Canada signed the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States (ICSID) on December 15, 2006 and investors and trade lawyers have been patiently waiting ever since for the Government of Canada to ratify the ICSID . We have been waiting and waiting. In 2008, the Government of Canada passed… Continue Reading
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Subscribe to Energy RSS FeedKeystone XL: Everybody Wins
Posted in Cross-border deals, Cross-border trade, Energy, EnvironmentBy: Chuck Andary, University of Windsor law student The Keystone XL oil project is exactly what everyone with even a hint of knowledge on the subject thinks it is: a massive pipe that carries oil from the Alberta oil sands to Oklahoma and Texas. On that alone, one can make a qualified guess on what… Continue Reading
Crossing Borders: TransCanada Pipeline, Oil, Jobs?
Posted in Buy America, Canada's Federal Government, Cross-border trade, Energy, Environment, LabourBy: Amanda Fowler, University of Windsor law student Alberta’s oil sands have become a popular component of the trade relationship between Canada and the United States. As a Canadian citizen growing up in Southern Ontario, the developments with oil sands production has not been a direct provincial concern. However, after learning about the interconnected nature… Continue Reading
Cyndee Todgham Cherniak is the founding lawyer of LexSage, a boutique international trade law and sales tax firm in Toronto, Ontario. She has practiced for almost 20 years at Canada’s top Bay Street law firms.
Su represents companies and entities, in both the administrative and commercial setting, regarding the importation and exportation of goods before various government entities, administrations, federal and state courts and agencies.