¹ Editor’s note: Bill C-56 was reintroduced in the House of Commons as Bill C-g on 12 February 2004. House of Commons Debates, la February 2004, p. 469.

² Editor’s note: The Development Assistance Committee (DAC) is the principal body of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Through DAC, the OECD deals with issues related to cooperation with developing countries.

³ Editor’s note: Bill C-15 (formerly Bill C-33) was introduced in the House of Commons on 12 February 2004 by Saada, Hon. Jacques (for the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness). House of Commons Debates, 12 February 2004, p. 410. Google Scholar

⁴ Editor’s note: Bill C-ig was introduced in the House of Commons on 13 February 2004 by Hon. Mauril Bélanger (for the Minister of Public Safety and Emer-gency Preparedness). House of Commons Debates, 13 February 2004, p. 558.

⁵ Editor’s note: Bill C-21 was introduced in the House of Commons on 34 February 2004 by Hon. Reg Alcock (for the Minister of Finance). House of Commons Debates, 24 February 2004, p. 958.

⁶ Editor’s note: Bill C-34 was introduced in the House of Commons on 6 May 2004 by Hon. David Anderson (Minister of the Environment). House of Commons Debates, 6 May 2004, p. 2829.

⁷ Editor’s note: Bill C-36 was introduced in the House of Commons on 1 a May 2004 by Hon. Joseph Volpe (for the Minister of Health). House of Commons Debates, 1 a May 2004, p. 3081.

⁸ Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity (Montreal, Canada, 29 January 2000; entered into force 11 September 2003), reprinted in (2000) 39 I.L.M. 1027. Canada has been a party to the Convention on Biological Diversity since 4 December 1992 by ratification; it has been a signatory (non-party) to the Cartagena Protocol since 19 April 2001.

⁹ Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Kyoto, Japan, 11 December 1997; entered into force 16 February 2005), UN Doc. FCCC/CP/1997/L.7/Ad.i, reprinted in (1998) 37 I.L.M. 32. Canada ratified the Kyoto Protocol on 17 December 2002.

¹⁰ Editor’s note: The British government made the relevant announcement on 24 February 2003. See, for example, Bird, S., “Blair Plans 60% Cut in Greenhouse Gas Output,” The Times, 24 February 2003, available at <http://www.timesonline.co.uk>.Google Scholar

¹¹ Editor’s note: On 21 April 2004, the Parliament of Nova Scotia affirmatively voted for Resolution 1001, which proclaimed that “the Government of Nova Scotia initiate discussions with the Turks and Caicos to become part of the Province of Nova Scotia and encourage the Government of Canada to welcome the Turks and Caicos as part of our country.” Debates of the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia, 21 April 2004, pp. 2378–79, available at <http://www.gov.ns.ca>).

¹² Editors note: See International Court of Justice (ICJ), Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (2003-4). On 9july 2004, the ICJ issued the Advisory Opinion (reprinted in (2004) 43 I.L.M. 1009), dismissing the arguments of Israel. The court recognized that Israel violated international law in the routing of the security fence and called on Israel to dismantle sections built in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

¹³ Editor’s note: Canada argued against the ICJ issuing an advisory opinion, emphasizing the importance of a politically negotiated solution (rather than a decision reached at the judicial hearing) to resolve the conflict in question. See Written Statement of the Government of Canada, 29 January 2004, available at <http:// www.icj-cij.org>.

¹⁴ World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (Geneva, Switzerland, 21 May 2003; entered into force 27 February 2005). Canada has been a party to the convention since 26 November 2004 by ratification.

¹⁵ Editor’s note: Bill C-13, An Act Respecting Assisted Human Reproduction and Related Research, originally introduced in the first session of the thirty-seventh Parliament as Bill C-56, was introduced in the House of Commons on g October 2002. See House of Commons Debates, 9 October 2002, p. 519.

¹⁶ Editor’s note: Mr. Stephen Lewis is a special envoy of the secretary-general of the United Nations on HIV/AIDS in Africa. As for his speech, see, for example, “UN AIDS Envoy Wants Looser Drug Laws: Report,” CTV News Online (25 September 2003), available at <http://www.ctv.ca>.

¹⁷ Editor’s note: On 27 May 2003, a majority of 163 members of all parties in the House of Commons voted in favour of the motion supporting Taiwan’s observer status with the World Health Organization. (House of Commons Debates, 27 May 2003, pp. 6540–41).

