September 30, 2025 – The Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) is currently experiencing a systems issue that is causing significant delays for carriers at all land and air ports of entry. CBSA has announced that it has identified the root cause of the issue and is actively working on a resolution. However, no estimated time for full restoration has been provided at this stage. Carriers approaching the border are advised to consult us and ensure they have paper copies of all required documentation ready upon arrival. While CBSA continues to receive inbound data via Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and the eManifest portal, it is currently unable to process or transmit outbound messages. This includes acknowledgements, reject messages, and notices such as Release Notification System (RNS) and completeness notices sent through EDI or the eManifest portal. eManifest portal users may also experience delays when trade data is in “updating” status. Canaan Transport is monitoring the situation and will provide updates directly to customers as they become available.
September 1, 2025 – Effective today, Canada will drop some retaliatory tariffs on American products to match U.S. tariff exemptions for goods covered under the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement. This now removes a sector specific tax on goods imported into Canada. However, certain tariffs that mirror the implementation of US Tariffs on Canadian made steel and aluminum products still remain.
August 19, 2025 – A tentative agreement has been reached to end the contract dispute between Air Canada and its flight attendants, both the airline and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) said early today. CUPE, which represents more than 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants, said that after nine hours of talks with the assistance of the chief mediator appointed by the federal government, the deal struck will be presented to its membership, who will have an opportunity to ratify it. Among the sticking points for the union was the issue of pay for work performed while planes are on the ground. While not elaborating on the issue, the union said in a statement that "unpaid work is over." CUPE advised its members to "fully co-operate with resumption of operations." Air Canada said that flights will gradually return beginning this evening.
August 18, 2025 – Air Canada flight attendants said on Sunday they will remain on strike and spurn a government return-to-work order they called unconstitutional. The Canadian Union of Public Employees said in a statement that members would remain on strike and invited Air Canada back to the table to “negotiate a fair deal.” On Saturday, the Canadian government moved to end the strike by more than 10,000 flight attendants. The Canadian Industrial Relations Board agreed to a government request to order binding arbitration and end the strike to break their contract impasse, an action Air Canada had sought but unionized flight attendants fiercely opposed. The Canada Labour Code gives the government the power to ask the CIRB to impose binding arbitration in the interest of protecting the economy.
August 15, 2025 – Due to the union strike, Air Canada will cease all operations effective August 16th at 1:00 am. All of our clients that have shipments on Air Canada have been proactively notified and those with shipments next week are asked to be patient as we individually contact you to discuss the options.
August 11, 2025 – CBSA has informed importers that the annual review of the financial security requirement for RPP, originally scheduled to occur yearly in July according to subsection 7.8 of Memorandum D17-5-2 Financial Security for Release Prior to Payment, has been rescheduled to October of a given year to October of the following year. This means the CARM system will calculate an updated financial security requirement based on transactions from October 2024 to October 2025 and notify importers via portal notification if a change to their financial security is required. If so, the importer will have until January 15, 2026 (for this year’s review cycle and every January 15 moving forward), to ensure their financial security meets the newly calculated amount. This decision has been made to provide importers with adequate time to better adapt to the new RPP requirements.
August 1, 2025 – The de minimis exemption will end August 29 for imports into the U.S., according to a White House fact sheet released Wednesday. Prior to the announcement, the exemption had been slated to end in 2027 as part of a sweeping policy bill signed by Trump earlier this month.
June 30, 2025 – On June 27, 2025 the Department of Finance, Global Affairs Canada (GAC) and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced the implementation and application of Tariff Rate Quotas for certain steel products to protect Canadian industry. This is a courtesy notice to inform you that as of June 27, 2025 certain steel products imported from countries that Canada does not have a free trade agreement may be subject to a 50% surtax. Please see the Department of Finance, Global Affairs Canada (GAC) and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) webpages for more details. Affected Commodities: Steel Products whose Tariff Item is included in Schedule 1 of the Order Imposing a Surtax on the Importation of Certain Steel Goods (“the order”) that are of a Country of Origin that Canada does not have a free trade agreement with will be subject to a 50% surtax on the value for duty unless a shipment specific permit from Global Affairs Canada is obtained. Canaan Transport can assist you with your importations. Please let us know how we can help.
June 2, 2025 – President Donald Trump announced he’s increasing steel and aluminum tariffs from 25% to 50% during remarks at a U.S. Steel factory in Pittsburgh on Friday. The duties are expected to begin on Wednesday, Trump said in a May 30 Truth Social post. Trump said that raising the tariffs, which are not impacted by last week’s court ruling blocking many of his levies, would further protect the U.S. steel industry. “At 25%, they can sort of get over that fence. At 50%, they can no longer get over the fence,” Trump said in his remarks on Friday. There has been no word on Canada’s response.
May 20, 2025 – After 6 months of fruitless negotiation, the union representing Canadian postal workers has issued a 72 hour strike notice and the Canadian postal system may be offline as early as Friday, May 23, 2025. Canaan Transport will be sending correspondence by alternate means during this potential labour action. However, we may not be able to receive your mail if you have posted it before the strike and we apologize for any delay in our response.