C-57 , 44th Parliament, 1st session Monday, November 22, 2021, to present

A legislative summary is currently being prepared for this bill by the Parliamentary Information, Education and Research Services of the Library of Parliament. Meanwhile, the following executive summary is available.

On 17 October 2023, the Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development introduced Bill C-57, An Act to implement the 2023 Free Trade Agreement between Canada and Ukraine (Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 2023), and it was given first reading.

Bill C-57 implements the Canada–Ukraine Free Trade Agreement, done at Ottawa on September 22, 2023. Among other things, the enactment

(a) sets out rules of interpretation;

(b) specifies that no recourse is to be taken on the basis of sections 9 to 15 or any order made under those sections, or on the basis of the provisions of that Agreement, without the consent of the Attorney General of Canada;

(c) approves that Agreement;

(d) provides for the payment by Canada of its share of the expenditures associated with the operation of the institutional and administrative aspects of that Agreement;

(e) gives the Governor in Council the power to make orders in accordance with that Agreement; and

(f) amends certain Acts to give effect to Canada’s obligations under that Agreement.

Finally, the enactment repeals the Canada–Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act that was enacted in 2017.