International Trade committee  Should a dispute arise between the two parties, that is between Canada and the United States, the same procedure followed for other WTO agreements would apply. An equivalent dispute resolution process would apply.

International Trade committee  The temporary agreement and the GPA contain provisions governing cases where an entity enters into a contract with the government and one of the suppliers has questions concerning the entity. In such instances, Quebec would have an obligation to provide that information. I'm refe

International Trade committee  I don't think the WTO would have any authority.

International Trade committee  Should a dispute arise between Canada and the United States, the WTO would have the authority to intervene. In cases like this, a process is initiated. A panel is set up to hear from the various parties. The process is fairly complex. An entire chapter is devoted to this one topi

International Trade committee  Perhaps we could ask our colleagues who are more well versed in the dispute resolution process to send you some information about this in writing.

International Trade committee  Of course we are going to work closely with the stakeholders, including the provinces and territories. Their role continues to be important.

International Trade committee  Absolutely.

International Trade committee  I'd have to get back to you on that.

International Trade committee  I wasn't around in 1994. I can try to find out for you from the record.

International Trade committee  The 37 states that are participating are the 37 states that already make commitments. The structure of the deal is that the U.S. commitments currently, under the agreement on government procurement, include 37 states. These were not extended to Canada, but Canada did not have com

International Trade committee  No.

International Trade committee  The quick answer to that is no. However, there are three types available. In the agreement on government procurement itself, there is what we call the domestic review process, which applies from a bidder to a procuring entity, and there are the dispute settlement actions, which a

International Trade committee  As for how we define social services, I guess that's a two-part question, because services form part of the.... I'm assuming here that if you're talking about social services, you're speaking of the agreement on government procurement, because the temporary agreement applies only

International Trade committee  Well, social services are defined as.... It's hard to explain. Services, you know--

International Trade committee  Yes, social welfare and those kinds of things. Those are excluded from--