Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Foreign Affairs
Issue 32 - Ninth and Tenth Report of the Committee
OTTAWA, Wednesday, March 24, 1999
The Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs has the honour to present its
NINTH REPORT
Your Committee, to which was referred Bill C-35, to amend the Special Import Measures Act and the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Act, has examined the said Bill in obedience to its Order of Reference dated, Wednesday, February 17,1999, and now reports the same without amendment.
Respectfully submitted,
OTTAWA, Wednesday, March 24, 1999
The Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs has the honor to present its
TENTH REPORT
Your committee, to which was referred the Bill S-22, authorizing the United States to preclear travellers and goods in Canada for entry into the United States for the purposes of customs, immigration, public health, food inspection and plant and animal health, has, in obedience to the Order of Reference of Thursday, February 11, 1999, examined the said Bill and now reports the same with the following amendment:
1. Page 6, Clause 15: Replace line 1 with the following:
"15. (1) Every traveller reporting to a preclea-".
2. Page 6, Clause 16:
(a) Replace line 6 with the following:
t answer truthfully.
(2) If the traveller refuses to answer any question asked for preclearance purposes, the preclearance officer may order the traveller to leave the preclearance area.
(3) The refusal by a traveller to answer any question asked by a preclearance officer does not in and of itself constitute reasonable grounds for the officer to suspect that a search of the traveller is necessary for the purposes of this Act or that an offence has been committed under section 33 or 34.".
3. Page 6, Clause 17: Replace line 24 with the following:
"16(2), and the Canadian officer is authorized".
4. Page 10, Clause 33: Replace lines 14 to 24 with the following:
"33. (1) Every person who makes an oral or written statement to a preclearance officer with respect to the preclearance of the person or any goods for entry into the United States that the person knows to be false or deceptive or to contain information that the person knows is false or deceptive is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction and liable to a maximum fine of $5,000.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection 787(2) of the Criminal Code, a term of imprisonment may not be imposed for default of payment of a fine imposed under subsection (1).
(3) An offence under subsection (1) does not constitute an offence for the purposes of the Criminal Records Act.".
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN B. STEWART
Chairman