Trade tribunal notices and charity revocations

Summary#

This Canada Gazette page collects several notices from the Canadian International Trade Tribunal, the Public Service Commission, and the Canada Revenue Agency. It sets hearing dates and review schedules for trade measures (for example, a Tribunal appeal hearing on August 11, 2026) and lists dozens of charities facing proposed loss of registered status for failing to file required returns.

What it does#

• Canadian International Trade Tribunal — Schedules and decisions:

  • Appeal hearing HA-2026-010: Jebsen & Jessen Metals GmbH vs. the President of the Canada Border Services Agency about anti‑dumping duties on certain reinforcing bar from Türkiye. Hearing set for August 11, 2026 in Ottawa.
  • Expiry review RR-2026-004: The Tribunal started an expiry review of its orders on refined sugar (sugar cane and beet products) from the United States, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom, and subsidies from the European Union, under the Special Import Measures Act. The CBSA must report its determination within 150 days (no later than November 27, 2026). The Tribunal aims to issue its orders by May 7, 2027. Participation filings due July 17, 2026. A hearing is planned for the week of March 1, 2027.
  • Procurement inquiry PR-2026-027: The Tribunal will investigate a complaint by Excel Office Furnishings INC. that the Department of National Defence failed to evaluate its bid for an office‑seating contract (solicitation W0106-26DB02). The decision to open the inquiry was made June 17, 2026.
  • Finding NQ-2025-008: On June 26, 2026 the Tribunal found that dumping and subsidizing of certain thermoformed molded fibre tableware caused injury to Canadian producers (excluding goods exported by Shaoneng Group Luzhou Eco [XinFeng] Technology Co., Ltd.).
  • Preliminary injury inquiry PI-2026-003: The Tribunal opened a written inquiry into alleged dumping of wheat gluten from Italy, Poland, and the United Kingdom. The subject product is wheat gluten with at least 40% protein by weight. Participation and counsel forms were due July 2, 2026; a participant list was to be issued July 7, 2026; submissions by parties opposed to the complaint by July 17, 2026 and responses by July 24, 2026.

• Public Service Commission — Permissions to run in elections under the Public Service Employment Act:

  • Permission and leave granted to Boubacar Sidiki Camara (Health Canada) to run in the provincial riding of Taillon; the provincial election must be held on or before October 5, 2026.
  • Permission granted to Randy McDonald (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) to run for Winnipeg City Councillor in the municipal election on October 28, 2026.
  • Permission granted to Melody Rose (Employment and Social Development Canada) to run for Councillor, Ward 3 Serpent River, in the municipal election on October 26, 2026.

• Canada Revenue Agency — Proposed revocations under the Income Tax Act:

  • The CRA published notices of intention to revoke the charitable registration of many organizations for not meeting filing requirements. The revocation is effective on the publication date. The Gazette lists dozens of named charities (examples include CENTRE DE FORMATION POUR ADULTES FRANCOPHONES À TIMMINS and ST. JOHN’S LATVIAN LUTHERAN CHURCH).

Who's affected#

• Importers, exporters and traders of:
  • Reinforcing bar from Türkiye (anti‑dumping appeal).
  • Refined sugar from the listed countries and EU (expiry review).
  • Wheat gluten from Italy, Poland, and the United Kingdom (preliminary inquiry).
  • Thermoformed molded fibre tableware (domestic industry and foreign exporters affected by the Tribunal’s finding).
• Companies involved in the specific procurement (the Department of National Defence and bidders such as Excel Office Furnishings INC.).
• The named federal employees (Boubacar Sidiki Camara, Randy McDonald, Melody Rose) and the voters in the electoral districts and municipalities where they plan to run.
• The many charities named by the Canada Revenue Agency, their staff, volunteers, donors and clients, who could lose registered charity status if revocations proceed.
• If not clear from the notices: some effects (for example who will actually pay duties or how markets will respond) will depend on final decisions and are not spelled out in the notices.

Why it matters#

• Trade decisions can change the duties applied to specific imported goods. That can raise or lower costs for businesses and consumers, and affect Canadian producers’ competitiveness.
• An expiry review can either keep anti‑dumping or countervailing orders in place (maintaining higher costs for some imports) or allow them to lapse (potentially lowering import costs).
• Procurement inquiries can affect whether a government contract award is upheld or re‑run. That matters to suppliers and to taxpayers who expect fair bidding.
• The Tribunal’s finding about thermoformed molded fibre tableware confirms injury to a Canadian industry and could lead to duties or other measures that affect importers and sellers of those products.
• Permissions from the Public Service Commission let named public servants run for office while on leave. That matters to their employers and to voters who may see these candidates on the ballot.
• If the CRA revokes a charity’s registration, that group can no longer issue official donation receipts and may lose other tax privileges. Donors and clients could be affected.