- The name of the society is Canadian Polyamory Advocacy Association.
- The purposes of the society are:
- To advocate on behalf of those who practice polyamory in the 2009 reference to the British Columbia Supreme court respecting the constitutionality of section 293 of the Criminal Code of Canada.
- To promote legal, social, government, and institutional acceptance and support of polyamory in Canada, and to advance the interests of the Canadian polyamorous community generally.
- To undertake campaigns in the courts, media, government, and society generally to achieve the purposes set out in clauses (a) and (b) above.
- To be eligible for membership in the society, a person must support the purposes of the society, but that person:
- does not have to practice polyamory;
- need not have a past history of polyamorous experience; and,
- may lack any intention to practice polyamory in the future.
- In this constitution, the term “polyamory” refers to the practice, desire, or acceptance of having more than one intimate relationship at a time with the knowledge and consent of everyone involved.
- Among the concepts critical to the understanding of consent and of ethical behaviour within polyamory are gender equality, self-determination, free choice for all involved, mutual trust, and equal respect among partners.