Bill C-81
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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 implement the Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement and related
agreements''.
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SUMMARY |
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This enactment implements the Free Trade Agreement between
Canada and Chile (the Agreement), signed by the Minister for
International Trade at Santiago on December 5, 1996.
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The general provisions of the enactment specify that no private
recourse may be taken on the basis of the provisions of Part I of the
enactment or any order made under that Part, or the provisions of the
Agreement itself, without the consent of the Attorney General of
Canada.
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Part I of the enactment approves the Agreement and provides for the
designation or appointment of Ministers or other persons to carry out
various functions of the Agreement, the payment by Canada of its share
of the expenditures associated with the operation of the institutional
aspects of the Agreement and the power of the Governor in Council to
make regulations for carrying out the provisions of the enactment.
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Part II of the enactment amends existing laws in order to bring them
into conformity with Canada's obligations under the Agreement.
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Part III of the enactment states that the Governor in Council may not
issue an order bringing into force any of the provisions of the enactment
until the Governor in Council is satisfied that Chile has taken
satisfactory steps to implement the Agreement.
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