April 03, 2013By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Lately, a number of clients have called with incident reports involving either the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) or U.S. Customs and Border Protection (USCBP) confiscating NEXUS passes from business travelers because...
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March 29, 2013By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
When a Canadian resident purchases goods outside Canada, they must declare the goods when returning to Canada. When the individual is over the exemption limit ($800 for stays outside Canada exceeding 48 hours, $50 for...
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February 27, 2013By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Many NEXUS card holders in the Trusted Traveler Program are not aware that there are electronic forms available on-line that they can complete prior to returning to Canada with their purchases. The declaration process is...
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February 05, 2013By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On February 5, 2013, Canada took a leap forward by tabling in the Senate amendments to the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (CFPOA). Bill S-14 "An Act to Amend the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act"...
Posted in Canada Law Blog, Anti-Corruption - Foreign Corrupt Practices Act/Corruption of Foreign Public Officials, Canada, USA | No Comments
November 23, 2012By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Canada signed the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States (ICSID) on December 15, 2006 and investors and trade lawyers have been patiently waiting ever since for...
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November 21, 2012By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Black Friday and Thanksgiving week-end often ends in tears and frustration as Canadian travelers run into difficulties at Canada-US border crossings and at airports.
Canadians join in the U.S. tradition of bargain shopping on...
Posted in GST/PST and Other Non-Income Taxes, Customs Duties, USA, Canada, Border Security Initiatives, Government Relations | No Comments
March 30, 2012By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On March 29, 2012, Canada’s Minister of Finance delivered the federal budget. On page 108 of the 2012 Economic Action Plan, the following announcement is made:
Streamlining Canada’s Trade Remedy System
Economic Action...
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March 16, 2012By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On March 17, 2009, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (“CITT”) made an injury finding in respect of certain aluminum extrusions originating in or exported from China (NQ-2008-003) and issued an order to collect antidumping...
Posted in Canada Law Blog, Trade Law, Trade Lawyers Blog, Canada, China, Trade Remedies, Anti-Dumping, Countervailing Duties | No Comments
March 15, 2012By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Many Canadians who live in border cities (such as Windsor, Niagara Falls) are more likely to have a NEXUS pass. Many Canadians who live in border cities work in the United States and travel back and forth across the border...
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March 07, 2012By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
The Canada Border Services Agency (“CBSA”) may detain any goods that are being exported from Canada if the CBSA is concerned that the goods are being exported contrary to Canada’s export controls and economic sanctions...
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March 05, 2012By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On March 5, 2012, Canada imposed further economic sanctions and trade restrictions against Syria and closed the doors of Canada’s Embassy in Damascus. Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs announced new Regulations Amending...
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June 23, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On May 27, 2011, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) issued its decision in Danson Decor Inc. v. The President of the Canada Border Services Agency (AP-2009-066) in which it sided an importer who sought a refund...
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June 20, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Sterling Resources Ltd, a Canadian listed company, has issued a press release to inform investors and interested persons that on June 20, 2010 it has filed a Notice of Dispute under the Canada-Romania Foreign Investment Promotion...
Posted in Canada Law Blog, Trade Law, Trade Lawyers Blog, Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs)/ FIPAs, Canada, International Arbitration, Investment Dispute Settlement, Dispute Settlement, Government Relations | No Comments
June 17, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Subsection 24(3) of the Retail Sales Tax Act (Ontario) (ORSTA) requires that a notice of objection be served on the Minister by sending the notice of objection by registered mail. Subsection 25(3) of...
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June 16, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Canada has imposed wide reaching economic sanctions and trade restrictions against Libya. Canada has two sanctions regimes in place against Libya:
1) Multilateral sanctions as agreed by the United Nations imposed pursuant to the...
Posted in Canada Law Blog, Administrative and Regulatory Law, Financial Services and Banking Law, Trade Law, Canada, Export Controls and Economic Sanctions, Global Compliance & Risk Management, Government Relations, International Transactions | No Comments
June 15, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On June 14, 2011, the Canadian House of Commons voted to recognize the Libyan rebel government, the National Transitional Council (TNC) as the legitimate representative of the Libyan people.
What this means is that the...
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