Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 155, Number 11: COMMISSIONS

March 13, 2021

CANADA BORDER SERVICES AGENCY

SPECIAL IMPORT MEASURES ACT

Concrete reinforcing bar — Decision

On March 4, 2021, pursuant to subsection 38(1) of the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA), the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) made a preliminary determination of dumping respecting certain concrete reinforcing bar from Oman and Russia.

As of February 4, 2021, the subject goods are usually imported under the following tariff classification numbers:

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) will conduct a full inquiry into the question of injury to the domestic industry and will make a finding no later than 120 days after its receipt of the notice of the preliminary determination of dumping.

Pursuant to section 8 of SIMA, provisional duty is payable on the subject goods that are released from the CBSA during the period commencing March 4, 2021, and ending on the earlier of the day the investigation is terminated, the day on which the CITT makes a finding, or the day an undertaking is accepted.

The amount of provisional duty payable is not greater than the estimated margin of dumping. The Customs Act applies with respect to the accounting and payment of provisional duty. Therefore, failure to pay duties within the prescribed time will result in the application of the interest provisions of the Customs Act.

Information

The Statement of Reasons regarding this decision will be issued within 15 days following the decision and will be available on the CBSA website.

Ottawa, March 4, 2021

Doug Band
Director General
Trade and Anti-dumping Programs Directorate

CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL TRADE TRIBUNAL

COMMENCEMENT OF INQUIRY
(E-REGISTRY SERVICE PILOT PROJECT)

Concrete reinforcing bar

Notice was received by the Canadian International Trade Tribunal on March 4, 2021, from the Director General of the Trade and Anti-dumping Programs Directorate at the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), stating that a preliminary determination (Inquiry No. NQ-2020-005) had been made respecting the dumping of hot-rolled deformed steel concrete reinforcing bar in straight lengths or coils, commonly identified as rebar, in various diameters up to and including 56.4 mm, in various finishes, excluding plain round bar and fabricated rebar products, originating in or exported from the Sultanate of Oman and the Russian Federation.

The product definition also excludes "10 mm diameter (10M) rebar produced to meet the requirements of CSA G30 18.09 (or equivalent standards) and coated to meet the requirements of epoxy standard ASTM A775/A 775M 04a (or equivalent standards) in lengths from 1 foot (30.48 cm) up to and including 8 feet (243.84 cm)".

Pursuant to section 42 of the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA), the Tribunal has initiated an inquiry to determine whether the dumping of the above-mentioned goods has caused injury or retardation or is threatening to cause injury, and to determine such other matters as the Tribunal is required to determine under that section.

Each person or government wishing to participate in the inquiry and at the hearing as a party must file a Form I — Notice of Participation with the Tribunal on or before March 19, 2021. Each counsel who intends to represent a party in the inquiry and at the hearing must file a Form II —Notice of Representation, as well as a Form III — Declaration and Undertaking, with the Tribunal on or before March 19, 2021. The forms can be found in English and French on the Tribunal's website.

The Tribunal will hold a hearing relating to this inquiry in early June 2021. Given the current COVID-19 situation, the type of hearing, the place, and the exact date will be communicated at a later date.

In accordance with section 46 of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Act, a person who provides information to the Tribunal and who wishes some or all of the information to be kept confidential must submit to the Tribunal, at the time the information is provided, a statement designating the information as confidential, together with an explanation as to why that information is designated as confidential. Furthermore, the person must submit a non-confidential edited version or non-confidential summary of the information designated as confidential, or a statement indicating why such a version or summary cannot be made.

Written submissions, correspondence and requests for information regarding this notice should be addressed to the Deputy Registrar, Canadian International Trade Tribunal Secretariat, 613‑993‑3595 (telephone), citt-tcce@tribunal.gc.ca (email).

The documents entitled "Additional Information" and "Inquiry Schedule" are appended to the notice of commencement of inquiry, which is available on the Tribunal's website.

