Bill C-378 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act and the Food and Drug Regulations (drug export restrictions)

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

Sponsor

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Second reading (House), as of June 6, 2007
(This bill did not become law.)

Similar bills

C-378 (39th Parliament, 2nd session) An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act and the Food and Drug Regulations (drug export restrictions)

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-378s:

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C-378 (2017) An Act to amend the Department of Veterans Affairs Act (fairness principles)

C-378 (2013) Prohibition on Importing Goods Produced by Sweatshop Labour Act

C-378 (2011) Prohibition on Importing Goods Produced by Sweatshop Labour Act

C-378 (2010) An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (increase of maximum number of weeks: combined weeks of benefits)

C-378 (2009) An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (increase of maximum number of weeks: combined weeks of benefits)

Food and Drugs ActRoutine Proceedings

October 31st, 2006 / 10:05 a.m.

Liberal

Carolyn Bennett Liberal St. Paul's, ON

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-378, An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act and the Food and Drug Regulations (drug export restrictions).

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased today to introduce the bill, an act to amend the Food and Drugs Act and the Food and Drug Regulations. In view of the recent law enacted by the U.S. Congress after October 4, President Bush has opened the border to prescription drugs which has caused the U.S. customs service to stop seizing these purchases entering America from Canada.

We believe this is a first step to the full legalization of prescription drug imports from Canada that could come by the end of this year. We need to protect ourselves from this dramatic expansion of importation. We need to ensure that we avoid becoming America's drug store and yet we believe that since coming to office the new Conservative government has taken no action and, in fact, the health minister has said that he is not worried and that he will only respond when drug shortages occur.

(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)