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Business Barometer: May sees highest small business confidence level this year

Small business confidence reached its highest level of 2019 this month, jumping three index points to 59.7 on the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB)’s Business Barometer®. “For the first time since last November, small business confidence is narrowly above its four-year average,”…

Lockout begins for 6,500 B.C. port workers as negotiation deadline passes

Longshore workers say a lockout has begun after overnight negotiations between their union and the association representing port employers failed to reach a deal before the 8 a.m. PT lockout deadline. The latest round of negotiations got underway Wednesday, less than 24 hours before the lockout…
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TCC19-048 rejects received

Further to the CBSA Message sent yesterday, some members have reported receiving rejects when utilizing the exchange rates given in the TCCU bulletin TCC19-048. We have contacted the TCCU and they have advised that the exchange rates given in TCC19-048 for May 28th are correct. In particular, for…
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Update to Customs Notice 18-17 - Refund of Provisional Safeguard Surtax

The CSCB has been asked by CBSA to share the following message with their members: This email is to inform you that Customs Notice 18-17, Provisional Safeguard Measures Imposed on the Importation of Certain Steel Goods has been updated to provide information on the refund of provisional safeguard…
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Trusted Trader Program Modernization & MRAs Meeting - Record of Discussion

In addition to the presentation decks posted recently, the record of discussion from the 13 May 2019 meeting of the BCCC Trusted Trader Renewal Working Group is now available on the CSCB website. Topics covered during the meeting: Modernized Trusted Trader Program Framework: proposed changes…

D19-13-2, Importing and Exporting Firearms, Weapons and Devices

This memorandum outlines how tariff item 9898.00.00 of the Customs Tariff, the Criminal Code, the Firearms Act, and the Export and Import Permits Act relate to the importing and exporting of firearms, firearm parts, weapons, devices, and certain types of ammunition. The Government of Canada is…

Port workers lockout could begin Thursday as negotiations stall

The B.C. Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA) has served lockout notice to port workers effective Thursday morning in response to stalled contract negotiations. The union says a lockout would shut "down the entire West Coast shipping industry," affecting the Port of Vancouver and every other…

NAFTA bill lets Trudeau cabinet wait and see what U.S. Congress does

Strategic legislative drafting may allow the Trudeau government to pass an implementation bill for the revised North American trade agreement next month — while still leaving Canada the flexibility to respond if the U.S. Congress changes the deal. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave the government's…

Changes to AIRS for organic products - Update

Please be advised that the planned update to add new OGD extensions to identify organic products and reflect their admissibility requirements to the Automated Import Reference System (AIRS) has been rescheduled to take place on June 10th, 2019. For any questions about the new implementation date…

CN 19-10, Highway Sufferance Warehouse Closure (Summerside, PEI)

1. The purpose of this notice is to advise that: (a) effective April 1, 2019 the company located at 125 Ryan Street, P.O. Box 1350 Summerside, Prince Edward Island has surrendered their “BW” type highway sufferance warehouse license. (b) the Canada Border Services Agency has decided not to advertise…

Your Group Home and Auto Insurance - Get a quote today!

DID YOU KNOW? As a designate, or employee of the CSCB member firm, you have access to discounted home and auto insurance? YUP! You can save by switching to the Navigators (previously McLean Hallmark) Group Home and Auto Plan. To request a quote, call 416 642 4238 or toll free: 1 877 477 7702, or…

CBSA Message (TCC19-047) - Contacts information for SWI IID related inquiries

Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit EDI IID trade data to CBSA. The Single Window Initiative (SWI) enables Importers and Customs Brokers to use Service Option 911 to provide an electronic Integrated Import Declaration (IID) to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) for…

CBSA Message (TCC19-045): SWI Maintenance Outage

Sunday May 26, 2019 from 02:30 to 06:00 (ET): clients may experience delays on when submitting the Document Image Functionality (DIF). As a result of this delay, the Integrated Import Declaration (IID) transmission related to the DIF may get rejected. Also, Participating Government Agencies (PGA)…