• CIDIP VII - Consumer Protection

Canada

The government of Canada submitted a draft Model Law on Jurisdiction and Choice of Law in 2006. In 2008, Canada submitted a revised version of its proposal.

The Model Law sets out uniform jurisdictional and choice of applicable law rules with respect to cross-border business to consumer contracts. Canada proposed a Model Law and not a convention because the rules governing consumer protection are different from one OAS State to another. A convention is not flexible and presumably less likely to achieve broad acceptance.

The United States submitted written comments on the Canadian draft Model Law.