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19 April 2007 2007 Ontario Region Annual Conference – Registration Package The CSCB Ontario Region 2007 conference and annual general meeting, is scheduled to take place on Thursday, June 7 and Friday, June 8 at the Holiday Inn Select, Windsor. This year’s theme is “The Customs Broker: Working in…

19 April 2007 2007 British Columbia Region Annual Conference The CSCB BC Region 2007 conference and annual general meeting, is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, June 13 at the River Rock Casino Resort, Richmond. This year’s theme is “The Customs Broker: Working in the Real World”. If you wish to…

19 April 2007 2007 Quebec Region Annual Conference – Registration Package The CSCB QC Region 2007 conference and annual general meeting, is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, June 6 at the Hilton Montreal Airport. This year’s theme is “The Customs Broker: Working in the Real World”. Here are…

19 April 2007 Ottawa talks seek to save fragile lumber truce This article is excerpted from the 19 April 2007 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Canadian and U.S. trade officials will meet in Ottawa today in an attempt to resolve a brewing dispute that threatens to derail the seven-month-old softwood…

19 April 2007 Canadian National strike over This article is excerpted from the 19 April 2007 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Rail operations at the Port of Vancouver were returning to normal Thursday as Canadian National Railway lifted its lockout of striking union employees after federal back…

19 April 2007 CBP stresses C-TPAT flexibility for brokers This article is excerpted from the 19 April 2007 issue of “American Shipper”. The U.S. government program that provides incentives for U.S. companies to improve security in their overseas supply chains is not rigid and allows companies to…

19 April 2007 Customs to roll out ACE trade portal this summer This article is extracted from the 19 April 2007 issue of “The Journal of Commerce”. Customs and Border Protection later this year will launch the first phase of the Automated Commercial Environment, the agency’s long-awaited digital…

19 April 2007 GAO report cites declining Customs revenue staff This article is excerpted from the 19 April 2007 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. A new report by the Government Accountability Office has found that staff resources supporting revenue collection at Customs and Border Protection…

18 April 2007 CN Network-wide Service Update - April 17 th Information for CN customers during the current labour disruption: - There are currently no weather delays across the system, in spite of recent snow storms throughout the Maritime provinces. - Mainline train and local industrial service at…

18 April 2007 Coming in Force of Part 8 of the Public Safety Act, 2002 On March 1, 2007, the Government of Canada formally fixed March 31, 2007 as the date on which Part 8 of the Public Safety Act, 2002, assented on May 6, 2004 comes into force. Part 8 of the Public Safety Act, 2002, amends certain…

18 April 2007 Amendment of the Export and Import Permits Act Serial No. 151 Date: March 31, 2007 1.0 Purpose 1.1 This Notice is to advise exporters that the Export and Import Permits Act (EIPA) has been amended to clarify specific controls over technology contained on the Export Control List (ECL)…

18 April 2007 CADEX/CUSDEC Outage on 21 April 2007 The following is a message to all Electronic Commerce clients. Please note that there is a partial outage planned this weekend. The CADEX and CUSDEC systems will be unavailable from 9:00 pm Saturday April 21st until 3:45 am Sunday April 22nd…

18 April 2007 Hearing Schedule for Appeals and Decisions The CITT has updated its hearing schedules as follow: Decisions Pending http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/appeals/pending/index_e.asp Appeals Pending http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/appeals/hearings/070418_e.asp

18 April 2007 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapter 28 was published. A requirement was created for copper sulfate. 28.33.25 - Other sulphates: Of copper A new registration type was added. No. 526 for Certificate of Analysis for dioxins, furans and dioxin-like PCB - where feed end use indicated - C…

18 April 2007 PC 2007-431, Order Amending the Schedule to the Customs Tariff, 2007-1 Amendments The List of Tariff Provisions set out in the schedule to the Customs Tariff is amended as set out in Part 1 of the schedule to this Order. The List of Tariff Provisions set out in the schedule to the Act…

18 April 2007 Women in Logistics Initiative Members may be interested in supporting the Women in Logistics initiative that creates processes and programs to attract, support and retain women in the supply chain logistics sector, and assists women in the development of their professional careers…

18 April 2007 Many companies claim C-TPAT security program generates ROI This article is excerpted from the 18 April 2007 edition of “American Shipper”. Security-certified U.S. importers who voluntarily participate in the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism on average spend $54,000 per year…

17 April 2007 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site a) Chapter 05 was published to change the recommendation from "Refer to CFIA" to "REFER TO CFIA - VETERINARY INSPECTION" from the United States. 05.11.99.1294 Animal embryos - intact 05.11.99.1295 Animal embryos - micromanipulated b) Chapter 05 was…