New safeguard measures legislation recently cleared the House of
Commons and the Senate, and received Royal Assent on June 21, 2019.
The enactment, which is titled An Act to amend the Customs
Tariff and the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Act ,
enhances Canada's authority to implement safeguard measures in
order to limit import surges. It repeals subsections 55(5) and (6)
of Canada's Customs Tariff, S.C. 1997, c. 36, provides
for their subsequent re-enactment two years later, and makes
consequential amendments to the Canadian International Trade
Tribunal Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. 47 (4th Supp.). The provisions
in the enactment lift a two-year moratorium on the imposition of
safeguard measures on imports that have previously been subject to
safeguard measures.
