In April of 2001, the CBF President received a petition signed by over 1800 bridge players from eastern Ontario and Quebec, asking the CBF to formally look into the possibility of setting up a separate Canadian Bridge Organization. Given that this petition had been signed by over 11% of the CBF membership, the CBF Board of Directors at its meetings in May of 2002 voted to set up a committee that would prepare a Feasibility Study on a Canadian Bridge League. The final report of this committee was presented to the CBF Board of Directors at their May 2002 meeting.

In April of 2001, the CBF President received a petition signed by over 1800 bridge players from eastern Ontario and Quebec, asking the CBF to formally look into the possibility of setting up a separate Canadian Bridge Organization. Given that this petition had been signed by over 11% of the CBF membership, the CBF Board of Directors at its meetings in May of 2002 voted to set up a committee that would prepare a Feasibility Study on a Canadian Bridge League. The final report of this committee was presented to the CBF Board of Directors at their May 2002 meeting.

Basically the report concluded that a separate Canadian Bridge League would be feasible but would take a great deal of time and energy to set up. It was felt that currently there is not a large momentum to push this forward but there are areas that the CBF should continue working with the ACBL on to help improve bridge in Canada.

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Appendix One: The following is a list of ACBL-related issues identified by Unit officials, tournament organizers, club managers and players across Canada.

Appendix Two: ACBL fees, 1995, 1999 to 2002 (US Dollars)

Appendix Three: Bridge in Other Countries

Appendix Four: Bridge Clubs in Canada: A Brief look at the situation and some proposals...

Appendis 5: Les clubs de bridge au Canada, un bref état de la situation et quelques propositions

Appendix Six: Budget for Bridge Canada

Appendix Seven: Capital and One-time Expenses

Appendix Eight: IDEAS FOR SOLUTIONS