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Table 2.1 Government jurisdiction in Canada
- Federal jurisdiction: Residual powers
- Shared jurisdiction: Environmental protection

- Federal jurisdiction: Right of disallowance over the provinces
- Shared jurisdiction: Energy, mining, forest management

To help developing country partners access the economic benefits that contribute to growth, sustainable development and employment generation, Canada has focused its existing multilateral and bilateral development programme to address these challenges. (...)

The provinces of Quebec and Prince Edward Island also levy a specific duty on new tyres. In Quebec, the tax rate of Can$3 per tyre has remained unchanged since the previous review. Prince Edward Island levies the environment tax at the rate of Can$4 per new tyre. However, since April 2012, the tax rate on tyres with a rim size greater than 43.18 centimetres (17 inches) has been raised to Can$11.25 per tyre.

Import prohibitions in Canada are imposed on: obscene material; hate propaganda and materials of a treasonable or seditious character ; base or counterfeit coins; prison labor goods; certain copyrighted works; certain used or second-hand motor vehicles and aircraft; certain used and second-hand mattresses; white phosphorus matches; and, certain endangered species or those that could pose a threat to the environment. (...)

Table 3.10 Main import restrictions and licensing requirements, 2014
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- Product: Unregistered pest-control products for the purpose of manufacturing, own use or research
- Main legal basis/Rationale: Pest Control Products Act/to ensure that the importation of the unregistered pest-control product is used for the specific purpose and to ensure that it does not pose any unacceptable health or environmental risks.

Table 3.10 Main import restrictions and licensing requirements, 2014
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- Product: Prescribed nuclear equipment and information, radiation devices, and nuclear substances
- Main legal basis/Rationale: Nuclear Safety and Control Act/to ensure that products subject to regulatory control are destined to authorized persons or organizations and that their use will not pose undue risk to health, safety, security, and the environment (implements international obligations).

Table 3.10 Main import restrictions and licensing requirements, 2014
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- Product: Species regulated under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
- Main legal basis/Rationale: Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act (WAPPRIITA)/to allow the importation of certain species and their by-products in internationally agreed circumstances. For species in Schedule II, to ensure that there are sufficient safeguards and security to prevent escapes to the wild.

Table 3.10 Main import restrictions and licensing requirements, 2014
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- Product: Hazardous waste and hazardous recyclable material
- Main legal basis/Rationale: Canadian Environmental Protection Act/to implement international and bilateral obligations

Table 3.10 Main import restrictions and licensing requirements, 2014
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- Product: Ozone-depleting substances
- Main legal basis/Rationale: Canadian Environmental Protection Act/to implement international obligations

In 2014, AD and CVD investigations were initiated on three products: Certain Concrete Reinforcing Bar; Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods; and Certain Photovoltaic Modules and Laminates. (…) The third investigation was initiated in December 2014 with respect to the alleged injurious dumping and subsidizing of certain photovoltaic modules and laminates originating in or exported from China. As of 31 December 2014, these three investigations were underway.