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Parliamentary Declarations in 2006-7 / Déclarations parlementaires en 2006-7

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2016

Alexandra Logvin
Alexandra Logvin*
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Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
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Canadian Practice in International Law / Pratique canadienne en matière de droit international
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Canadian Yearbook of International Law/Annuaire canadien de droit international , Volume 45 , 2008 , pp. 443 - 519
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Copyright © The Canadian Council on International Law / Conseil Canadien de Droit International, representing the Board of Editors, Canadian Yearbook of International Law / Comité de Rédaction, Annuaire Canadien de Droit International 2008

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References

1 Editor’s note: Bill S-5 was introduced in the House of Commons by Hon. Stock-well Day (for the Minister of Finance) on 24 November 2006. The bill received Royal Assent on 12 December 2006; S.C. 2006, c. 8.

2 Income Tax Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. 1 (5th Supp.), I-3.3, s. 212.

3 Editor’s note: Bill C-12 was introduced in the House of Commons by Hon. Stockwell Day (Minister of Public Safety) on 8 May 2006. The bill received Royal Assent on 22 June 2007; S.C. 2007, c. 15.

4 Editor’s note: Emergency Preparedness Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. E-4.6 (4th Supp.), assented to 27 April 1988.

5 Editor’s note: Bill C-24 was introduced in the House of Commons by Hon. David Emerson (Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics) on 20 September 2006. The bill received Royal Assent on 14 December 2006; S.C. 2006, c. 13.

6 Editor’s note: Softwood Lumber Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United States of America, 12 September 2006 (entered into force 12 October 2006), <http://www.international.gc.ca>.

7 Editor’s note: Bill C-25 was introduced in the House of Commons by Hon. James Michael Flaherty (Minister of Finance) on 5 October 2006. The bill received Royal Assent on 14 December 2006; S.C. 2006, c. 12.

8 Editor’s note: Bill C-42 was introduced in the House of Commons by Hon. Tony Clement (Minister of Health and Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario) on 12 December 2006. The bill received Royal Assent on 22 June 2007; S.C. 2007, c. 27.

9 Editor’s note: Bill C-47 was introduced in the House of Commons by Hon. Jay Hill (for the Minister of Industry) on 2 March 2007. The bill received Royal Assent on 22 June 2007; S.C. 2007, c. 25.

10 Editor’s note: R.S.C. 1985, c. T-13.

11 Editor’s note: Bill C-53 was introduced in the House of Commons by Hon. Jay Hill (for the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency) on 30 March 2007.

12 Editor’s note: Bill C-57 was introduced in the House of Commons by Hon. Diane Finley (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) on 16 May 2007.

13 Editor’s note: S.C. 2001, c. 27.

14 Editor’s note: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity, 29 January 2000, UN Doc. UNEP/CBD/ExCOP/1/3, reprinted in (2000) 39 I.L.M. 1027 (entered into force 11 September 2003). Canada ratified the Convention on Biological Diversity on 4 December 1992 ; it is a signatory to the Cartagena Protocol since 19 April 2001 .

15 Editor’s note: R.S.C. 1985, c. I-17.

16 Editor’s note: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 9 May 1992, 1771 U.N.T.S. 107, U.N. Doc. A/AC.237/18 (Part II)/Add.1, reprinted in (1992) 31 I.L.M. 849 (entered into force 21 March 1994). Canada signed the Convention on 12 June 1992 and ratified it on 4 December 1992.

17 Editor’s note: Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 11 December 1997, UN Doc FCCC/CP/1997/7/Add.1 , reprinted in (1998) 37 I.L.M. 32 (entered into force 16 February 2005). Canada ratified the protocol on 17 December 2002.

18 Editor’s note: The Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP) was launched in March 2005 as “an ongoing dialogue that seeks to address common challenges, strengthen security and enhance the quality of life for the citizens of Canada, the United States, and Mexico” (see Canada at <http://www.spp-psp.gc.ca>).

19 Editor’s note: Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, 18 December 1990, GA/Res 45/158, reprinted in ( 1991 ) 30 I.L.M. 1517 (entered into force 1 July 2003).

20 Editor’s note: Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, 20 October 2005, (entered into force 18 March 2007), at http://<www.unesco.org/culture/diversite/convention/>. Canada has become the first state to ratify the convention on 23 November 2005.

21 Editor’s note: Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, with the Optional Protocol, 13 December 2006, GARes. 61/611, (entered into force 3 May 3, 2008). Canada signed the convention on 30 March 2007. Canada has not signed the Optional Protocol, http://<www.un.org/disabilities/>.

22 Editor’s note: United Nations Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, 20 July 2001 ,UN Doc A/CONF.192/15, http://<http://disarmament.un.org/cab/salw.html>.

23 Editor’s note: Oslo Conference on Cluster Munitions, Declaration, 22–23 February 2007, at http://<www.clusterprocess.org/>.

24 Editor’s note: Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 1 July 1968, 729 U.N.T.S. 161, reprinted in (1968) 7 I.L.M. 811 (entered into force 5 March 1970). Canada ratified the treaty on 1 August 1969.

25 Editor’s note: Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War (Geneva Convention III), 12 August 1949, 75 U.N.T.S. 135 (entered into force 21 October 1950). Canada ratified the convention on 14 May 1965. Canada is also a party, since 20 November 1990 (by ratification), to the Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I), 8 June 1977, 1125 U.N.T.S. 3 (entered into force 7 December 1978). Both the convention and the protocol provide for the treatment of the prisoners of war.

26 Editor’s note: United Nations Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, 4 August 1995, UN Doc. A/CONF. 164/37 (entered into force 11 December 2001). Canada signed the agreement on 4 December 1995 and ratified it on 3 August 1999.

27 See also the Section on Environment — Biosafety earlier in this article.

28 Editor’s note: Canada, Standards Council of Canada, Standard for Voluntary Labelling and Advertising of Foods That Are and Are Not Products of Genetic Engineering, 15 April 2004.

29 Editor’s note: With respect to the passport issue, see also the section on Foreign Affairs — United States, earlier in this article.

30 Editor’s note: International Convention against Doping in Sport, 19 October 2005 (entered into force 1 February 2007). Canada deposited the instrument of acceptance of the convention on 11 November 2005 (http://<portal.unesco.org>).