CBA 2021 AGM

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The Canadian Bar Association (CBA) held its 2021 Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Feb. 17, 2021. Omar Ha-Redeye was cited in National Magazine,

There was far less disagreement over a proposed amendment to CBA bylaws to amend the definition of diversity to include religious groups, which was adopted. 

However, it did invite a cautionary note from Toronto lawyer Omar Ha-Redeye that we should guard against inadvertently creating more exclusion, specifically with regards to some religious beliefs that can at times be used to tolerate forms of sexism or homophobia. 

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