On June 20, 2017, the Government of Canada finalized the regulatory process to amend the Export Control List. This amendment serves to add controls, clarify controls and remove controls over specific items as agreed upon in the various multilateral export control regimes.
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Is Inflation Back?
July 31, 2017
Prices are rising again in a way we haven’t seen for years. That’s usually enough to set off groans all over. After all, inflation is one of the two ingredients of the ‘misery index’, generally regarded as an economic no-no. We’ve been without it for so long that the word itself had all but dropped from the vernacular.
CITT Amends its Order - Certain Carbon Steel Fasteners from China and Chinese Taipei
July 31, 2017
The Canadian International Trade Tribunal has completed the interim review of its order made on January 5, 2015, in Expiry Review No. RR-2014-001, in respect of certain carbon steel fasteners originating in or exported from the People’s Republic of China and Chinese Taipei.
D9-1-15 (Revised), CBSA's Policy on the Classification of Hate Propaganda, Sedition and Treason
July 31, 2017
This memorandum has been revised to reflect legislative amendments, particularly the expanded definition of "identifiable group" to include "gender identity or expression" in reference to suspect hate propaganda as per Tariff Item 9899.00.00 of the Schedule to the Customs Tariff.
IMF gives Trudeau government passing grade, but warns of longer term challenges
July 31, 2017
The International Monetary Fund has given the Trudeau government a passing mark for its handling of the economy since coming to power, but warns that “more difficult challenges lie ahead.”