Category: customs

Russia Is China’s Top Oil Supplier for 3rd Month in July: Customs Data

Russia held its spot as China’s top oil supplier for a third month in July, data showed on Saturday, as independent refiners stepped up purchases of discounted supplies while cutting shipments from rival suppliers such as Angola and Brazil. Imports of Russian oil, including supplies pumped via the East Siberia Pacific Ocean pipeline and seaborne…


Canada’s Bill S-7 Fails to Protect Travellers’ Personal Privacy: Civil Rights Group

A new Senate bill that would allow Canadian border agents to examine contents stored on travellers’ personal digital devices if an officer has “reasonable general concern” sets a low standard that fails to protect individual privacy, a civil rights group says. Bill S-7, the Liberal government’s proposed legislation that seeks to amend the Customs Act and…


Like Rules, Routines Are Made to Be Broken

The movie “Groundhog Day” tells the story of Phil Connors (Bill Murray), a man doomed to relive Feb. 2 over and over again. At one point, Phil says to two drinking buddies: “What would you do if you were stuck in one place and every day was exactly the same and nothing that you did…


The Many Meanings of Marriage: Centuries-Old Wisdom 

So that they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. —Matthew 19:6  Since biblical times, we’ve been searching for our other halves, wanting to ride into the sunset with our one true love, and marrying the love of our life. But marriage traditions through…


How Much Ruin Do We Have Left?

Commentary As Americans know from their own illustrious history, any nation’s well-being hinges on only a few factors. Its prosperity, freedom, and overall stability depend on its constitutional and political stability. A secure currency and financial order are also essential, as is a strong military. Perhaps most important is a first-rate inductive educational system. Of…


Opinion: How Much Ruin Do We Have Left?

Commentary As Americans know from their own illustrious history, any nation’s well-being hinges on only a few factors. Its prosperity, freedom, and overall stability depend on its constitutional and political stability. A secure currency and financial order are also essential, as is a strong military. Perhaps most important is a first-rate inductive educational system. Of…