March 20, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
There is a common misconception in Canada that if a business or person is not exporting a controlled good, there is no need to register under Canadian law. THIS IS WRONG.
Pursuant to the Defence Production Act, Canadian...
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March 09, 2011By: Andrew Hudson
By way of Australian Customs and Border Protection Notice No. 2011/04 ("Notice") and subsequent announcement on its website, the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service ("Customs") sought feedback from industry on the...
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March 06, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
I receive calls regularly from people who were on vacation or away from Canada visiting relatives or former homes and who buy or acquire/receive goods (including gifts and property they own) outside Canada. I get the telephone...
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March 06, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Canadian businesses should continue to pursue international business opportunities because we can and should. Canadian businesses should also reflect on current events in Egypt, Tunisia and Libya (and Madagascar, Honduras, Oman,...
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March 03, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On March 1, 2011, the Office of Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada released a notice regarding the new regulations implementing the United Nations Resolution on Libya and taking special economic measures. For a copy...
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March 03, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On March 3, 2011, Canada's Prime Minister Harper and Justice Minister Nicholson introduced in Canada's House of Commons important new legislation (the Freezing Assets of Corrupt Regimes Act), which will, when passed, provide the...
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March 02, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On February 27, 2011, Canada's Prime Minister Harper announced that new regulations have been promulgated to establish new trade restrictions and economic sanctions against the Libyan regime and new obligations on Canadian...
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March 02, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
The uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya and the actions of the failing regimes have created legal issues for businesses that have established businesses in those failed states and for businesses that wish to continue to do...
Posted in Administrative and Regulatory Law, Aviation & Aerospace Law, Financial Services and Banking Law, Trade Law, Canada, Developing Countries, Export Controls and Economic Sanctions, Global Compliance & Risk Management, Government Relations, International Transactions | No Comments
March 02, 2011By: Andrew Hudson
Introduction
On 18 December 2010, the Assistant Treasurer, the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, the Minister for Home Affairs & Justice and the Minister for Small Business issued a joint media...
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March 01, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Louise Elliott of the CBC raises an important issue in her blog posting entitled "Does Suncor still owe money to Gadhafi's regime?" see...
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