July 28, 2021

A closer look at the Report on Modernizing the Child, Family and Community Service Act: Disclosure

This post is part of a series highlighting recommendations in the Report on Modernizing the Child, Family and Community Service Act. For other posts in the series click here. Should section 64 of the Child, Family and Community Service Act be amended to conform with case-law stipulations on what a Read more…

July 14, 2021

A closer look at the Report on Modernizing the Child, Family and Community Service Act: Consent orders

This post is part of a series highlighting recommendations in the Report on Modernizing the Child, Family and Community Service Act. For other posts in the series click here. Should section 60 of the Child, Family and Community Service Act be amended to enable the court to dispense with the Read more…

June 30, 2021

A closer look at the Report on Modernizing the Child, Family and Community Service Act: Emotional harm

This post is part of a series highlighting recommendations in the Report on Modernizing the Child, Family and Community Service Act. For other posts in the series click here. Should the ground for protection relating to emotional harm of a child be expanded from circumstances in which a child is Read more…

June 16, 2021

A closer look at the Report on Modernizing the Child, Family and Community Service Act: Promoting contact

This post is part of a series highlighting recommendations in the Report on Modernizing the Child, Family and Community Service Act. For other posts in the series click here. Should the Child, Family and Community Service Act be amended to adopt new provisions promoting contact between children and their parents, Read more…

February 17, 2021

CBABC endorses BCLI, CCEL reports in Agenda for Justice 2021

In its just-published Agenda for Justice 2021, the Canadian Bar Association (British Columbia Branch) has endorsed four reports of the BC Law Institute and its division, the Canadian Centre for Elder Law, for priority legislative action. The reports are: Report on Proposals for Unfair Contracts Relief (BCLI rep. no. 60, 2011); Report Read more…