NOTICE TO THE PROFESSION

TO:           Members of the Profession

FROM:     John D. Richard
                Chief Justice, Federal Court of Appeal

DATE:      July 25, 2007

RE:           Prepublication of Proposed Amendments to the Federal Courts Rules

I wish to inform you that the proposed amendments to the Federal Courts Rules concerning class proceedings were pre-published in the June 30, 2007 issue of Part I of the Canada Gazette:
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2007/20070630/html/regle4-e.html.

You may make representations with respect to the proposed Rules within sixty days following the date of pre-publication.

For more information, please contact Mr. François Giroux, Secretary to the Federal Courts Rules Committee at (613) 995-5063 or by e-mail at francois.giroux@fca-caf.gc.ca

“John D. Richard”
Chief Justice