The ongoing US-Canada tariff battle continues to impact the wine and spirits sector across both sides of the border. Whilst Canada may be a small market compared to the US, with just 41 million residents compared to the U.S.'s 340 million, their decision to remove all...
The Canadian government has announced the Trade Diversification Corridors Fund: an initiative which aims to unlock new export opportunities and create a more resilient and diversified economy. This C$5 billion (US$3.55 billion) project aims to lessen the country's trade dependency on the US and double...
South Australian wine producers sold an additional $6.4 million of wine (an increase of 15.6%) to Canada in the five months after the country's largest liquor retailer; the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO), removed US wine from its shelves. The LCBO's decision to remove US...
Transport Canada (TC) has implemented their Pre-load Air Cargo Targeting (PACT) program as of 1st of April 2025. This new regulation mandates data reporting prior to departure from the last overseas port before arrival into Canada. This applies to all shipments travelling by air to/through Canada originating...
Congestion at the Port of Vancouver is expected to worsen over the coming weeks due to the combination of restricted access to inland rail links and deteriorating liner schedule reliability as the alliance reshuffle continues. Tiered operating restrictions have been in place in response to severe...
Australia and Canada have announced an expansion of their international air transport agreement which will see unlimited cargo flights between the two nations between all access points and enhance the operational flexibility for each country’s airlines. This is a significant expansion of the agreement and it...
As industrial action takes hold, Canada's top three ports have been impacted with such significant levels of disruption that they are effectively no longer operating. The start of November has seen the start of an indefinite strike at the Port of Montreal's Viau and Maisonneuve terminals...
With stalled industrial negotiations between Canadian National Railway (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas (CPKC) and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) and ongoing delays of both strike action and government intervention, this ongoing uncertainty has pervaded both the negotiations and reliability of the rail logistics...