Bill C-8 (Historical)

Canada-Jordan Free Trade Act

An Act to implement the Free Trade Agreement between Canada and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Agreement on the Environment between Canada and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the Agreement on Labour Cooperation between Canada and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

This bill was last introduced in the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session, which ended in March 2011.

Sponsor

Peter Van Loan  Conservative

Status

Report stage (House), as of Nov. 2, 2010
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

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

This enactment implements the Free Trade Agreement and the related agreements on the environment and labour cooperation entered into between Canada and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and signed at Amman on June 28, 2009.
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.

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.

International Trade Committee, on Oct. 6, 2010

  • Don Stephenson, Assistant Deputy Minister, Trade Policy and Negotiations, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
  • John Holmes, Director General, Middle East and Maghreb, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
  • Douglas George, Director, Bilateral Market Access, Chief Negotiator, Canada-Jordan Free Trade Agreement, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
  • Gilles Gauthier, Director General and Chief Agriculture Negotiator, Negotiations and Multilateral Trade Policy Directorate, Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food
  • Debra Robinson, Director, International Labour Affairs, Department of Human Resources and Skills Development

International Trade Committee, on Oct. 18, 2010

  • Charles Kernaghan, Executive Director, National Labor Committee
  • Tim Waters, Political Director, United Steelworkers
  • Andrew Casey, Vice-President, Public Affairs and International Trade, Forest Products Association of Canada

International Trade Committee, on Oct. 20, 2010

International Trade Committee, on Oct. 25, 2010

  • Jeff Vogt, Deputy Director, International Department, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)
  • Christoph Wilcke, Senior Researcher, Middle East and North Africa Division, Human Rights Watch
  • Gary Stanford, Farmer Director, Grain Growers of Canada
  • Richard Phillips, Executive Director, Grain Growers of Canada

International Trade Committee, on Oct. 27, 2010

International Trade Committee, on Nov. 1, 2010