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Finance Canada Faces Large Backlog of Requests for Tariff Relief: Documents
Finance Canada approved 238 requests and left 859 pending as businesses sought relief from counter-tariffs on U.S. goods.
- Finance Canada has granted over 200 requests for tariff relief on U.S. imports, with an estimated trade value of $5.6 billion mostly for steel products.
- More than 800 requests for tariff relief are still pending decision by the federal government.
- Canada imposed counter-tariffs in March 2025 in response to the U.S. trade war under President Donald Trump, with some tariffs on steel, aluminum, and autos still in place as of 2026.
- Canada denied 150 tariff relief requests valued at $3.9 billion.
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Finance Canada faces large backlog of requests for tariff relief: documents
OTTAWA - The federal government granted more than 200 requests for relief from having to pay counter-tariffs on imports from the United States, but faces a backlog of more than
·Toronto, Canada
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MPs Questions: Finance reveals 859 tariff remission requests still in limbo as approval rate sits below 15 percent
The federal government has approved just 238 of 1,611 tariff remission requests filed by Canadian businesses since retaliatory surtaxes on American goods took effect in March 2025, the Department of Finance disclosed in a written response tabled Tuesday. The data, sought by Conservative MP Shelby Kramp-Neuman (Hastings—Lennox and Addington—Tyendinaga), shows that more than half of all applications remain in a queue with no decision rendered and …
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