Continuing Legal Education

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Meetings

Coming Soon!

NOTICE: Section Members are requested to forward at any time to Norma Pugliese suggestions for agenda items to be considered by the Section Executive and their Committees at subsequent meetings with:

• Joint CBA/CICA Subcommittee on Customs;
• CITT Bench and Bar Committee;
• Sales Tax Committee
• Federal Court Bench and Bar Committee;
• Tax Court Bench and Bar
• Department of Justice Annual Meeting

Newsletters

The Section released a January 2010 newsletter and is currently looking for articles for the next issue. If you would like to contribute to the next edition, please contact us at CBA Newsletters.

Past issues of  Sales Tax can be found on the Newsletter page.

Mandate

This Section deals with law and practice related to commodity tax, customs and trade remedy matters including, but not limited to, the goods and services or harmonized sales tax, provincial sales taxes, excise taxes, North American Free Trade Agreement, customs duties, valuation, tariff classification, rules of origin, procurement, trade remedies, import/export controls and related matters. Activities include consultation with the Department of Finance (Canada), the Canada Revenue Agency, the Canada Border Services Agency, involvement in the Federal Court/Tax Court review process and Bench and Bar Committees with the Tax Court and Canadian International Trade Tribunal, as well as ongoing activities to promote the objects of the Association within this area of law.