Bill C-60
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RECOMMENDATION |
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His Excellency the Governor General recommends to the House of
Commons the appropriation of public revenue under the circumstances,
in the manner and for the purposes set out in a measure entitled ``An Act
to establish the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and to repeal and
amend other Acts as a consequence''.
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SUMMARY |
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This enactment establishes the Canadian Food Inspection Agency in
order to consolidate and enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of
federal inspection services related to food and animal and plant health
and to increase collaboration with provincial governments in this area.
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The enactment sets out the responsibilities, accountability regime,
organization, human and financial resources regime, powers and
reporting framework of the Agency. It also amends some of the
enforcement provisions and penalties in federal statutes that the Agency
will enforce or administer relating to food and animal and plant health.
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