CSCB Submissions | Position Papers

The CSCB makes representations to the Government of Canada on behalf of our members presenting the business perspective to changes in law, policy and technology. The following lists our position papers and submissions to various government departments and ministries.

CSCB Submission / Position Paper
Post Date	Name	Topic(s)
2022-07-15	Foreseen Consequences and Analysis of Impacts: Liability Imposed on Customs Brokers as the Importer of Record Under Changes to the Customs Act	Importer of Record (IOR)
2022-06-02	The Views of Canada’s Customs Brokers: Liability Imposed as the Importer of Record Under Proposed Changes to the Customs Act	Importer of Record (IOR)
2020-12-02	Deterioration of a Consultative Approach on CARM Design	CBSA Assessment and Revenue Management (CARM)
2020-09-03	CSCB Submission on Surtax/countermeasures
2020-04-03	Deferral of Duties and Taxes During the Covid-19 Pandemic (multiple submissions)
2020-03-20	Decommissioning of OGD PARS/RMD
2019-07-19	Request to Re-open the Individual Surtax Remission Period
2018-08-01	Industry Letter on Application of Surtaxes to Shipments Imported Under CIRO and PIRO
2018-07-09	Impact of the Surtax/Retaliatory Tariff Measures on Customs Brokers
2018-04-18	CSCB Submission on Customs Broker Regulation

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