January 17, 2012


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Peter Kirby is a partner with Fasken Martineau whose practice covers the spectrum of cross-border disputes, trade and regulatory compliance issues, including trade agreements, trade remedies (such as anti-dumping and countervailing duty actions), international commercial arbitration and investor-state arbitration, and customs law, as well as export and import controls.

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In the meantime, one course of action could be qualifying for the CBSA's Voluntary Disclosure Program (VDP). "CBSA has a voluntary disclosure program that permits importers to avoid penalties under certain conditions by voluntarily disclosing those past infractions," said Peter Kirby, a partner at Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, counsel to Shaw and its Canadian importer/distributor Melmart Distributors Inc. "Any importer of the affected products is well advised to seek advice on filing a voluntary amendment."