International Trade committee  I think Mr. Davies has already answered the question. Article 16-5 of the free trade agreement with Jordan provides that:This Agreement shall remain in force unless terminated by either Party by written notification to the other Party. This Agreement shall terminate six months af

International Trade committee  There is no such further provision in the agreement. I will not speculate about the commercial implications.

International Trade committee  In this bill, since the agreement as such did not have an articulated list of objectives, this provision is, in your words, a characterization.

International Trade committee  This is a standard clause that we've had in all of our implementing bills for FTAs ever since NAFTA. It simply makes it clear that water in its natural state—we're not talking about bottled water—is not a commodity that can be traded or benefit from the provisions in the free t

International Trade committee  This bill is not supposed to prevent Parliament from enacting further legislation in the future.

International Trade committee  That is why it says “For greater certainty”.

International Trade committee  In answer to the question of what would happen if the two words were not removed, since there is no regulatory power in part 1, not removing these words would not have a material effect, but to make the draft as perfect as possible, we recommend these two words be removed.

International Trade committee  On dispute settlement, the dispute settlement system as contained in the Canada-EFTA Free Trade Agreement is a very simple one. Each side chooses one arbitrator and then the two parties that are in dispute choose the chair. It's the classical arbitration model. It's even called a

International Trade committee  Yes. On the question of what Canada could do if, hypothetically, subsidies were reintroduced by Norway, I've already pointed out that Canada does reserve or maintain it's rights under the WTO. So that's clear. In addition, we have built into the agreement the concept of non-vio

International Trade committee  Let me add that article 17 of the agreement deals with subsidies and makes it clear that our WTO rights continue to apply. So if there were subsidies, Canada would be entitled, under the terms of the WTO, to impose countervailing measures and to use the remedies under the WTO.

International Trade committee  Yes, we're currently working on implementing legislation. Of course, since there is legislation involved for which the Department of Finance and the Canadian Border Services Agency are responsible, we're preparing the legislation in cooperation with those departments.

International Trade committee  That is my understanding.