¹⁸ Doc. A/58/422; New York, United States, 31 October 2003; not yet in force. Canada became a signatory to the convention on 21 May 2004.

¹⁹ Editor’s note: Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer or Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction (Ottawa, Canada, 18 September 1997; entered into force 1 March 1999), reprinted in (1997)96 I.L.M. 1507. Canada both signed and ratified the Ottawa Convention on 3 December 1997.

²⁰ Editor’s note: Canada has been a party since 14 May 1965 (by ratification) to the Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War (Geneva Convention III; Geneva, Switzerland, 12 August 1949; entered into force 21 October 1950). In addition, it has been 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; entered into force 7 December 1978). Both the convention and the protocol provide for the treatment of prisoners of war.

²¹ Editor’s note: See note 20 in this section.

²² Editor’s note: The United States is a party to the Fourth Geneva Convention (Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, Geneva, 12 August 1949; entered into force 21 October 1950) since 2 August 1955. Under the Fourth Convention, refugees receive international humanitarian law protection.

²³ Editor’s note: “War in Space Has Begun,” US Air Force Secretary James Roche declared to the officers and defence industry representatives at the April 2003 conference. See David Pugliese, “Weapons in Space: It’s Only a Matter of Time,” Ottawa Citizen, 20 October 2003.

²⁴ Editor’s note: See, for example, United States - Preliminary Determinations with Respect to Certain Softwood Lumber from Canada, Report of the Panel Doc. WT/ DS236/R, 27 September 2002 (the WTO Panel ruled that US duties on Canadian softwood lumber exports violate international trade rules).

²⁵ Editor’s note: The US International Trade Commission, in its final ruling on 3 October 2003, found that imports of Canadian hard red spring wheat (HRSW)have materially injured American wheat farmers. In this decision, the Commission approved countervailing and anti-dumping duties on Canadian HRSW of 14.15 per cent. The commission found the duties imposed on durum wheat imports from Canada to be illegal though. For a follow-up information, see, for example, International Trade Canada website, which is available at <http:// www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca>.

²⁶ Editor’s note: Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). The first case of BSE in Canada was reported on 21 May 2003. For a follow-up on BSE (including the government measures to combat BSE), see speech by Hon. Bob Speller (Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food), delivered at the House of Commons on 4 February 2004. House of Commons Debates, 4 February 2004, pp. 137ff.

²⁷ Editor’s note: See Canadian International Trade Tribunal, Safeguard Inquiry into the Importation of Certain Steel Goods (GC-2001-001), 1 g August 2002, available at <http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca>.

²⁸ Editor’s note: See WTO, United States – Investigation of the International Trade Commission in Softwood Lumber from Canada, Panel Report (Doc. WT/DS277/R), 22 March 3004. The panel found that the US International Trade Commission (ITC) “threat of injury” determination of 28 May 2002 that the US softwood lumber industry was “threatened” with material injury by reason of alleged subsidized and dumped imports of softwood lumber from Canada was inconsistent with the United States’s WTO obligations.

²⁹ Editor’s note: The NAFTA panel found, as did the WTO panel (see note 28 earlier in this section), that the US International Trade Commission’s (ITC) second “threat of injury” determination of 15 December 2003 (which in fact reaffirmed the original determination of 22 May 2002 (see note 28)) was “not in accordance with the [U.S.] law” and was “not supported by substantial evidence” (pp. 51-52 of the decision). See NAFTA, Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada: Final Affirmative Threat of Injury Determination, Remand Decision of the Panel, ig April 3004, available at <http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca>.

³⁰ Editor’s note: The fifth WTO Ministerial Conference in Cancun, Mexico (1014 September 2003) ended without conclusion, when conference chairman and Mexican foreign minister, Luis Ernesto Derbez, determined that it would not be possible to reach consensus across the agenda and closed the meeting. See International Trade Canada, the fifth WTO Conference in Cancun, available at <http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca>.

³¹ United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Montego Bay, Jamaica, to December 1982; entered into force 16 November 1994), 1833 U.N.T.S. 397, reprinted in ( 1982) 21 I.L.M. 1261. Canada has been a party to the convention since 7 November 2003 by ratification.