This bill is from the 40th Parliament, 3rd session, which ended in March 2011.
Peter Van Loan Conservative
This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.
This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament has also written a full legislative summary of the bill.
This enactment implements the Free Trade Agreement and the related agreements on the environment and labour cooperation entered into between Canada and the Republic of Colombia and signed at Lima, Peru on November 21, 2008.
The general provisions of the enactment specify that no recourse may be taken on the basis of the provisions of Part 1 of the enactment or any order made under that Part, or the provisions of the Free Trade Agreement or the related agreements themselves, without the consent of the Attorney General of Canada.
Part 1 of the enactment approves the Free Trade Agreement and the related agreements and provides for the payment by Canada of its share of the expenditures associated with the operation of the institutional aspects of the Free Trade Agreement and the power of the Governor in Council to make orders for carrying out the provisions of the enactment.
Part 2 of the enactment amends existing laws in order to bring them into conformity with Canada’s obligations under the Free Trade Agreement and the related agreement on labour cooperation.
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-2s:
Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Implementation ActGovernment Orders
Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Implementation ActGovernment Orders
Conservative
Gordon O'Connor Conservative Carleton—Mississippi Mills, ON
Mr. Speaker, if you were to seek it, I believe you would find agreement to apply the vote from the previous motion to the current motion, with the Conservatives voting no.
Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Implementation ActGovernment Orders
Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Implementation ActGovernment Orders
Some hon. members
Agreed.
Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Implementation ActGovernment Orders
Liberal
Rodger Cuzner Liberal Cape Breton—Canso, NS
Mr. Speaker, on the same vote, the Liberals will be voting no.
Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Implementation ActGovernment Orders
Bloc
Michel Guimond Bloc Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord, QC
Mr. Speaker, the Bloc Québécois will support this motion.
Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Implementation ActGovernment Orders
NDP
Yvon Godin NDP Acadie—Bathurst, NB
Mr. Speaker, the members of the NDP vote in favour of this motion.
Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Implementation ActGovernment Orders
Independent
Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Implementation ActGovernment Orders
Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Implementation ActGovernment Orders
Conservative
Gordon O'Connor Conservative Carleton—Mississippi Mills, ON
Mr. Speaker, if you were to seek it, I believe you would find agreement to apply the vote from the previous motion to the current motion, with the Conservatives voting no.
Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Implementation ActGovernment Orders
Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Implementation ActGovernment Orders
Some hon. members
Agreed.
Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Implementation ActGovernment Orders
Liberal
Rodger Cuzner Liberal Cape Breton—Canso, NS
Mr. Speaker, the Liberals will be voting against the motion.
