Bill C-24 (Historical)

Softwood Lumber Products Export Charge Act, 2006

An Act to impose a charge on the export of certain softwood lumber products to the United States and a charge on refunds of certain duty deposits paid to the United States, to authorize certain payments, to amend the Export and Import Permits Act and to amend other Acts as a consequence

This bill is from the 39th Parliament, 1st session, which ended in October 2007.

Sponsor

David Emerson  Conservative

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament has also written a full legislative summary of the bill.

The purpose of this enactment is to implement some of Canada’s obligations under the Softwood Lumber Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United States, by imposing a charge on exports of certain softwood lumber products to the United States and on refunds of certain duty deposits paid to the United States and by amending certain Acts, including the Export and Import Permits Act. The charge on exports will take effect on October 12, 2006 and will be payable by exporters of softwood lumber products. The enactment also authorizes certain payments to be made.

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.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-24s:

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C-24 (2016) Law An Act to amend the Salaries Act and to make a consequential amendment to the Financial Administration Act
C-24 (2014) Law Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act
C-24 (2011) Law Canada–Panama Economic Growth and Prosperity Act
C-24 (2010) Law First Nations Certainty of Land Title Act

Votes

Dec. 6, 2006 Passed That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.
Dec. 4, 2006 Passed That Bill C-24, An Act to impose a charge on the export of certain softwood lumber products to the United States and a charge on refunds of certain duty deposits paid to the United States, to authorize certain payments, to amend the Export and Import Permits Act and to amend other Acts as a consequence, as amended, be concurred in at report stage with further amendments.
Dec. 4, 2006 Failed That Bill C-24 be amended by deleting Clause 50.
Dec. 4, 2006 Failed That Bill C-24 be amended by deleting Clause 18.
Dec. 4, 2006 Passed That Bill C-24, in Clause 17, be amended by: (a) replacing lines 42 and 43 on page 12 with the following: “product from the charges referred to in sections 10 and 14.” (b) replacing line 3 on page 13 with the following: “charges referred to in sections 10 and 14.”
Dec. 4, 2006 Failed That Bill C-24 be amended by deleting Clause 17.
Dec. 4, 2006 Failed That Bill C-24 be amended by deleting Clause 13.
Dec. 4, 2006 Passed That Bill C-24, in Clause 12, be amended by replacing lines 2 to 13 on page 8 with the following: “who is certified under section 25.”
Dec. 4, 2006 Passed That Bill C-24, in Clause 10.1, be amended by: (a) replacing line 27 on page 5 with the following: “referred to in section 10:” (b) replacing line 12 on page 6 with the following: “underwent its first primary processing in one of”
Dec. 4, 2006 Failed That Bill C-24 be amended by deleting Clause 10.
Dec. 4, 2006 Failed That Bill C-24, in Clause 107, be amended by replacing lines 37 and 38 on page 89 with the following: “which it is made but no earlier than November 1, 2006.”
Dec. 4, 2006 Failed That Bill C-24, in Clause 100, be amended by replacing line 3 on page 87 with the following: “( a) specifying any requirements or conditions that, in the opinion of the Government of Canada, should be met in order for a person to be certified as an independent remanufacturer;”
Dec. 4, 2006 Failed That Bill C-24 be amended by deleting Clause 8.
Oct. 18, 2006 Passed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on International Trade.
Oct. 16, 2006 Failed That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word "That" and substituting the following: “the House decline to proceed with Bill C-24, An Act to impose a charge on the export of certain softwood lumber products to the United States and a charge on refunds of certain duty deposits paid to the United States, to authorize certain payments, to amend the Export and Import Permits Act and to amend other Acts as a consequence, because it opposes the principle of the bill, which is to abrogate the North American Free Trade Agreement, to condone illegal conduct by Americans, to encourage further violations of the North American Free Trade Agreement and to undermine the Canadian softwood sector by leaving at least $ 1 billion in illegally collected duties in American hands, by failing to provide open market access for Canadian producers, by permitting the United States to escape its obligations within three years, by failing to provide necessary support to Canadian workers, employers and communities in the softwood sector and by imposing coercive and punitive taxation in order to crush dissent with this policy”.
Oct. 4, 2006 Failed That the amendment be amended by adding the following: “specifically because it fails to immediately provide loan guarantees to softwood companies, because it fails to un-suspend outstanding litigation which is almost concluded and which Canada stands to win, and because it punishes companies by imposing questionable double taxation, a provision which was not in the agreement signed by the Minister of International Trade”.

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October 6th, 2006 / 1:10 p.m.

Some hon. members

Yea.

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October 6th, 2006 / 1:10 p.m.

The Acting Speaker Royal Galipeau

All those opposed will please say nay.

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October 6th, 2006 / 1:10 p.m.

Some hon. members

Nay.

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October 6th, 2006 / 1:10 p.m.

The Acting Speaker Royal Galipeau

In my opinion the nays have it.

And more than five members having risen:

Pursuant to Standing Order 45, the recorded division stands deferred until Monday, October 16, at the hour of adjournment.

The hon. member for Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine on a point of order.

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October 6th, 2006 / 1:10 p.m.

Liberal

Marlene Jennings Liberal Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, QC

Mr. Speaker, I am seeking clarification. When you say that the vote is deferred until Monday, October 16, did I understand you correctly to say at the end of government orders at 6:30 in the evening?

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October 6th, 2006 / 1:10 p.m.

The Acting Speaker Royal Galipeau

That is exactly what I said, but I said it in French.

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October 6th, 2006 / 1:10 p.m.

Conservative

James Bezan Conservative Selkirk—Interlake, MB

Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. The House has made good progress today on the business before it. I thank all members for their cooperation and want to wish everyone a pleasant holiday weekend. I believe you would find consent to see the clock at 2:30.

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October 6th, 2006 / 1:10 p.m.

The Acting Speaker Royal Galipeau

Is it agreed?

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October 6th, 2006 / 1:10 p.m.

Some hon. members

Agreed.

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October 6th, 2006 / 1:10 p.m.

The Acting Speaker Royal Galipeau

It being 2:30 p.m., the House stands adjourned until Monday, October 16 at 11 a.m. pursuant to Standing Orders 28(2) and 24(1).

(The House adjourned at 1:13 p.m.)

Softwood Lumber Products Export Charge Act, 2006Government Orders

October 16th, 2006 / 7 p.m.

The Speaker Peter Milliken

The House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred division on the amendment moved by the hon. member for Beauséjour at second reading of Bill C-24.

The question is on the amendment.

Before the Clerk announced the results of the vote:

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October 16th, 2006 / 7:10 p.m.

NDP

Libby Davies NDP Vancouver East, BC

Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. Before you determine the vote, the NDP had clearly intended to vote for this amendment, so all NDP members present would seek the consent of the House to be recorded in favour of this amendment.

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October 16th, 2006 / 7:10 p.m.

Conservative

Jay Hill Conservative Prince George—Peace River, BC

Mr. Speaker, I am rising on a point of order to say that as far as parliamentary tradition is concerned, I believe there are no points of order, including this one of mine, until after the vote is taken. I would hate the viewing public to consider that it was the clerks who made the error. Clearly the NDP did not intend to vote for this amendment or members would have risen when they had the opportunity.