¹ Editor’s note: Bill S-36 was introduced in the House of Commons by John Efford, Hon. R. (Minister of Natural Resources) on 21 June 2005. The bill received Royal Assent Google Scholar on 25 November 2005 (S.C. 2005, c. 51).

² Editor’s note: S.C. 2002, c. 25.

³ Editor’s note: Bill S-37 was introduced in the House of Commons by Hon. Bill Graham (for the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Minister responsible for Status of Women) on 26 September 2005. The bill received Royal Assent on 25 November 2005 (S.C. 2005, c. 40).

⁴ Editor’s note: 14 May 1954, 249 U.N.T.S. 240 (entered into force 7 August 1956). Canada accessed to the convention on 11 December 1998.

⁵ Editor’s note: Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, 16 November 1972, 1037 U.N.T.S. 151, 11 I.L.M. 1358 (entered into force 17 December 1975). Canada accepted the convention on 23 July 1976.

⁶ Editor’s note: Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property, 14 November 1970, 823 U.N.T.S. 231, 10 I.L.M. 289 (entered into force 24 April 1972). Canada accessed to the convention on 28 March 1978.

⁷ Editor’s note: Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, 14 May 1954, 249 U.N.T.S. 358 (entered into force 7 August 1956). Canada accessed to the protocol on 29 November 2005.

⁸ Editor’s note: Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, 26 March 1999, 38 I.L.M. 769 (entered into force 9 March 2004). Canada accessed to the second protocol on 29 November 2005.

⁹ Editor’s note: R.S., 1985, c. C-46.

¹⁰ Editor’s note: R.S., 1985, c. C-51.

¹¹ Editor’s note: Bill S-38 was introduced in the House of Commons by Hon. David Emerson (for the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister of State (Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario)) on 26 September 2005. The bill received Royal Assent on 3 November 2005 (S.C. 2005, c. 39).

¹² Editor’s note: Agreement between the European Community and Canada on Trade in Wines and Spirit Drinks, 16 September 2003, (2004) L35 Official Journal of the European Union 3 (entered into force 1 June 2004).

¹³ Editor’s note: Bill C-3 was introduced in the House of Commons by Hon. Lawrence Cannon (Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities) on 24 April 2006. The bill received Royal Assent on 1 February 2007 (S.C. 2007, c. 1).

¹⁴ Editor’s note: Bill C-25 was introduced in the House of Commons by Hon. Joseph Volpe (for the Minister of Foreign Affairs) on 23 November 2004. The bill received Royal Assent on 25 November 2005 (S.C. 2005, c. 45).

¹⁵ Editor’s note: Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, 27 January 1967, 610 U.N.T.S. 205, 6 I.L.M. 386 (entered into force 10 October 1967). Canada ratified the treaty on 10 October 1967.

¹⁶ Editor’s note: Bill C-49 was introduced in the House of Commons by Hon. Irwin Cotler (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada) on 12 May 2005. The bill received Royal Assent on 25 November 2005 (S.C. 2005, c. 43).

¹⁷ Editor’s note: International Labour Organization, A Global Alliance against Forced Labour, Report of the Director-General (International Labour Conference, 93rd Sess., Report I (B); International Labour Office, Geneva, May 2005) at 14, <www.ilo.org/declaration>.

¹⁸ Editor’s note: 15 November 2000, 40 I.L.M. 353 (entered into force 29 September 2003). Canada ratified the convention on 13 May 2002.

¹⁹ Editor’s note: Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Woman and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, 15 November 2000, 40 I.L.M. 377 (entered into force 25 December 2003). Canada ratified the Protocol on 13 May 2002.

²⁰ Editor’s note: Bill C-53 was introduced in the House of Commons by Hon. Irwin Cotler (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada) on 30 May 2005. The bill received Royal Assent on 25 November 2005 (S.C. 2005, c. 44).

²¹ Editor’s note: Bill C-68 was introduced in the House of Commons by Hon. Mauril Bélanger (for the Minister of Transport) on 20 October 2005.

²² Editor’s note: Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 11 December 1997, 37 I.L.M. 32 (entered into force 16 February 2005). Canada ratified the protocol on 17 December 2002.

²³ Editor’s note: Convention Concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment, 26 June 1973, 1015 U.N.T.S. 297 (entered into force 19 June 1976).

²⁴ Editor’s note: Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, 20 October 2005 (entered into force 18 March 2007), <www.unesco.org/culture/diversite/convention/>. Canada has become the first state to ratify the convention on 23 November 2005.

²⁵ Editor’s note: Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 18 December 2002, 42 I.L.M. 26 (entered into force 22 June 2006). Canada is not a party to this protocol.

²⁶ Editor’s note: Suresh v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2002] 1 S.C.R. 3 (S.C.C.).

²⁷ Editor’s note: World Bank and International Monetary Fund, Joint Ministerial Committee of the Boards of Governors of the Bank and the Fund on the Transfer of Real Resources to Developing Countries, Development Committee Communiqué, Washington, DC, 25 September 2005, at para. 5 (welcoming the G-8 Debt Relief Proposal for heavily indebted poor countries), <web.worldbank.org>.

²⁸ Editor’s note: Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction, 18 September 1997, 2056 U.N.T.S. 211, 36 I.L.M. 1507 (entered into force 1 March 1999). The convention was done in Ottawa. Canada signed and ratified the convention on 3 December 1997.

²⁹ 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, 16 I.L.M. 1391 (entered into force 7 December 1978). Both the convention and the protocol provide for the treatment of the prisoners of war.

³⁰ Editor’s note: Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 1 July 1968, 729 U.N.T.S. 161, 7 I.L.M. 811 (entered into force 5 March 1970). Canada ratified the treaty on 1 August 1969.

³¹ Editor’s note: Schwab, Klaus, Porter, Michael E., and Lopez-Claros, Augusto, eds., The Global Competitiveness Report 2005–2006: World Economic Forum, Geneva, Switzerland 2005 (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005).Google Scholar

³² Editor’s note: Global Safeguard Inquiry into the Importation of Bicycles and Finished PaintedBicycleFrames (September 2005), GS-2004-001 and GS-2004-002 at para. 241 (CITT).

³³ Editor’s note: In the Matter of Certain Softwood Lumber from Canada: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, USA-CDA-2002-1904-03, NAFTA Binational Panel Review (17 March 2006) [report affirming the US Department of Commerce’s de minimis subsidy finding on 22 November 2005]. On 28 March 2006, the US section of the NAFTA Secretariat issued a Notice of Final Panel Action in this matter.