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La nouvelle année apporte de nouvelles exigences, des obligations de faire rapport et des seuils des marchés publics révisés

Initiative de développement des entreprises ontariennes En 2024, la plupart des acheteurs du secteur public en Ontario seront tenues de participer à l’Initiative de développement des entreprises ontariennes (l’« Initiative...more

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New Year Brings New Requirements, Reporting Obligations and Updated Trade Agreement Thresholds

Building Ontario Businesses Initiative In 2024, most public buyers in Ontario will be required to implement the Building Ontario Businesses Initiative (BOBI). According to the Government of Ontario, BOBI is aimed at directing...more

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First State-to-State Dispute Under CUSMA on Dairy Quotas—Good News for Distributors and Consumers?

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The Panel Report in Canada—Dairy TRQ Allocation Measures, released on January 4, 2022, resolved the first State-to-State dispute under the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement or "CUSMA" (also known as USMCA). The Report is...more

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Canada's Federal Budget 2021 and International Trade Implications

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On April 19, 2021, the Federal Government of Canada unveiled its first budget in two years, promising over $100 billion in new spending intended to propel Canada's economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Part of the...more

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B.C.’s Bitumen Blockade: Selected Legal Options Available to Producers and Shippers

Recently, the Government of British Columbia released an announcement to consider a series of proposed measures to restrict the shipment of diluted bitumen from Alberta oil sands operations by rail or pipelines, setting the...more

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Updated Procurement Thresholds for Canada's Free Trade Agreements in Effect

In its December 21, 2017 Contract Policy Notice, the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat published an updated set of procurement thresholds that have been indexed for inflation and came into effect on January 1, 2018. ...more

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Canada’s Procurement System Gets a Boost: CFTA Now in Effect, CETA on Its Heels

On July 1, 2017, the widely anticipated update to Canada’s domestic trade agreement, the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), came into force. The CFTA is an agreement among the Canadian provinces, territories and the...more

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