Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Toronto 416-307-4168
Fax: 416-366-1719
cyndee(at)cyndee.ca
Call to the Bar Ontario, 1994
Areas of Expertise: China, India, Free Trade Agreements, Bilateral Investment Treaties, World Trade Organization, NAFTA, International & Domestic Trade, Antidumping, Countervailing Duties, Safeguards, Customs Law, Export Controls and Economic Sanctions, Procurement Bid Challenges, Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Corruption, Global Compliance and Risk Management, Food and Product Safety, International Arbitarion, Commodity and Sales Tax, Tax Litigation, Liquor Licensing, Public Private Partnerships
Sectors: Manufacturing, Import/Export, Purchase Management, Drugs and Medical Devices, Automotive, Hopitality, Financial Services, services, Telecommunications, Software Industry (Sales Tax), Graphic Design Industry, Nursing Homes and Retirement Residences
Recently, I have been informed of two NAFTA verifications being conducted by the Canadian Government in order to verify the correctness of NAFTA certificates of origin provided by U.S. companies and one NAFTA verification being...
On March 8, 2010, Canada's Export & Import Controls Bureau of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (the "EICB") announced it is engaging in consultations with interested Canadian companies and wishes to...
On March 10, 2010, Canada's Minister of International Trade, Peter Van Loan, tabled in the House of Commons legislation to implement the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement, the Canada-Colombia Agreement on Labour Cooperation...
I do not usually borrow from other writers to the degree of this post. However, Scotia Capital did such a great job highlighting the reasons why foreign investors should choose Canada, I think that repeating the ideas...
To little fanfare and no media attention, on January 4, 2010, The Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Minister of National Revenue and Minister of State (Agriculture and Agri-Food) announced proposed changes to electronic filing...
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is developing and posting webcasts to help businesses prepare for harmonized sales tax (HST). The three that are available can be found at this link -...
The March 4, 2010 Canadian Federal Budget attaches a Ways and Mean Motion amending the "financial services" definition in the Excise Tax Act (a.k.a. the GST Legislation). These legislative amendments are not discussed in...
As the present time, the Ontario Government does not pay goods and services tax on any supplies of property and services. The reason is that the Federal Government does not currently pay goods and services tax is that it cannot,...
On February 25, 2010, Canada's Department of Finance released its proposed harmonized sales tax (HST) place of supply rules which will be used to determine whether a supplier must charge, collect and remit HST in connection with...
On February 26, 2010, the Canada Border Services Agency released Customs Notice CN-10-002 "Key Changes to the Administrative Monetary Penalty System (AMPS) Regime as a Result if the AMPS Fundamental Review". Please go to the...
Last week at the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants Commodity Tax Symposium West in Calgary, a representative of Ontario stated to the audience that Ontario planned to conduct retail sales tax audits of most businesses...
On February 25, 2010, Canada's Department of Finance released its proposed harmonized sales tax (HST) place of supply rules which will be used to determine whether a supplier (Seller) must charge, collect and remit HST in...
I am a huge fan of Seth Godin. However, he scared me this morning by beating me to a post. While Seth's post entitled "It's easier to teach compliance than initiative" (go to the following link - sethgodin.typepad.com) has...
On February 25, 2010 (88 days until harmonization implementation in Ontario and British Columbia), the Department of Finance released the proposed harmonized sales tax (HST) place of supply rules. Here is a link to the pages of...
On February 22, 2010, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has issued final determinations of dumping and subsidizing in respect of oil country tubular goods, made of carbon or alloy steel, welded or seamless,...
On February, 23, 2010, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) concluded a reinvestigation of normal values and export prices regarding certain waterproof footwear and bottoms made of plastic or rubber from the People's Republic...
