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18 Can. Bus. L.J. 195 (1991)
Government Procurement and Bid Challenging in Canada after the Free Trade Agreement

handle is hein.journals/canadbus18 and id is 213 raw text is: GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT AND BID CHALLENGING IN CANADA AFTER THE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT Arie Reich * CONTENTS I. Introduction ........................................................................ 196 II. B ackground ......................................................................... 197 1. Government Procurement and Competition .......................... 197 2. The Buy Canadian Policy ............................................... 199 (a) The Canadian Sourcing Policy ...................................... 200 (b) The Canadian Content Premium Policy .......................... 202 (c) Provincial Preferences ................................................ 203 (d) The Procurement Review Committee and Major C row n Projects ......................................................... 203 3. The GATT Agreement on Government Procurement .............. 205 (a) Objective and Content ................................................ 205 (b) Lim ited Coverage ...................................................... 206 (c) Industrial Offset Permitted .......................................... 207 (d) Implementation in Canada .......................................... 207 III. The Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement .................................... 209 1. B ackground ................................................................... 209 2. A Disappointing Achievement ........................................... 210 3. The Israel-U.S. FTA as a Model .......................................... 213 4. Expanded Procedural Obligations . ................................... 213 5. The Actual Impact of the Code and the FTA .......................... 216 IV. The Procurement Review Board ............................................... 217 1. An Innovation in the Canadian Procurement System ................ 218 2. The Establishment of the Board .......................................... 219 3. Postponement of Contract Awards ...................................... 220 4. The Jurisdiction of the Board ............................................. 221 5. Practice and Procedure before the Board ............................... 223 6. Inquisitorial Procedures .................................................... 225 Mr. Reich is a member of the Israeli Bar and is currently enrolled in the doctoral programme of the University of Toronto's Faculty of Law. This article is based on a chapter in Mr. Reich's LL.M. thesis completed in 1990 under the auspices of the Faculty of Law.

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