Ottawa, March 5, 2021

CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL TRADE TRIBUNAL

DETERMINATION

Patent services

Notice is hereby given that, after completing its inquiry, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal made a determination (File No. PR-2020-064) on March 4, 2021, with respect to a complaint filed by 2484726 Ontario Inc. d.b.a. Brion Raffoul (Brion Raffoul) of Ottawa, Ontario, pursuant to subsection 30.11(1) of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. 47 (4th Supp.), concerning a procurement (Solicitation No. 01R11-20S009/C) by the Department of Public Works and Government Services on behalf of the Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food. The solicitation was for patent agent services.

Brion Raffoul alleged that the terms of the solicitation were unreasonable.

Having examined the evidence presented by the parties and considered the provisions of various trade agreements, the Tribunal determined that the complaint was not valid.

Further information may be obtained from the Deputy Registrar, Canadian International Trade Tribunal Secretariat, 613‑993‑3595 (telephone), citt-tcce@tribunal.gc.ca (email).

Ottawa, March 4, 2021

CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL TRADE TRIBUNAL

EXPIRY REVIEW OF FINDING
(E-REGISTRY SERVICE PILOT PROJECT)

Carbon and alloy steel line pipe

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal hereby gives notice that it will, pursuant to subsection 76.03(3) of the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA), initiate an expiry review (Expiry Review No. RR-2020-004) of its finding made on March 29, 2016, in Inquiry No. NQ-2015-002, concerning the dumping and subsidizing of the subject goods, as defined below:

In accordance with the Tribunal's finding in Inquiry No. NQ-2015-002, the subject goods also exclude unfinished seamless carbon or alloy steel line pipe in the form of mother tubes having outside diameters of 184, 197, 210, 235, 260, 286, 328, 350, 368, 377, 394, 402, 419, 426, 450, 475, 480, 500, 521, 530, 560, 585 or 610 mm, in wall thicknesses from 9 mm to 110 mm and in lengths ranging from 7.72 m to 15.24 m, not stencilled as meeting any line pipe product specification, but imported for use in the production, and not solely for finishing, of seamless line pipe made to any one or several of API 5L, CSA Z245.1, ISO 3183, ASTM A333, ASTM A335, ASTM A106, ASTM A53 or their equivalents.

In this expiry review, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) will first determine whether the expiry of the finding in respect of the subject goods is likely to result in the continuation or resumption of dumping and subsidizing of the subject goods. If the CBSA determines that the expiry of the finding in respect of any goods is likely to result in the continuation or resumption of dumping and subsidizing, the Tribunal will then conduct an expiry review to determine if the continued or resumed dumping and subsidizing are likely to result in injury. The CBSA will provide notice of its determinations within 150 days after receiving notice of the Tribunal's decision to initiate an expiry review, that is, no later than July 30, 2021. The Tribunal will issue its order and its statement of reasons no later than January 6, 2022.

Each person or government wishing to participate in this expiry review must file a Form I – Notice of participation with the Tribunal on or before August 17, 2021. Each counsel who intends to represent a party in the expiry review must file a Form II – Notice of representation, as well as a Form III – Declaration and undertaking, with the Tribunal on or before August 17, 2021.

The schedule for this expiry review is found on the Tribunal's website.

The Tribunal will hold a hearing relating to this expiry review, tentatively scheduled for early November 2021. Given the current COVID-19 situation, the type of hearing, the place, and the exact date will be communicated at a later date.

In accordance with section 46 of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Act, a person who provides information to the Tribunal and who wishes some or all of the information to be kept confidential must, among other things, submit a non-confidential edited version or summary of the information designated as confidential, or a statement indicating why such a summary cannot be made.

Written submissions, correspondence and requests for information regarding the Tribunal's portion of this matter should be addressed to the Deputy Registrar, Canadian International Trade Tribunal Secretariat, 613‑993‑3595 (telephone), citt-tcce@tribunal.gc.ca (email).

Further details regarding this expiry review, including the schedule of key events, are contained in the documents entitled "Additional Information" and "Expiry Review Schedule" appended to the notice of commencement of expiry review available on the Tribunal's website.

