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) |
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 ↩︎ ↩︎
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 ↩︎
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 ↩︎