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Canada-Chile Agreement on Labour Cooperation
The Canada-Chile Agreement on Labour Cooperation (CCALC) was signed on February 6, 1997, along with the Canada-Chile Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (CCAEC) and the Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA). All three agreements came into effect on July 5, 1997. The CCFTA and the complementary labour and environmental agreements have since become key components in a strengthened bilateral relationship between Canada and Chile.
The CCALC is closely modelled on the North American Agreement on Labour Cooperation (NAALC), one of two parallel accords to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between Canada, the United States and Mexico.
The CCALC commits Canada and Chile to seven broad objectives, including improving working conditions and living standards, and promoting eleven labour principles to protect worker rights. To accomplish these goals, the CCALC creates institutions and mechanisms for cooperative activities, inter-governmental consultations, as well as for independent evaluations and dispute settlement related to obligations to enforce domestic labour laws.
Implementation of the CCALC is overseen by a Council of Ministers consisting of the Labour Ministers of the two governments. The Ministerial Council is supported by a National Secretariat in each country. In Canada, the National Secretariat resides in the Office for Inter-American Labour Cooperation within the Labour Program of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada.