Ottawa, March 5, 2021

CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL TRADE TRIBUNAL

INQUIRY

Environmental services

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal has received a complaint (File No. PR-2020-091) from Dillon Consulting Limited (Dillon) of Halifax, Nova Scotia, concerning a procurement (Solicitation No. F5211-200171) made by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO). The solicitation was for the provision of technical and project management services to support environmental incident response and recovery. Pursuant to subsection 30.13(2) of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Act and subsection 7(2) of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Procurement Inquiry Regulations, notice is hereby given that the Tribunal made a decision on March 1, 2021, to conduct an inquiry into the complaint.

Dillon alleges that its bid was improperly rejected on the basis of non-compliance with the submission requirements.

Further information may be obtained from the Deputy Registrar, Canadian International Trade Tribunal Secretariat, 613‑993‑3595 (telephone), citt-tcce@tribunal.gc.ca (email).

Ottawa, March 1, 2021

CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

NOTICE TO INTERESTED PARTIES

The Commission posts on its website original, detailed decisions, notices of consultation, regulatory policies, information bulletins and orders as they come into force. In accordance with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Rules of Practice and Procedure (2011), in Part 1 applications, these documents may be examined at the Commission's office, as can be documents relating to a proceeding, including the notices and applications, which are posted on the Commission's website, under "Public proceedings & hearings."

The following documents are abridged versions of the Commission's original documents.

CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

DECISIONS
Decision number Publication date Applicant's name Undertaking City Province

2021-96

February 26, 2021

Cobequid Radio Society

CIOE-FM

Lower Sackville

Nova Scotia

PARKS CANADA AGENCY DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT

SPECIES AT RISK ACT

Description of critical habitat for the Sable Island Sweat Bee in the Sable Island Bird Sanctuary

The Sable Island Sweat Bee (Lasioglossum sablense), listed on Schedule 1 of the Species at Risk Act, is a small, dull-metallic sweat bee and a generalist forager on flowering plants. In Canada, the Sable Island Sweat Bee nests underground and is native and restricted to Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Most nests observed occur in stable, sparsely vegetated heath habitat.

The Recovery Strategy and Action Plan for the Sable Island Sweat Bee (Lasioglossum sablense) in Canada identifies critical habitat for the species within the Sable Island National Park Reserve of Canada, which is federal land within the Sable Island Bird Sanctuary.

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to subsection 58(2) of the Species at Risk Act, that 90 days after the date of publication of this notice, subsection 58(1) of the Act will apply to the critical habitat of the Sable Island Sweat Bee identified in the recovery strategy and action plan for the species that is included in the Species at Risk Public Registry, and that is located within the Sable Island Bird Sanctuary, the boundaries of which are described in the Schedule to the Migratory Bird Sanctuary Regulations.

Eric Nielsen
Field Unit Superintendent
Mainland Nova Scotia Field Unit

Sarah Wren
Director
Species at Risk Act Implementation
Canadian Wildlife Service

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYMENT ACT

Permission granted (Alexander, Peter)

The Public Service Commission of Canada, pursuant to section 116 of the Public Service Employment Act, hereby gives notice that it has granted permission, pursuant to subsection 115(2) of the said Act, to Peter Alexander, Technical Editor and Terminology Researcher, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, to seek nomination as, and be, a candidate before and during the election period for the position of Councillor, for the Municipality of Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette, Quebec, in the municipal election expected to be held on November 7, 2021.

February 26, 2021

Lynn Brault
Director General
Staffing Support, Priorities and Political Activities Directorate

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYMENT ACT

Permission granted (Des Marais, Anik)

The Public Service Commission of Canada, pursuant to section 116 of the Public Service Employment Act, hereby gives notice that it has granted permission, pursuant to subsection 115(2) of the said Act, to Anik Des Marais, Deputy Director, Global Affairs Canada, to seek nomination as, and be, a candidate before and during the election period for the position of Councillor, District 5, for the City of Gatineau, Quebec, in a municipal election scheduled to take place on November 7, 2021.

February 26, 2021

Lynn Brault
Director General
Staffing Support, Priorities and Political Activities Directorate