Annual Report April 2009 – March 2010

2009/2010 Highlights

At a special interim meeting by conference call in July 2009, the Committee on Internal Trade (CIT): ƒ

• Approved a work plan on business regulations and standards and
• Directed officials to undertake a review of the Person-to-Government dispute process under Chapter Seventeen

At the Annual Meeting in Whitehorse in October 2009, CIT Ministers: ƒ

• Approved the AIT Eleventh Protocol of Amendment to implement revisions to Chapter Nine on Agricultural and Food Goods and agreed to release this text to the public
• Directed officials to resolve outstanding issues so as to achieve a final text on an AIT Chapter on Energy
• Welcomed entry into force of a new Chapter Seventeen on Dispute Resolution affecting Government-to-Government Disputes as well as a new Chapter Seven on Labour Mobility and
• Heard a presentation by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) on the impact of government regulations on small business
• Received several status reports, including on work underway to reconcile extra-provincial corporate registration and reporting requirements as well as licensing requirements; on Nunavut’s proposed accession to the AIT; on a new initiative on procurement as directed by the Council of the Federation (COF); on implementation of the Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (Alberta/British Columbia), and on entry into force of a new trade and cooperation agreement (Ontario/Quebec)

In June 2009, the Annual General Meeting of the Internal Trade Secretariat Corporation was held via conference call. A meeting of the ITSC Board of Directors took place in February 2010.