An Act to implement the 2023 Free Trade Agreement between Canada and Ukraine
Sponsor:
Mary Ng, Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development (Markham—Thornhill)
Proposed changes
The Library of Parliament does not prepare Legislative Summaries for bills that implement treaties, conventions, agreements or administrative arrangements bills. The following is a short summary:
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
sets out rules of interpretation;
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;
approves that Agreement;
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;
gives the Governor in Council the power to make orders in accordance with that Agreement; and
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.
Committee study
After second reading, a examines the bill clause by clause.