> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # CBA Task Force on Justice Issues Arising from COVID-19 - URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/cba-task-force-on-justice-issues-arising-from-covid-19/ - Published: 2026-02-20T19:57:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-02-20T19:57:47.000Z - Author: Liam Sturgess - Tags: Profiles, #docs, #organization, COVID-19, Organization, #toc 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."[\[1\]](#fn1) The Task Force published its report on February 17, 2021.[\[2\]](#fn2) ## Members | Name | Role | Notes | | -------------------- | ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Vivene Salmon | Co-Chair[\[1:1\]](#fn1) | Past President of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) | | Brad Regehr | Co-Chair[\[3\]](#fn3) | President of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) | | Richard Wagner | Justice System Partner | Supreme Court of Canada, [Canadian Judicial Council](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/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](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Department-of-Justice-Canada) | | Owen Rees | Justice System Partner | [Department of Justice Canada](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/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](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/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. [↩︎](#fnref1) [↩︎](#fnref1:1) 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](https://web.archive.org/web/20250313003208/https://www.cba.org/CBAMediaLibrary/cba%5Fna/PDFs/Publications%20And%20Resources/2021/CBATaskForce.pdf) [↩︎](#fnref2) 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](https://web.archive.org/web/20210219191148/https://www.cba.org/CBAMediaLibrary/cba%5Fna/PDFs/Publications%20And%20Resources/2021/CBATaskForce.pdf) [↩︎](#fnref3)