Going with the flow
Every once in a while a quick scan of the Canada Gazette will reveal some interesting tidbit, like this one from the Canadian International Trade Tribunal.
It's been studying a complaint about adult diaper dumping. (Trying saying that three times.)
It seems a company called SCA North America-Canada complained to the quasi-judicial body that dumped imports of "disposable adult incontinence briefs" from France were injuring Canadian producers.
Well, Canada takes these concerns seriously and the Canada Border Services Agency was dispatched to investigate. But late last month, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal found the "dumping of the aforementioned goods has not caused injury and is not threatening to cause injury to the domestic industry." Apparently, with our aging society, there is enough growing demand to go around.
On Saturday, the Gazette also identified RCMP plans to install temporary safety booms on the Ottawa River between Montebello, Que., and Lefaivre, Ont., between August 18th and 21st, in time for the North American Leaders' Summit.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is hosting his counterparts, U.S. President George W. Bush and Felipe Calderon of Mexico. The leaders, we're told, will discuss the progress of the Security Prosperity Partnership as well as other hemispheric and global issues.
And the RCMP is determined that nothing interrupts the flow of those conversations.
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