C-282 – An Act to amend the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Act (supply management) – limits the Minister of Foreign Affairs’ ability to change tariffs applied to eggs, poultry, and dairy products.
The changes here involve the tariff rate quota. A tariff rate quota basically declares how much of something can be imported with very low or no tariffs applied. The goal is to make sure there’s always a minimum supply of something available as it’s cheap to import that much into the country. Once the quota has been exceeded tariffs apply at full rate. The first restriction C-282 would make is that the Minister can’t increase the quota on dairy, poultry, and eggs.
The second change makes it so the Minister can’t reduce the tariff that’s applied to these goods once the quota has been exceeded.
Progress
Second Reading
On February 8, 2023 went up for its Second Reading vote and passed with 293 voting in favour and 23 voting against.
| Party | For | Against | Paired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | 148 | 1 | 3 |
| Conservative | 87 | 22 | 1 |
| Bloc Quebecois | 30 | 0 | 2 |
| NDP | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Green Party | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Not a lot to say about this vote as the parties mostly voted in favour and the debates don’t shed much light on anything. This Bill would make harder for other countries to compete with Canadian farmers when it comes to dairy, poultry, and eggs and the debates pretty much just talk about that. Interesting vote split with the Conservatives though, check the Vote Record link under the list to see how your MP voted if you’re in a Conservative riding.
C-282 went to committee, came back without any changes, and passed its Third Reading with 262 in favour and 51 against in a pretty interesting split.
| Party | For | Against | Paired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | 148 | 2 | 2 |
| Conservative | 56 | 49 | 1 |
| Bloc Quebecois | 30 | 0 | 1 |
| NDP | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Green Party | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent | 3 | 0 | 0 |
I’m not going to get into the reasons for the votes here because it’s hard to tell why individuals voted this way, especially with the Conservatives. Not everyone gets a chance to speak before the House so not everyone’s reasoning can be explained, though with what this Bill does it should be pretty easy to see why someone would be opposed to it.
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