January 21, 2015 - The Government of Canada released the Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act Order regarding Buy America legislation that imposes U.S. content requirements on Canadian soil, in a project at the Port of Prince Rupert, British Columbia.
This follows Minister Fast’s statement of January 19, 2015, where he expressed the government’s disappointment with the State of Alaska’s decision not to seek a waiver of the Buy America requirements from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
A copy of the Order can be found online at Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act Order.
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