Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Environmentalists Sue Over Canadian Timber Agreement

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(Seattle Post Intelligencer – Lisa Stiffler) Environmentalists are filing a lawsuit this week against the federal government for what they s...
Saturday, September 6, 2008

The Lacey Act Amendments: An Approaching Catastrophe At the Border

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(NCBFAA: The National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America) Included in the recently enacted Farm Bill is a provision to ...
Friday, September 5, 2008

U.S. Pallet Industry Urges Domestic Action Against Wood-Eating Pests

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(American Shipper – Chris Gillis) The U.S. wood pallet industry has an effective plan for its part to prevent the spread of invasive wood-ea...

Minister Ritz Releases Statement as Canada Tables its Official Comments on U.S. Mandatory Country-Of-Origin Labelling

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(Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada) Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz issued the following statement today as the Government of Canad...

French Businesses Loath to End 35-Hour Week

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(The Associated Press) France’s decade-long experiment with a 35-hour work week is coming to an end, sort of. A new law allows companies to ...
Thursday, September 4, 2008

New U.S. Law to Require Reporting of all Trees and Tree Products (Including Species & Genus)

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(GHY International) A new law will go into effect on December 15 and will have far-reaching consequences for international trade and will re...
Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Canadian Input for New U.S. Border Plan

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(Embassy Magazine) Jerry Grafstein and Rob Merrifield have been working with Louise Slaughter to devise a strategy for the next U.S. adminis...

C$ Rises as Bank of Canada Leaves Rates Unchanged, Notes Domestic Demand Strong

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(The Canadian Press) The Canadian dollar moved higher Wednesday after the Bank of Canada decided to leave its key rate unchanged at three pe...

Dion Announces Green Shift Changes

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(The Canadian Press) Adjustments to carbon tax proposal would include up to $1 billion in aid for truckers and other groups. Liberal Leader ...

Airlines to lose US$5.2 billion in 2008 - Slowing Demand and High Oil to Blame

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(IATA) The International Air Transport Association (IATA) today announced a revised industry financial forecast that would see the global ai...

The Government of Canada Will Invest Over $3.5 million in Prince George, B.C. Transportation Infrastructure

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(Transport Canada) The federal government, under the Asia-Pacific Gateway and Corridor Initiative, will invest a total of $3.5 million in tw...

Harper to Aid Ontario’s Ailing Auto Sector

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(Globe & Mail) The Harper government will move to shore up its economic credentials in hard-hit and vote-rich Ontario today by doling ou...

Canadian National Expands Network

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(Cargonews Asia) Canadian National Railway (CN) has inked a deal with the city of Joliet regarding CN's proposed acquisition of the majo...

John Deere Factory in Ontario to Close, 800 Jobs Lost

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(The Canadian Press) Tractor maker Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) is closing its factory in Welland, Ont., and moving the work outside Canada...
Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Canada’s Economy Will Slow to a Crawl: OECD

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(CBC News) The OECD has chopped its outlook for Canada for 2008 and now predicts the national economy will expand at the second slowest pace...

Border Patrol Battles Invaders from Canada

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(Dan Catchpole — AP/San Diego Union Tribune) Officers keep eye out for bugs that threaten species in United States Alishia Beckham uses a ha...
Friday, August 29, 2008

Flaherty Warns of Bumps Ahead for Canadian Economy

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(CEP News) Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says Canada is well positioned to weather the current global economic downturn, but warns ...

Grace Period Set for Implementation of First Sale Declaration Requirement

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(USCBP) A grace period that is being granted to importers with regard to the implementation of the First Sale Declaration Requirement establ...
Thursday, August 28, 2008

U.S. GDP Rebounds with 3.3% Growth

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(BBC News) The U.S. economy grew at a revised 3.3% annually in the second quarter of 2008, the Commerce Department said, much higher than it...

Participate in an Authoritative Report on Transportation Management, Benchmarks and Practices

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(Canadian Transportation & Logistics) All supply chain professionals have an opportunity to participate in the 4th annual CITA members’ ...