- Dates: September 27-29, 2026
- Location: Casino Lac Leamy, Gatineau, QC
- Theme: Focus on Compliance
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| Welcome and introduction Speakers: Penny Moulton, CSCB Chair; Janine Harker, CSCB President |
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| Opening keynote with CBSA President, Erin O’Gorman Speaker: Erin O’Gorman, President, Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) |
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| Session #1: CBSA financial compliance update Speakers: Med Ahmadoun, Director General, Deputy Chief Financial Officer & Agency Comptroller, CBSA; Valéry Sina Ba, Director, Revenue Accounting and Reporting Division, Finance and Corporate Management Branch, CBSA; Abderrahim Boussanni, Manager, Financial Security Management for Release Prior to Payment Revenue Accounting and Reporting Division, CBSA |
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| Session #2: Taking the pulse of Canada’s trade agreements Speaker: Jay Allen, Director General, Trade Negotiations and Multilateral Policy Bureau |
No audio | Breakout: Small broker connect A moderated discussion with members of the Small Broker Task Force to discuss challenges and opportunities for small brokerages. Panelists: Paul Courtney, Derek Johnson |
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| Session #3: Understanding tariff policy in Canada Speaker: Scott Winter, Director General, International Trade Policy, Finance Canada |
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| Session #4: Panel discussion: surtax, remissions, and compliance Panelists: Sean Borg, Acting Executive Director, Trade Remedies Investigations Division, CBSA; Laura Bourns, Director, Domestic Tariff Policy, Finance Canada, Charles Melchers, Executive Director, Regulatory Trade Programs Division, CBSA; Alex Lawton, Executive Director, Commercial and Trade Branch, CBSA |
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| Session #5: The Great Tariff War of 2025: A look back Speakers: Rob Kreklewitz, Partner, Millar Kreklewitz LLP; David West, Associate Lawyer, Millar Kreklewetz LLP |
Materials | Day 2 Sessions |
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| Day 2 kick-off Opening comments by Janine Harker, CSCB President Recognition of CCS and CTCS award recipients by Sean Patrick, Director of Education and Designate Services, and Lucas Bauer, Chair of Education Committee |
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| Session #6: Global outlook on international trade Speaker: Stuart Bergman, Chief Economist, Export Development Canada |
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| Session #7: “Preferential” Trade Agreements? When PTAs fail to deliver tariff benefits - an academic perspective Speaker: Sebastian Ahlstich, Researcher, Copenhagen Business School (Denmark) |
No audio | Breakout session 1: CARM – Today’s Realities, Tomorrow’s Opportunities Speaker/panelist: Kerri-Anne Whittaker, Director, CARM Business Relationship Management, CBSA |
No audio | Breakout session 2: A Day in the Life at CFIA Speakers/panelists: Michael Andrews, National Manager, Business Process & System Support; Véronique Cyr, Team Lead, Business Process & System Support |
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| Breakout session 3: Sanctions compliance for customs brokers and their clients Speakers/panelists: Laura Lapointe, Policy Analyst, Sanctions Bureau, Global Affairs Canada (GAC), Simon Boutin, Sanctions Bureau, Global Affairs Canada; Jean-Simon Turgeon, Senior Intelligence Analyst, RCMP; Cst. Jérôme Bourdeau, Police Officer, RCMP; |
No audio | Breakout session 4: Focus on compliance: ECCC Speakers/panelists: Manon Phaneuf, Program Engineer, Environmental Protection Branch, ECCC |