Vol. 136, No. 51 — December 21, 2002

PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF COMMONS

Second Session, Thirty-Seventh Parliament

PRIVATE BILLS

Standing Order 130 respecting notices of intended applications for private bills was published in the Canada Gazette, Part I, on October 5, 2002.

For further information, contact the Private Members' Business Office, House of Commons, Centre Block, Room 134-C, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6, (613) 992-6443.

WILLIAM C. CORBETT
Clerk of the House of Commons

ROYAL ASSENT

Thursday, December 12, 2002

This day at 5 p.m., Her Excellency the Governor General proceeded to the Chamber of the Senate, in the Parliament Buildings, and took her seat at the foot of the Throne. The Members of the Senate being assembled, Her Excellency the Governor General was pleased to command the attendance of the House of Commons, and that House being present, the following Bills were assented to in Her Majesty's name by Her Excellency the Governor General:

• An Act to implement an agreement, conventions and protocols concluded between Canada and Kuwait, Mongolia, the United Arab Emirates, Moldova, Norway, Belgium and Italy for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion and to amend the enacted text of three tax treaties
  (Bill S-2, Chapter 24, 2002)

• An Act providing for controls on the export, import or transit across Canada of rough diamonds and for a certification scheme for the export of rough diamonds in order to meet Canada's obligations under the Kimberley Process
  (Bill C-14, Chapter 25, 2002)

• An Act to amend the Copyright Act
  (Bill C-11, Chapter 26, 2002)

• An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the public service of Canada for the financial year ending March 31, 2003
  (Bill C-21, Chapter 27, 2002)

• An Act to protect human health and safety and the environment by regulating products used for the control of pests
  (Bill C-8, Chapter 28, 2002)

• An Act respecting the protection of wildlife species at risk in Canada
  (Bill C-5, Chapter 29, 2002)

PAUL C. BÉLISLE
Clerk of the Senate and
Clerk of the Parliaments

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