Bill C-47 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Export and Import Permits Act and the Criminal Code (amendments permitting the accession to the Arms Trade Treaty and other amendments)

This bill was last introduced in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session, which ended in September 2019.

Sponsor

Chrystia Freeland  Liberal

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament often publishes better independent summaries.

This enactment amends the Export and Import Permits Act to
(a) define the term “broker” and to establish a framework to control brokering that takes place in Canada and that is undertaken by Canadians outside Canada;
(b) require that the Minister take into account certain considerations
before issuing an export permit or a brokering permit;
(c) authorize the making of regulations that set out additional mandatory considerations that the Minister is required to take into account before issuing an export permit or a brokering permit;
(d) set May 31 as the date by which the Minister must table in both Houses of Parliament a report of the operations under the Act in the preceding year and a report on military exports in the preceding year;
(e) increase the maximum fine for a summary conviction offence to $250,000;
(f) replace the requirement that only countries with which Canada has an intergovernmental arrangement may be added to the Automatic Firearms Country Control List by a requirement that a country may be added to the list only on the recommendation of the Minister made after consultation with the Minister of National Defence; and
(g) add a new purpose for which an article may be added to an Export Control List.
The enactment amends the Criminal Code to include, for interception of private communications purposes, the offence of brokering in the definition of “offence” in section 183.

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Votes

June 11, 2018 Passed 3rd reading and adoption of Bill C-47, An Act to amend the Export and Import Permits Act and the Criminal Code (amendments permitting the accession to the Arms Trade Treaty and other amendments)
June 11, 2018 Failed 3rd reading and adoption of Bill C-47, An Act to amend the Export and Import Permits Act and the Criminal Code (amendments permitting the accession to the Arms Trade Treaty and other amendments) (reasoned amendment)
June 4, 2018 Passed Concurrence at report stage of Bill C-47, An Act to amend the Export and Import Permits Act and the Criminal Code (amendments permitting the accession to the Arms Trade Treaty and other amendments)
June 4, 2018 Failed Bill C-47, An Act to amend the Export and Import Permits Act and the Criminal Code (amendments permitting the accession to the Arms Trade Treaty and other amendments) (report stage amendment)
June 4, 2018 Failed Bill C-47, An Act to amend the Export and Import Permits Act and the Criminal Code (amendments permitting the accession to the Arms Trade Treaty and other amendments) (report stage amendment)
May 30, 2018 Passed Time allocation for Bill C-47, An Act to amend the Export and Import Permits Act and the Criminal Code (amendments permitting the accession to the Arms Trade Treaty and other amendments)
Oct. 3, 2017 Passed 2nd reading of Bill C-47, An Act to amend the Export and Import Permits Act and the Criminal Code (amendments permitting the accession to the Arms Trade Treaty and other amendments)

Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee, on Oct. 17, 2017

  • Richard Arbeiter, Director General, International Security Policy Bureau, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development
  • Wendy Gilmour, Director General, Trade and Export Controls Bureau, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development
  • Robert Brookfield, Director General, Trade Law, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development

Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee, on Oct. 31, 2017

  • Ojars Eriks Kalninš, Chairman, Foreign Affairs Committee, Parliament of the Republic of Latvia (Saiema)
  • Alex Neve, Secretary General, Amnesty International Canada
  • Peggy Mason, President, Rideau Institute on International Affairs

Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee, on Nov. 2, 2017

  • Greg Farrant, Manager, Government Affairs and Policy, Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters
  • Steve Torino, President, Canadian Shooting Sports Association
  • Martin Butcher, Policy Advisor on Arms and Conflict, Oxfam
  • Cesar Jaramillo, Executive Director, Project Ploughshares

Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee, on Nov. 7, 2017

  • Anna Macdonald, Director, Control Arms Secretariat
  • Christyn Cianfarani, President and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries
  • Thomas Woodley, President, Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East

Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee, on March 1, 2018

  • Richard Arbeiter, Director General, International Security Policy Bureau, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development
  • Wendy Gilmour, Director General, Trade and Export Controls Bureau, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development
  • Shelley MacInnis, Counsel, Market Access and Trade Remedies Law, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development
  • Carolyn Knobel, Director General and Deputy Legal Advisor, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development
  • Philippe Méla, Legislative Clerk
  • Clerk of the Committee, Ms. Erica Pereira