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The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) says it has reached a tentative contract agreement with the Treasury Board covering more than 120,000 federal government workers across the country. The national strike is now over for most workers who fall under the Treasury Board. They'll be required to…

Please be advised that the CARM Duties and Taxes Document has now been posted to the CARM Google Drive. The document can be found in the Technical Working Group folder: 3. CARM Technical Working Group / Groupe de travail technique de la GCRA - Google Drive Direct links to the files are: English…

At the April TCP Working Group meeting the CBSA was unable to advise when a decision would be made on an October go or no go but they did advise TCPs that there are several factors being considered including CARM solution, stakeholder and CBSA readiness as well as CES review. If CARM Release 2 is…

(Le texte français suit le texte anglais) As part of CFIA’s ongoing efforts to improve client service, please be advised that CFIA will be performing network maintenance on April 29, 2023 from 5:00 am to 6:00 am (ET). Consequently, the following services may not be available for this period…

Chapter 21 Chapter 21 was published to add the following OGD extension. 21.06.90.9999.01 – Other If you have any questions, please contact your National Import Service Centre.

The EDI release requests received report for March 2023 is available on the CSCB website ( download). The national EDI percent was 98.43%. The following indicates the IID transactions:

CARM Client Support (CCS) RE: Payment processing during the PSAC strike The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) has declared a general strike effective Wednesday, April 19. As a result, there may be a labour disruption for functions performed by PSAC-represented employees. During this…

(Le texte français suit le texte anglais) As part of CFIA’s ongoing efforts to improve client service, please be advised that CFIA will be performing network maintenance on April 29, 2023 from 5:00 am to 6:00 am (ET). Consequently, the following services may not be available for this period…

Canada's small business optimism remained unchanged in April over the long term and registered a small gain over the short term. CFIB’s Business Barometer® long-term index, which is based on 12-month forward expectations for business performance, remained at 55.7. The short-term optimism index…

(Le français suit) Please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has updated the following modules of the Accredited Veterinarian Manual (AVM): Module 2.2 – Identification of Horses There have been no changes to the identification requirements, but clarification and references to…

The following was published in the Canada Gazette, Part II, Volume 157, Number 9 on April 26, 2023: Special Economic Measures (Belarus) Regulations — Regulations Amending the Special Economic Measures Act Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations — Regulations Amending the Special Economic…

The enclosed information is important in understanding the 180 day transition period for Release Prior to Payment (RPP) Financial Security. A key component is that the importer must be registered BEFORE Release 2 or a specified cutoff date in order to benefit from the transition period and not have…

A) Chapter 01 Chapter 01 was published to: i) change the release recommendation from “Refuse entry” to “Refer to CFIA – veterinary inspection” for the following HS codes with the end use “Travellers & Personal use and not for resale or distribution” originating from Switzerland: 01.06.32 –…

EDI/Portal Scheduled Maintenance Unavailability eManifest Portal Maintenance Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2023-04-29/ 00:01 ET 2023-04-29/ 03:00 ET All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using the eManifest Portal. Description Saturday April 29, 2023 from 00…

A) AIRS was published to modify the following origin country names: i) from Libyan Arab Jamahiriya to Libya. ii) from Macedonia to North Macedonia. iii) from Swaziland to Eswatini. B) AIRS was published to add the origin South Sudan. If you have any questions, please contact your National Import…