North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
8.6.1 Canada has agreed to apply the provisions of NAFTA, which is a multilateral agreement to reduce trade barriers between Canada, the United States of America and the Federal Republic of Mexico. Chapter 10 of NAFTA aims to achieve greater competition and transparency in government procurement, and to eliminate both protection of domestic products or suppliers, and discrimination among foreign products or suppliers.
8.6.2 Preferential treatment policies may only be applied to procurement before the applicable thresholds or if the particular procurement is excluded, excepted, a derogation or a set-aside from the trade agreements.
8.6.3 Deleted.