On October 14, 2008, the Conservative Party of Canada won 143 seats (subject to change upon a few recounts in tight ridings) and Prime Minister Harper won a stronger minority government. A minority government can be...
NDP Leader, Jack Layton, has said that if the New Democratic Party win the election, they will renegotiate the labour and environmental provisions of NAFTA. This should not surprise anyone who is familiar with the...
In the 2008 Ontario Budget delivered by Minister of Finance, Dwight Duncan on March 25, 2008, Ontario proposed a new 10-year income tax exemption for new corporations that commercialize intellectual property in Ontario developed...
There is a lot of NAFTA-bashing by the left-leaning politicians on both sides of the Canada-United States border. As a law professor teaching a course on NAFTA and bilateral trading arrangements at case Western Reserve...
The following editorial appeared on Boston.com, a web-site related to the Boston Globe. The author makes a good point - however, Senators Clinton and Obama would not, as President, have the authority to kick China out of...
When Senator Obama talked about renegotiating parts of NAFTA, he said:
“I will make sure that we renegotiate ... I think we should use the hammer of a potential opt-out as leverage to ensure that we actually get labour and...
TIMING IS EVERYTHING – DEMOCRATIC CANDIATES THREATEN NAFTA WITHIN HOURS OF CANADA ANNOUNCING BUDGET FOR BORDER SECURITY
Friday, February 29, 2008.
Cyndee Todgham Cherniak, is Counsel in the International Trade Law Group at...
HAVE SENATORS CLINTON AND OBAMA DONE THEIR HOMEWORK?
Cyndee Todgham Cherniak, is Counsel in the International Trade Law Group at Lang Michener LLP and an adjunct professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Law in...
On February 19, 2008, the Province of British Columbia announced in its the 2008 Budget that it proposes to introduce an escalating Carbon Tax over the next five years. The news release about the Carbon Tax includes the...
On January 25, 2008, Canada announced that it was introducing important and significant changes to its current policies and procedures for the signing of international agreements.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Maxime Bernier,...
On January 23, 2008, Canada published a notice of intent to conduct a Strategic Environmental Assessment (EA) of the negotiations for a Canada-Kuwait Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA). A FIPA...
On January 23, 2008, the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade released the Initial Enviromental Assessment Report Canada-Andean Community Free Trade Agreement for public consultations. Submissions are...
Law enforcement authorities in the U.S., EU, Switzerland and Canada are apparently coordinating their efforts, at least as it comes to execution of search warrants as the air freight price fixing investigation continues. The...
