Meet the CBSA President at the CSCB National Conference!

Five weeks until the CSCB national conference and delegates have been registering at a rapid pace. It will be a great event and we don’t want you to miss out on it.

Following are some of the highlights of this year’s conference program. 

- Pricing In Turbulent Times: The “How” and “Why” of Maintaining Your Prices 
- Compliance and Risk Management Toolkit 
- Workshops on “Courier/LVS Developments” and “eManifest Walkthrough”, 
- NAFTA Re-determination

Plus, we are excited to announce that the President of Canada Border Services Agency, Mr. Stephen Rigby, has confirmed that he will attend. Mr. Rigby will speak on CBSA’s priorities and vision. Be sure to take advantage of the opportunity to meet Mr. Rigby on Saturday, September 12!

We understand that the conference hotel, The Westin Nova Scotian is very busy during our conference period. If you have difficulty registering there, we have reserved a block of rooms at the Four Points by Sheraton Halifax which is a five-minute walk from the Westin Nova Scotian. For room reservations, please call 1-866-444-9494 and identify yourself as attending the Canadian Society of Customs Brokers conference. The deadline to reserve is August 14th.

Also, if you have booked accommodation but have not yet registered for the conference, please register with us as soon as possible. As you know, our block is restricted to conference delegates. Please help us eliminate any confusion about intentions by submitting your conference registration package to us today.

Join us in Halifax where you can hear from those who have first-hand knowledge of strategic business issues that can determine future success.

Our conference registration fee is very affordable and the benefits of attending are invaluable.

Register today at http://www.cscb.ca/Conference/Conference2009.htm …

And get 20 CCS points!

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Update to CFIA AIRS website

Chapter 08 was published to add the miscellaneous codes of "Container weighing less than 50 kg" and "Container weighing more than 50 kg" for the following HS Code for Peru.

08.10.10 - Strawberries (fresh)

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Job losses deeper than feared

The following is excerpted from today's edition of "globeandmail.com".

The recession and the rain eliminated another 45,000 jobs in July, pushing the total job losses since the onset of the downturn to 414,000, Statistics Canada said.

July's decline was in both full-time and part-time positions, but the unemployment rate stayed steady at 8.6 per cent, since potential workers were dropping out of the job market.

It's the highest unemployment rate in 11 years.

“Our first impression is that this is a much worse than expected report on both headline and details,” said economists at Scotia Capital Inc. “Canada's job market remains fully back on its heels.”

Accommodation, food and construction were responsible for much of the job loss, Statscan said. A rainy month, especially in Quebec where the drop in employment was focused, may be responsible, said Philip Cross, chief of economic analysis at Statistics Canada.

“With the record rain, who needs waiters for the patio, or travel-related services?” he said.

Those declines were only partially offset by increases in retail and wholesale trade.

The private sector