In the November 19, 2008 Throne Speech, the Government of Canada signalled that it would revive legislation put forward in Parliament prior to the election relating to food safety and consumer product safety. The Throne...
On November 19, 2008, Canada's Governor General delivered the Throne Speech. The following statement was included in the Throne Speech as a priority on the Prime Minister's agenda:
"To ensure protection of our vital...
On November 17, 2008, the Canada Border Services Agency issued a preliminary determination of dumping and subsidization of aluminum extrusions from China. What might become the largest Canadian antidumping and countervailing...
On November 10, 2008, the Canada Border Services Agency commenced an expiry review of the antidumping order against wood slats from China and Mexico.
Wood slats (slats) are the main component of wood venetian blinds. The...
Tomorrow, I am giving a lecture at the Univeristy of Windsor, Centre for Transnational Law and Practice about NAFTA. As I was waiting for my flight, because Air Canada bumped me off the flight I was scheduled to take (why I...
On November 2, 2008, the Canadian Press reported that Canadian beef and pork producers want Ottawa to commence trade actions against the United States over a new law that is already starting to shut their livestock out of...
On October 30, 2008, Prime Minister Harper announced his new Cabinet and the appointment on Mr. Stockwell day to the position of Minister of International Trade.
The following excerpt is taken from Stockwell Day's...
On October 17, 2008, during the Canada-EU summit in Quebec City, Quebec, Prime Minister Harper and President Nicholas Sarkozy of France confirmed that Canada and the EU would start to explore a free trade agreement (or possibly...
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...
On September 26, 2008, P)rime Minister Stephen Harper made a campaign promise to restrict the export of raw bitumen (in other words, he promised to ban the export of heavy black oil from Canada's oil sands to countries with lax...
The following article written by Michelle Collins appeared in the September 24, 2008 issue of Embassy magazine at the following link -http://www.embassymag.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=/2008/september/24/trade_deal/...
On September 20, 2008, the Globe & Mail newspaper reported that when Nicolas Sarkozy is in Canada for Canada-EU summit in Montreal starting on October 17, 2008, he will sign a manpower mobility agreement between France and the...
On September 18, 2008, Canada’s Globe & Mail newspaper reported that Canada and Europe may start to negotiate a free trade agreement. The rumour is that Canadian and European officials will start on October 17, 2008 93...
Don Whiteley has pointed me to an interesting article on the Seatlepi.com site entitled “Environmentalists sue of Canadian timber agreement”. In short, sometime this week, U.S.-based environmentalist organizations intend...
An article entitled “Decrypting Canadian Export Controls for Software with Security CapabilitiesDecrypting Canadian Export Controls for Software with Security Capabilities” in the Ottawa Business Journal on September 8,...
Canada is set to impose new organic labeling requirements and certification requirements in December 2008. An article in the September 5, 2008 issue of Canada's Lawyer's Weekly newspaper discusses the regulatory changes and...
