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Trevor Ryhorchuk
CUSMA wasn’t renewed on July 1 — and it remains in force to 2036. Both are true.

Jul 7, 2026

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CUSMA wasn’t renewed on July 1 — and it remains in force to 2036. Both are true.

Ottawa and Washington published statements about the same meeting that point in different directions. Read together, they change the planning assumption under every CUSMA-preference claim — the same week CBSA’s refreshed verification priorities are due.

Trevor Ryhorchuk
Trevor Ryhorchuk
CBSA’s verification priorities refresh July 7 — surtaxes and FTA origin are named focus areas

Jun 30, 2026

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4 min read

CBSA’s verification priorities refresh July 7 — surtaxes and FTA origin are named focus areas

If you self-assess covered surtax or safeguard lines, the next item on your calendar isn’t a new rule — it’s a check. CBSA refreshes its verification priorities July 7, and surtaxes and CUSMA origin are on the named list.

Trevor Ryhorchuk
Trevor Ryhorchuk
Canned vegetables got a 10% safeguard June 19 — and it codes to field 87, not 85

Jun 23, 2026

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4 min read

Canned vegetables got a 10% safeguard June 19 — and it codes to field 87, not 85

If you bring in canned corn, peas, beans, or chickpeas from a non-exempt origin, a 10% safeguard landed Friday — and because it’s a safeguard, it goes in CARM field 87 and folds into the GST base before tax.

Trevor Ryhorchuk
Trevor Ryhorchuk
Your surtax remission ends June 30 — and the bill lands in two places

Jun 16, 2026

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4 min read

Your surtax remission ends June 30 — and the bill lands in two places

If you bring manufacturing inputs in under one of the horizontal surtax remissions, the relief lapses June 30 — and on July 1 the surtax lands on your duty line and inside the receivables figure that sets your CBSA security.

Trevor Ryhorchuk
Trevor Ryhorchuk
Buy Canadian threshold drops to $5M on June 15 — the content math before you bid

Jun 9, 2026

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4 min read

Buy Canadian threshold drops to $5M on June 15 — the content math before you bid

If you bid on federal contracts and you’ve been treating the Buy Canadian rules as a big-contract problem, the line that decides whether they touch you moves on June 15 — and the number it turns on is one you can work out this week.

Trevor Ryhorchuk
Trevor Ryhorchuk
Q1 GDP flat, March −0.1% — what June 10 does to the cash you’ve parked in CBSA security

Jun 2, 2026

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4 min read

Q1 GDP flat, March −0.1% — what June 10 does to the cash you’ve parked in CBSA security

If you’ve got the June 10 rate decision circled and working capital tied up in CBSA security, Friday’s GDP print is the number that tells you which way that decision is leaning — and what a cut versus a hold does to the cost of carrying that security.

Trevor Ryhorchuk
Trevor Ryhorchuk
April CPI 2.8%, USDCAD 1.3809 — the landed-cost math for $100K monthly USD payables

May 26, 2026

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5 min read

April CPI 2.8%, USDCAD 1.3809 — the landed-cost math for $100K monthly USD payables

If you’re an SME importer carrying USD-denominated payables and any non-trivial freight component, three signals landed in the past week from three different agencies. They compound on one number: the CAD-equivalent landed cost per USD payable on your June invoices.

Trevor Ryhorchuk
Trevor Ryhorchuk
Wholesale machinery +6.5%, USD up 1.1% — and Section 17 routes the duty bill to you

May 19, 2026

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5 min read

Wholesale machinery +6.5%, USD up 1.1% — and Section 17 routes the duty bill to you

If you're a CARM-enrolled importer carrying USD-denominated payables on machinery or computer/communications imports, three signals from three different agencies landed in the past two weeks — and they compound on the same line: the highest-month duty-and-tax A/R figure your next October 20 RPP security review will read.

Trevor Ryhorchuk
Trevor Ryhorchuk
Three 2026 changes, one RPP security review — May 6 helps a narrow slice

May 12, 2026

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10 min read

Three 2026 changes, one RPP security review — May 6 helps a narrow slice

Section 17, the May 6 surtax expansion, and StatCan's March surplus all land inside the October 20 to October 19 RPP review window. Only one moves cash — and only for some.

Trevor Ryhorchuk
Trevor Ryhorchuk
Your January 1 HS code may already be wrong — Chapters 28, 29, 73, 81

May 5, 2026

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9 min read

Your January 1 HS code may already be wrong — Chapters 28, 29, 73, 81

Four months in, the 2026 Customs Tariff substituted classification numbers and pre-ambles in four chapters. Advance rulings in those chapters need a validity check.

Trevor Ryhorchuk
Trevor Ryhorchuk
Buy Canadian threshold drops to $5M on June 15 — what to register before then

Apr 28, 2026

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9 min read

Buy Canadian threshold drops to $5M on June 15 — what to register before then

A 5x widening of the federal procurement pool for Canadian-content bidders. The setup window closes June 15.

Trevor Ryhorchuk
Trevor Ryhorchuk
Tariff Relief Programs: What to File Before June

Apr 21, 2026

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11 min read

Tariff Relief Programs: What to File Before June

Three programs. Three deadlines. One decision framework for what to file before June.

Trevor Ryhorchuk
Trevor Ryhorchuk
CUSMA Rules of Origin: What Three Government Sources Are Saying Right Now

Apr 14, 2026

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CUSMA Rules of Origin: What Three Government Sources Are Saying Right Now

Issue 001 | We heard you. Here's your briefing.

Trevor Ryhorchuk
Trevor Ryhorchuk

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