New Canadian Media registration revoked

Summary#

This Canada Gazette "Commissions" entry publishes several federal notices. It includes a notice about revoking the registration of a journalism organization under the Income Tax Act, updates from the Canadian International Trade Tribunal, and a posting by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission about a broadcast application.

What it does#

• Notes the proposed revocation of registration for the journalism organization with business number 849157532RR0002, NEW CANADIAN MEDIA (Ottawa). The notice says the revocation is effective on the date the notice was published in the Gazette (October 26, 2024).
• Announces a public hearing by the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (by videoconference) on November 26, 2024 in the appeal AP-2024-005: T. Yurchak v. President of the Canada Border Services Agency. The question is whether the Spyderco Manix 2 folding knife is correctly classed as a "prohibited weapon" under tariff item 9898.00.00.
• Reports that on October 16, 2024 the Canadian International Trade Tribunal continued a finding (from an expiry review) about dumping of carbon steel welded pipe originating in or exported from Pakistan, the Philippines, Türkiye (excluding goods exported by Erbosan Erciyas Boru Sanayii ve Ticaret A.S.) and Vietnam.
• Notes that the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission posted an application by Bell Media Inc. for CKYB-TV (Brandon, Manitoba). The deadline for interventions or comments is November 12, 2024.

Who's affected#

• NEW CANADIAN MEDIA and its stakeholders. The notice does not explain detailed consequences beyond stating the revocation.
• The appellant T. Yurchak, the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, and anyone who imports, sells, or owns the Spyderco Manix 2 — because the hearing concerns whether that knife is a "prohibited weapon".
• Producers, exporters, importers, and domestic buyers of carbon steel welded pipe tied to Pakistan, the Philippines, Türkiye, and Vietnam; and companies excluded by name (such as Erbosan Erciyas Boru Sanayii ve Ticaret A.S.) — because the tribunal continued its anti-dumping finding.
• Bell Media Inc., local viewers in Brandon, Manitoba, and anyone who wants to intervene in that broadcast application before November 12, 2024.

Why it matters#

• A revocation of journalism-organization status can change how that organization is recognized under tax rules. The notice itself does not list downstream effects.
• The tribunal hearing could affect whether a specific knife model is treated as a prohibited item. That outcome could influence imports, sales, and possession of that knife in Canada.
• Continuing the tribunal’s anti-dumping finding keeps in place measures that can affect the supply, price, and trade of carbon steel welded pipe from the named countries.
• The CRTC posting and intervention deadline matter to people who care about local TV service in Brandon, Manitoba, or who want to take part in the regulatory review.