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.