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 12, 2008, the Ottawa Business Journal ran an article entitled “Defence industry pushes for reform of U.S. export controls” abouts the Canadian defence industry’s desire for a flexible application of the ITAR rules...
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...
The Counterfeit Blog posted the following post on September 27, 2008 -
EFF Sues USTR Over ACTA and FOIA
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Public Knowledge filed suit September 18 against the U.S. Trade...
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...
This posting comes from Keith Cameron ("Cameron") at Lang Michener LLP's Ottawa office -
For years consumers have questioned fluctuating gas prices, wondering how prices could rise and fall overnight and who exactly was...
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...
When Car Troubles Become Lemon Troubles
By Sergei Lemberg
There are few things more frustrating in life than not having a car you can depend on. After all, you need your vehicle to get to work, to take the kids to school and...
Susan Kohn Ross, Susan Ning and Cyndee Todgham Cherniak have profiles on LinkedIn and invite you to become our connections and let us know what you think about trade Lawyers Blog. We have also created a Group for Trade...
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/...
