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What's New
The amount of the threshold for review for WTO investors or vendors, (other than Canadians), is 265 million dollars for the year 2006. The amount was published in the Canada Gazette Part I on January 21, 2006, page 132.
New Deputy Director of Investments, John Connell.
World Trade Organization
Saudi Arabia became the WTO's 149th member country on December 11, 2005
Introduction of Amendments to the Investment Canada Act
On June 20, 2005, the Honourable David L. Emerson introduced legislation to amend the Investment Canada Act to enable the government to review foreign investments which could compromise Canada’s national security. The News Release and a Summary of the Bill are available here. You can view the full text of Bill C-59 on the Parliament of Canada website..
New Guidelines Guidelines on filing requirements for investments involving businesses engaged in both Cultural and non-Cultural activities were published in the Canada Gazette, June 1, 2002, and are now available on this site. A summary of these guidelines is also available on this site. To view the official text of
these guidelines, click here .
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Investment Canada Act
