The House of Commons will adopt the changes to Bill S-226 recommended by the House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development (FAAE) in June and a new version of the bill will be published.

On September 30, 2018, the United States, Canada and Mexico announced the conclusion of negotiations of the United States – Mexico – Canada Agreement ("USMCA") (also known as NAFTA 2.0).

This new Presidential Proclamation is more robust that the previous executive orders that have been challenged in the United States courts. LexSage was active at the time of the last travel ban and travel restrictions and will speak out again if necessary.

On June 30, 2016, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Obama issued a Joint Statement on Softwood Lumber.

The short answer is "yes". There is a procedure whereby a Canadian business or person may make a voluntary disclosure to the Government of Canada (Export Controls Division of Global Affairs Canada) for an export controls violation or infraction.

Mr. Fallah contended that the CBSA's reliance on outside sources gave rise to a breach of procedural fairness.

Months ago it was announced that the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement ("Canada-EU CETA") would be provisionally implemented on July 1, 2017.

The ATT is an United Nations international treaty that regulates the international trade in conventional arms and entered into force on December 24, 2014.

Every item that is on the Export Control List is known as an "Item" and each "Item" is numbered.

In this case, we needed to file two appeals and follow a process similar to the process described above.

In writing this blog post, we are not advocating filing baseless, frivolous, vexatious and retaliatory "service complaints" against CRA auditors, collections officers and other employees of the CRA.

Any thickening of the border harms businesses on both sides of the Canada-United States border and ultimately increases the cost of goods for consumers.

We cannot cover all Canadian laws in this article.

Personal Protective Equipment (known as "PPE") is taxable in Canada.

The short answer is yes, a non-resident importer may import foreign foods into Canada if the non-resident importer meets certain conditions.

You can prevent such a surprise by asking questions prior to importing goods.

On April 1, 2020, the Government of Canada published in the Canada Gazette "An Order Amending the Export Control List", SOR/2020-48 (P.C. 2020-140).

After the CBSA initiates a countervailing duty investigation, the CBSA issues an exporter request for information that must be completed by the exporter of the goods...

Recently, at the United States-Canada S.A.G.E. Summit at Ohio University, Dr. Christopher Sands and Dr. Katie Friedman discussed the principles of the Canada-US relationship. What may be as important are the principles of the Canada-US-Mexico trading relationship.

In short, the US CBP officers have wide latitude to cancel NEXUS privileges.