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Taxonomy: Implementing Jurisdiction - Canada


Canada: New health-of-animals regulations for imports of aquatic animals

Measure #3007 | Published 31 Dec 2011 | Inception 10 Dec 2011 ▲

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On December 22, 2011 the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced that it had amended the

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Canada: Elimination of tariffs on 70 items

Measure #2958 | Published 8 Dec 2011 ▲

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     Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced on November 27, 2011 that the government will eliminate 70 import tariffs on items used in a range of manufacturing and processing industries, including food processing

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Canada: AD & CVD investigation of oil country tubular goods pup joints from China

Measure #2896 | Published 28 Oct 2011 ▲

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On December 12, 2011 the Canada Border Services Agency made preliminary determinations in the antidumping and countervailing duty investigations of oil country tubular goods pup joints, made of carbon or alloy steel, we1ded or seamless, heat-treat

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Canada: AD & CVD investigations of stainless steel sinks imported from China

Measure #2895 | Published 28 Oct 2011 ▲

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The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on October 27, 2011, under the Special Import Measures A

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Canada: Proposal to eliminate tariffs on winch straps

Measure #2691 | Published 24 Aug 2011 ▲

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The Department of Finance Canada is seeking the views of Canadian industry groups on a request it received to eliminate the duty on certain winch straps that are used by Canadian manufacturing and trucking sectors to secure goods onto trailer/vehi

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Canada: Cap on immigration applications for skilled workers

Measure #2667 | Published 16 Aug 2011 | Inception 1 Jul 2011 ▲

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Effective 1 July 2011, the government of Canada has capped the number of applications it considers for the Skilled Worker Program. Under the new regime, a total of 10'000 applications shall be considered.

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Canada: Changes to Temporary Foreign Worker Program

Measure #2555 | Published 6 Jul 2011 | Inception 1 Apr 2011 ▲

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 On 1 April 2011 changes to Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker Program came into effect. According to a "backgrounder" document circulated by the Canadian government the following changes were introduced:

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Canada: Licensing of an Egyptian-owned telecommunications firm

Measure #2385 | Published 3 Jun 2011 ▲

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The Government of Canada is considering changes to its investment regime that may loosen some restrictions on foreign investment in the telecommunications sector.

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Canada: Rejection of an Australian firm's proposed acquisition of PotashCorp

Measure #2384 | Published 3 Jun 2011 | Inception 3 Nov 2010 ▲

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The Canadian Ministry of Industry on November 3, 2010 informed the Australian mining company BHP Billiton that its proposed acqu

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Canada: Proposed levy on blank audio recording media

Measure #2383 | Published 2 Jun 2011 ▲

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The Canadian Private Copying Collective has issued a proposal to collect levies on removable media storage.

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