January 19, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On January 18, 2011, I co-chaired a program entitled "Perspectives on the Revised ITAR Provisions on Dual and Third Country Nationals" that was hosted by the Canadian Embassy in Washington and co-sponsored by the American Bar...
Posted in Canada Law Blog, Administrative and Regulatory Law, Public Private Partnerships/Project Finance, Trade Law, Canada, Border Security Initiatives, USA, Export Controls and Economic Sanctions, Global Compliance & Risk Management, Government Relations | No Comments
January 15, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
The Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) will be under the microscope during the week of January 17-21, 2011 as the sixth rounds of negotiations take place in Brussels. One of the difficult...
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October 01, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Canada's Globe & Mail newspaper is reporting that "U.S., EU join fight over Ontario’s green energy plan". Shawn Murphy reports "The United States and the European Union emerged on Thursday as latest countries to say they have key...
Posted in Energy Law, Public Private Partnerships/Project Finance, Trade Law, Canada, European Economic Community, USA, WTO Developments, Dispute Settlement, WTO Dispute Settlement | No Comments
September 18, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
An interesting article has been posted on Pacific Free Press entitled "Stopping CETA Undermining Canadian Law". No wonder it caught my attention. For a copy, please go to...
Posted in Trade Law, Public Private Partnerships/Project Finance, Canada, European Economic Community, Government Procurement Bid Challenges, Government Relations, Free Trade Agreements, Free Trade Agreement Negotiations | No Comments
March 04, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
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,...
Posted in Canada Law Blog, Harmonization, GST/PST and Other Non-Income Taxes, Public Private Partnerships/Project Finance, Canada, Global Compliance & Risk Management, Government Relations, Government Procurement Bid Challenges | No Comments
February 04, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said on February 4, 2010 that "the United States is committed to a rules-based trading system where the American people - and the Congress - can feel confident that when we sign an agreement...
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January 27, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
The Ottawa Citizen newspaper published an article written by David Pugliese on January 25, 2010 entitled "Navy says no to buying American U.S. restrictions on technology can lead to delays". This article contains great reporting...
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July 29, 2009By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On July 22, 2009, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) made its decision in PR-2009-002 SIVA & ASSOCIATES v. Canada and determined that SIVA did not file its government procurement bid challenge within the 10 day...
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May 29, 2009By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
I was surprised to read today's on-line National Post and see and article entitled "Bid to kill 'buy U.S.' hinges on provinces". To read the article, please go to the following link -...
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April 23, 2009By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
A Canadian Bloc Québécois Member of Parliament tabled in Canada’s House of Commons Bill C-306 “an Act respecting the use of government contracts to promote economic development (the “Canadian Products Promotion Act”) (also...
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April 23, 2009By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
A Canadian New Democratic Member of Parliament tabled in Canada’s House of Commons Bill C-312 “an Act respecting the use of government procurements and transfers to promote economic development” (“Made in Canada Act”) as a...
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March 10, 2009By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
A potential bidder, bidder or contract awardee may have a remedy at the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) if a solicitation by the Canadian Government is improperly cancelled in order to divert the funds to...
Posted in Trade Law, Public Private Partnerships/Project Finance, China, Government Procurement Bid Challenges, Government Relations, Free Trade Agreements | No Comments
February 03, 2009By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Canada's Ambassador to the United States, Michael Wilson, has written a letter to Senator Harry Reid and Senator Mitch McConnell, the respective leaders of the Democrats and Republicans in the Senate, asking the Senators to...
Posted in Trade Law, Public Private Partnerships/Project Finance, Canada, USA, WTO Dispute Settlement, Government Relations, Import Controls, NAFTA Developments, WTO Developments, Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs)/ FIPAs | No Comments
January 29, 2009By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce has written a letter warning of the "Buy America" provisions in Stimulus legislation. Perrin Beatty, writes:
Dear Canadian Chamber of Commerce member:
As you are probably aware, an...
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January 29, 2009By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
I have come across a posting on wrageblog setting out the top ten trends for anti-bribery enforcement in 2009. The list set out below comes from the DOJ’s Mark Mendelsohn and summarizes what was said at an...
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September 30, 2008By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On September 29, 2008, Mayor David Miller unveiled a proposal to attract private investors from overseas to Toronto. His proposal is to create two new arm's-length corporations for Toronto. The new entities, to be...
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