February 02, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On January 18, 2011, I co-chaired a panel discussion hosted at the Canadian Embassy in Washington entitled "Perspectives on the Revised ITAR Provisions on Dual and Third Country Nationals". The American Bar Association,...
Posted in Canada Law Blog, Administrative and Regulatory Law, Trade Law, Canada, USA, Border Security Initiatives, Export Controls and Economic Sanctions, Global Compliance & Risk Management, Government Relations, Government Procurement Bid Challenges | 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...
Posted in Canada Law Blog, Public Private Partnerships/Project Finance, Trade Law, Canada, European Economic Community, Buy America, Government Procurement Bid Challenges, International Transactions, WTO Developments, NAFTA Developments | No Comments
January 14, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On December 1, 2010 the Canadian International Trade Tribunal made a decision in the government procurement bid challenge case filed by Dataintro Software Limited (CITT File No. PR-2010-077). For a copy of the case, please use...
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January 11, 2011By: Andrew Hudson
Background
I thought it would be useful to provide the following summary on the status of claims associated with the Federal Government Home Insulation Scheme and efforts to recover allegedly excessive container detention...
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January 08, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On January 6, 2011, the Canada's Minister of Trade, Peter Van Loan, met with Canada's Indo-Canadian community and indicated that the Harper Government wants to learn what they would like to see in a free trade agreement. Here is...
Posted in Canada Law Blog, Trade Law, Canada, India, Free Trade Agreements, Free Trade Agreement Negotiations, Government Procurement Bid Challenges, Global Compliance & Risk Management, Government Relations, International Transactions | No Comments
November 20, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
The European Union required that the Canadian provinces be at the negotiating tables where Canadian and EU officials negotiated the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement. This was a good idea seeing that important...
Posted in Canada Law Blog, Trade Law, Canada, European Economic Community, Free Trade Agreement Negotiations, Free Trade Agreements, Global Compliance & Risk Management, Government Relations, Government Procurement Bid Challenges, Food Safety | No Comments
October 18, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Talk about perfect timing! The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) issued a decision on October 13, 2010 in the case of Bayshore Healthcare Ltd. (doing business as Bayshore Home Health) (PR-2010-065). The timing of the...
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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...
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April 21, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
During the week of April 19, 2010, Canada and the EU scheduled the third round of negotiations of the Canada- European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) in Ottawa, Canada. On April 20, 2010, Canada's...
Posted in Trade Law, Canada, European Economic Community, Dispute Settlement, Free Trade Agreements, Free Trade Agreement Negotiations, Global Compliance & Risk Management, Government Relations, Government Procurement Bid Challenges, International Intellectual Property Protection | No Comments
April 01, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Doug Saunders has written an article in Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper entitled "Ontario foot-dragging imperils Canada-EU trade pact, officials say", which appeared on March 31, 2010. Please go to the following link -...
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March 19, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On March 18, 2010, in the case of BMT Fleet Technology Limited v. Department of Public Works and Government Services Canada (CITT File No. PR-2009-063), the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) dismissed the case because...
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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 05, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On February 5, 2010, Canada’s Minister of International Trade (Peter Van Loan) and the United States Trade Representative (Ron Kirk) issued a joint statement on Canada-United States government procurement. This tentative...
Posted in Trade Law, Buy America, Canada, USA, Protectionism, WTO Developments, NAFTA Developments, 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 18, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
My good friend Riyaz Dattu (and Peter Glossop) at Oslers is reporting that:
Canadian officials are anxious to receive input from Canadian business. Businesses should consider both their defensive trade strategies in adjusting to...
Posted in Trade Law, Canada, European Economic Community, Free Trade Agreement Negotiations, Free Trade Agreements, Agriculture, Customs Duties, Food and Drug Regulation, Government Relations, Global Compliance & Risk Management | No Comments
January 08, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On January 5, 2010, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal made a decision to not initiate a inquiry into a procurement bid challenge filed at A-1 Cleaners against the Department of National Defence for cleaning and janitorial...
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