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Mail-room mix-up: How 30¢ o-rings became a $90,000 fine

Fifty synthetic rubber rings, worth about 30 cents a pop, ended up costing an Alberta company $90,000. Lee Specialties Ltd., a manufacturer of oil field equipment, shipped rubber circles known as Viton o-rings along with other equipment, to Iran on Jan. 18, 2012. Authorities intercepted the cargo at…

Update to CFIA AIRS Website

a) Chapter 02 was published to; i) add the following OGD extensions 02.10.99.5500 - Chicken - Freeze dried, dehydrated 02.10.99.5501- Mature chicken - Freeze dried, dehydrated 02.10.99.5503- Turkey - Freeze dried, dehydrated 02.10.99.5504 - Pork - Freeze dried, dehydrated 02.10.99.5505 - Beef -…

Heartbleed bug: 900 SINs stolen from Revenue Canada

The Canada Revenue Agency says 900 Canadians have had their social insurance numbers stolen from its website because of the Heartbleed security bug. The agency said early Monday it became aware of the breach while repairing the bug, and that the theft happened over a six-hour period — although the…

RCC Action Plan Webinars

Canada and U.S. working group leads will be holding jointly-planned and executed webinars to allow stakeholders more opportunities to simultaneously interact on RCC issues with the officials from both countries who are directly responsible for the implementation of the 29 initiatives included in the…

Canada Gazette - Official Regulations

Subscribers may be interested in the following, published on 9 April 2014 in Part II of the Canada Gazette. SI/2014-32 April 9, 2014 Ensuring Safe Vehicles Imported From Mexico for Canadians Act Order Fixing March 28, 2014 as the Day on which Sections 4 and 5 of the Act Come into Force SOR/2014-59…

Joint Canada-U.S. customs plaza pitched for $1B bridge

The idea of a single mulitmillion-dollar customs plaza built on one side of the new international bridge that will connect Windsor, Ont., and Detroit has been floated and is getting support from border experts. Two years ago, Canada and the U.S. agreed on a new crossing to be built over the Detroit…
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BCCC Meeting Record of Decisions

The record of decisions from the 11-12 February 2014 BCCC Meeting is now available on the CSCB members site. The presentation and CSCB Summary of this meeting have already been posted. To access, please go to our website at www.cscb.ca, login, click "My Account", then the "Member Services" tab and…

Heartbleed bug - Statement by the President of the Treasury Board

Earlier this week, an Internet security vulnerability named the Heartbleed bug, caused by a flaw in OpenSSL software was detected. OpenSSL is a commonly used software used on the Internet to provide security and privacy. The Heartbleed bug is affecting many global IT systems in both private and…
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Used Self-propelled Vehicles from US - Change to US Export Regulations

The CSCB has received several inquiries from members regarding a change to U.S. export reporting for used self-propelled vehicles. The CSCB has looked into this issue and is now able to offer the following clarification. Canada is no longer exempted from electronic export filing through the…