A National Commission on Economic Coercion and Discrimination was established here Monday to investigate the application of the Arab boycott in Canada. Prof. Irwin Cotler, of the law faculty at McGill University, who is chairman, said the commission’s purpose was to inquire into the nature and effect of the Arab boycott in Canada with the view to determine the manner in which the boycott restricts freedom of trade between Canada and any other country or between Canadian citizens in Canada. He said it would assess the extent to which the boycott creates a discriminatory impact on Canadian citizens and would also inquire into remedial steps, legislative and administrative, to combat economic coercion and discrimination. Cotler established the commission in connection with the Association for Law and Public Policy, a nonprofit law group he directs.
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