Godfrey–Milliken Bill

The Godfrey - Milliken Bill, officially Bill C -339: The American Liberty and Democratic Solidarity ( Loyalty ) Act, is one of a so-called backbenchers of introduced in the Canadian Parliament bill (English: Private Member 's Bill ) by Mr Peter Milliken and John Godfrey. It was intended as a parody and at the same time as an attack on the U.S. Helms- Burton Act ( Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity ( LIBERTAD ) Act ).

The Helms- Burton Act installed harsh penalties for all companies or persons who benefited expropriated by the Cuban Revolution U.S. property. This law also included foreign states and companies with a. Since virtually everything in Cuba in any way " expropriated property " was concerned this consequently Canadian companies.

The bill of 1996 calls the bereaved families of the Loyalists to recover from the then U.S. government expropriated land and property. He would also represents the right to expel or to refuse them entry if they manage expropriated property of former loyalists boards of companies or their power performers share holders, as well as their wives and children from Canada. About three million Canadians are likely to be descendants of the Loyalists of the United Kingdom, such as among others, Milliken and Godfrey. The value of the expropriated property during the American Revolution is expected to amount to several billion U.S. dollars.

The Bill gained great attention in all of Canada, but has not completely ignored in the United States.

The Godfrey - Milliken Bill never became law, but passed a seriöserer design called An Act to amend the Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act Canadian Congress. Although it was not referring to past ownership claims of the loyalists, but tried the Helms -Burton Act within Canada to neutralize.