appointments and discipline processes
Public safety and national security
Regulation of intellectual property agents
Anti-money laundering
Commission of Inquiry into Money Laundering in British Columbia (Cullen Commission)
National Public Registry of Beneficial Ownership
Department of Finance White Paper in support of Parliament’s 5-year review of the Proceeds of Crime (Money-Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act
- Submission to the Department of Finance (May 2018)
Statutory review of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act
- Submission to the House of Commons Finance Committee (March 2018)
2023 Parliamentary Review of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (“the PCMLTFA”)
- Submission to Finance Canada (July 2023)
Criminal law
Bill C-75 (An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Youth Criminal Justice Act and other Acts)
- Additional Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs (May 2019)
- Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs (April 2019)
- Submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights (August 2018)
Bill C-39 (An Act to amend the Criminal Code (unconstitutional provisions) and to make consequential amendments to other Acts), and Bill C-51 (An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Department of Justice Act and to make consequential amendments to another Act)
- Submission to the Minister of Justice (June 2017)
Deposit insurance
Finance Canada Consultation on Deposit Insurance Review
- Supplemental Submission to the Department of Finance (December 2017)
- Submission to the Department of Finance (November 2016)
Immigration
Access to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada online portals
- Submission to Minister Sean Fraser (November 2021)
Amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and Citizenship Act, and new College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants Act
Income tax
Trust Reporting Amendments to the Income Tax Act – Bill C-32, Fall Economic Statement, Implementation Act, 2022
- Supplemental Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on National Finance (November 2022)
- Letter to the Minister of Justice (November 2022)
- Letter to the Minister of Finance (November 2022)
- Submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance (November 2022)
- Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on National Finance (November 2022)
Proposed reporting requirement for trusts and preservation of solicitor-client privilege
- Submission to the Department of Finance (April 2022)
- Submission to the Department of Finance (October 2018)
Bill C-47 – Proposed Mandatory Disclosure Rules amendments under the Income Tax Act
- Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on National Finance (May 2023)
- Submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance (April 2023)
Information and privacy laws
Bill C-58 (An Act to amend the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts) and the preservation of solicitor-client privilege
- Submission to the Senate of Canada’s Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee (July 2018)
- Submission to Minister Wilson-Raybould and Minister Brison (December 2017)
House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics review of Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
- Submission to Minister Bains on PIPEDA and the preservation of solicitor-client privilege (April 2018)
Judicial appointments and discipline processes
Process for Superior Court Judicial Appointments
- Submission to the Department of Justice (September 2016)
Possibilities for Further Reform of the Federal Judicial Discipline Process
- Submission to the Department of Justice (September 2016)
Public safety and national security
Border searches of electronic devices and the preservation of solicitor-client privilege
- Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on National Security and Defence re: Bill S-7 (May 2022)
- Submission to the Canada Border Services Agency (April 2022)
- Submission to Minister Goodale (May 2019)
- Submission to Minister Goodale (April 2018)
Bill C-59 (An Act respecting national security measures) and the preservation of solicitor-client privilege
- Submission to the Senate of Canada’s National Security and Defence Committee (January 2019)
- Submission to Minister Goodale (April 2018)
Public Safety Canada Consultation on Our Security, Our Rights: National Security Green Paper, 2016
- Submission to the Department of Public Safety (December 2016)
Regulation of intellectual property agents
Regulations under the College of Patent Agents and Trademark Agents Act pre-published in Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 155, Number 11
Bill C-86 (A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 27, 2018 and other measures)
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada and the Canadian Intellectual Property Office Consultation on a governance framework for intellectual property agents