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1 December 2008 Canadian database won't be housed in U.S. This article is excerpted from the 1 December 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Ottawa has quietly dropped plans to let the United States house a database of personal information about Canadians who hold special driver's licences aimed at…

1 December 2008 Canadian Chamber Economic Update, Third Quarter GDP Growth Canada’s economy grew by 1.3% (annualized rate) in the third quarter after remaining essentially flat in the first half of the year. Most of the growth occurred in July. Canadian producers increased their output in the third…

The following messages were sent on 1 December: 1. CANADA BORDER SERVICES AGENCY - ELECTRONIC COMMERCE CBSA Message: Interest Rate 2. CANADIAN CUSTOMS ARTICLES Canadian exporters' golden era may be over Vancouver port plans big spending for expansion Canadian database won't be housed in U.S…

1 December 2008 [US] Deep Discounts Draw Shoppers, but Not Profits This article is extracted from the 1 December 2008 edition of “The New York Times”. Sales in the [US’s] stores were strong over the weekend, to the relief of retailers that had been expecting a holiday shopping period as slow as the…

1 December 2008 [US] EPA: Rulemaking to Assess Risks of Formaldehyde in Pressed Wood Products; Comments Sought on 2009 Methyl Bromide Uses This article is excerpted from the 1 December 2008 edition of “WorldTrade Interactive”. The [US] Environmental Protection Agency has initiated rulemaking…

2 December 2008 Obama chooses Napolitano to lead Homeland Security This article is excerpted from the 1 December 2008 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. President-elect Barack Obama today named Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano as his candidate for Secretary of Homeland Security. According to several…

28 November 2008 CP: New Year's Statutory Holiday 2009 Schedule Further to Canadian Pacific's previous broadcast regarding the Christmas and Boxing Day shutdown schedule, please note below CP's network shutdown schedule for the January 1st, 2009 holiday. These shutdown times include all customer…

28 November 2008 Update to CFIA AIRS website Chapter 8 was published to change the release recommendation from "Approved" to "Refer to CFIA-ISC" for the following HS Code from Mexico for "Human Consumption" and "Other end uses." 08.07.19.0001.02 - Cantaloupe (fresh) Please check your version numbers…

28 November 2008 Update to CFIA AIRS website (2) Chapter 14 was published to change the release recommendation from "Refer to CFIA-ISC" to "Approved" for the following HS Code. 14.04.90.9999 - Other (without cereals) This created a requirement version change for the following HS Code. 14.04.20 -…

28 November 2008 2008 Economic and Fiscal Statement The Finance Minister Jim Flaherty delivered the Conservative government’s annual Economic Statement yesterday. Most of the new measures announced are designed to restrain government spending and reinforce the stability of the financial system in…

27 November 2008 CBSA Message: Scheduled CADEX/CUSDEC Outage The following message is from CBSA (Message EDI08-095). Please note that there is a partial outage planned this weekend. The CADEX and CUSDEC systems will be unavailable from 9:00 pm Saturday November 29, 2008 until 5:15 am Sunday November…

27 November 2008 Holiday Embargo On Perishable Marine Container Traffic Moving Within Canada The following message is from Claudio Minello, General Manager – International, Canadian Pacific. Imports CPR will embargo all import marine containers conveying perishable traffic effective 2359hrs local…

27 November 2008 2009 Beef and Veal Tariff Rate Quota The purpose of this message is to inform you that the 2009 Beef & Veal tariff rate quota (TRQ) will be accessible on Wednesday December 3rd, 2008, at 12:00hrs EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST) (noon). The 2009 TRQ level established for Beef & Veal is…

27 November 2008 Update to CFIA AIRS website a) Chapter 08 was published to change the release recommendation from "Refuse Entry" to "Refer to CFIA-ISC" for the following HS Code for Morocco. 08.06.10 - Grapes (raisins) (fresh) b) Chapter 20 was published with a new OGD extension. NO VERSION CHANGE…

27 November 2008 Speed of recent change breathtaking The following was written by Peter G. Hall, Vice-President and Chief Economist, Export Development Canada. The adage “one month does not a trend make” was shattered in October. The speed of change in key economic indicators was breathtaking, and…

27 November 2008 Ottawa balances books - barely The following is excerpted from the 27 November 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com”. The federal government is showing the slimmest of surpluses for next year and the year after, and warns that any fiscal stimulus package would likely put it over the…

27 November 2008 Notice of Intent Re: Several Piperazine Derivatives The purpose of this email is to advise you that a Notice of Intent to Interested Parties (NOI) regarding the following substances was published in the Canada Gazette, Part I (CGI) on November 22, 2008: 1-(Phenylmethyl)piperazine…

27 November 2008 Stocks Post Their Fourth Straight Increase The following is excerpted from the 27 November 2008 edition of “New York Times”. For the first time since last spring, the Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index managed to advance for four consecutive days…

26 November 2008 Labelling of raw fish products that have a cooked appearance and may be mistaken for a ready-to-eat product Note: The information in this notice supersedes that contained in Bulletin no.42 of the Fish Products Inspection Manual dated 24/03/06. Bulletin 42 has been removed from the…

26 November 2008 CFIA Monitoring of Therapeutants in Aquacultured Products The purpose of this notice is to advise that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) will be adding three additional therapeutants in our monitoring program for aquacultured fish and crustaceans. This is part of our…