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7 The purpose of this Act is to implement the Agreement, the objectives of which, as elaborated more specifically through its provisions, are to

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  (a) establish a free trade area in accordance with the Agreement;

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  (b) promote, through the elimination of barriers to trade in goods and services, the expansion of reciprocal trade and the strengthening of economic relations between Canada and Ukraine in order to create opportunities for economic development;

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  (c) promote conditions of fair competition affecting trade between Canada and Ukraine;

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  (e) promote high levels of environmental protection, including through effective enforcement of environmental laws, mutually supportive trade and environmental policies and practices, and strengthened environmental cooperation between Canada and Ukraine;

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  (h) recognize that Indigenous Peoples in Canada and Ukraine have the right to economic development and participation in trade and to engage freely in all their traditional and other economic activities;

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  (j) facilitate equal access to, and the ability to benefit from, the opportunities created by the Agreement for women and men and support the conditions for women’s full participation in domestic, regional and international trade and investment;

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  (m) promote transparency, good governance and the rule of law, while strengthening commitments to combat bribery and corruption in trade and investment; and

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  (2) The definition Canada–Ukraine Free Trade Agreement in subsection 2(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

  Canada–Ukraine Free Trade Agreement

  Canada–Ukraine Free Trade Agreement  has the meaning assigned by the definition Agreement in section 2 of the Canada–Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 2023. (Accord de libre-échange Canada–Ukraine)

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  19 (1) The definition CUFTA in subsection 2(1) of the Customs Act is replaced by the following:

  CUFTA

  CUFTA  has the meaning assigned by the definition Agreement in section 2 of the Canada–Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 2023; (ALÉCU)

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  (2) Subsection 2(1) of the Act is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:

  CUFTA 2017

  CUFTA 2017  has the meaning assigned by the definition Agreement in section 2 of the Canada–Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, as it reads immediately before the day on which section 39 of the Canada–Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation, 2023 comes into force; (ALÉCU de 2017)

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  17 (1) Schedule VII to the Financial Administration Act is amended by striking out the following:

  • Free Trade Agreement between Canada and Ukraine, done at Kyiv on July 11, 2016.

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  (2) Schedule VII to the Act is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:

  • Free Trade Agreement between Canada and Ukraine, done at Ottawa on September 22, 2023.

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2 The following definitions apply in this Act.

Agreement

Agreement  means the Free Trade Agreement between Canada and Ukraine, done at Ottawa on September 22, 2023. (Accord)

Minister

Minister  means the Minister for International Trade. (ministre)