Pursuant to the Standing Order 106(3), the Committee proceeded to consider the purpose of examining the process by which the report of Canada's compliance whith the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is prepared. It was agreed, on division, That the proposed motion by Eric Lowther be stood pending the preparation of a report by Heritage Canada on the process followed to prepare Canada's second report on Canada's compliance with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and that the report by Heritage Canada be submitted by February 1, 1999.

That first step included funding for a national register of eligible heritage properties, national standards and guidelines for their conservation, and a certifying role in those regards to be played by the Department of Canadian Heritage.

In addition to that general request, Mr. Chair, CRRA respectfully makes the following four recommendations: one, that Bill C-11 make direct reference to the regulatory agencies and recognize their legislated role in the protection of public safety; two, that Bill C-11 require immigrants to make direct contact with the appropriate regulatory body prior to making an immigration decision when their education and/or their work experience is in a regulated profession; three, that Bill C-11 recognize the established expertise, the experience and the statutory authority of the existing regulatory and licensing bodies to evaluate the professio ...[+++]nal qualifications and credentials of all those who seek to be admitted into Canada's professions; and four, that Bill C-11 add the following as a factor under the adaptability section of the skilled worker selection model:

The fundamental changes to the convention concern streamlining the structure of the North Atlantic Fisheries Organisation, reform of the budget contribution formula, new definitions of the obligations of the different parties and reform of the dispute settlement procedure.

Accordingly, Article 4(2) of the same Regulation should be amended with the purpose of incorporating the average of exports or dispatches during the previous three years in the formula of those annual maximum quantities the threshold being maintained as the average of the exports or dispatches in the years 1989, 1990 and 1991 which are the reference years of the Council Regulation (EC) 247/2006.

This new formulation of the entry into force of the current Regulation is more respectful with the WTO ruling but at the same time avoids damaging beneficiary countries and economic operators, given the high degree of predictability.