A Bloc Québécois bill that aims to protect Canada’s supply management system from future international trade negotiations has been passed in the House of Commons.
This was the first bill to clear the Commons in the new Parliament, after a similar bill in the previous Parliament had already passed and was being reviewed in the Senate before Parliament was prorogued earlier this year.
Bill C-202, which passed on June 5 in a unanimous vote, states that the foreign affairs minister “must not make any commitment on behalf of the Government of Canada, by international trade treaty or agreement,” to increase the tariff rate quota for dairy products, poultry or eggs, or reduce the tariff that applies when those goods are imported in excess of the quota….