Regulations Repealing Certain Regulations Made Under the Softwood Lumber Products Export Charge Act, 2006 (Miscellaneous Program): SOR/2026-69

Canada Gazette, Part II, Volume 160, Number 9

Registration
SOR/2026-69 April 16, 2026

SOFTWOOD LUMBER PRODUCTS EXPORT CHARGE ACT, 2006

P.C. 2026-327 April 16, 2026

Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of National Revenue and the Minister for International Trade, makes the annexed Regulations Repealing Certain Regulations Made Under the Softwood Lumber Products Export Charge Act, 2006 (Miscellaneous Program) under subsection 100(1) of the Softwood Lumber Products Export Charge Act, 2006 footnote a.

Regulations Repealing Certain Regulations Made Under the Softwood Lumber Products Export Charge Act, 2006 (Miscellaneous Program)

Repeals

1 The following Regulations are repealed:

Coming into Force

2 These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.

REGULATORY IMPACT ANALYSIS STATEMENT

(This statement is not part of the Regulations.)

Issues

The Conditions for Exempted Persons Regulations, the Payments to the Provinces Regulations and the American Consumption of Softwood Lumber Products Regulations (the Three Regulations) set out certain considerations to be examined when applying the export measures (export charges and volume restraints) defined under the Softwood Lumber Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United States of America (the 2006 SLA).

The 2006 SLA entered into force on October 12, 2006, for a set period of seven years, with the possibility of a two-year extension, which the parties exercised in 2013. The Agreement was extended until October 12, 2015, after which Canada relisted softwood lumber products on the Export Control List to monitor exports of these products to the United States through the issuance of permits. The 2006 SLA included a “standstill provision” that prevented the United States from initiating new trade actions against Canadian softwood lumber exports for a 12-month period following the expiry of the Agreement. The standstill period ended on October 12, 2016. In November 2016, the United States softwood lumber industry requested the initiation of anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations, which led to the imposition of duties on Canadian softwood lumber products from early 2017 to present. Canada is actively challenging these duties under the dispute resolution provisions of the World Trade Organization, the North American Free Trade Agreement, and the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement.

Given the expiry of the 2006 SLA on October 12, 2015, the export measures in the Three Regulations are no longer applied or enforced. Therefore, the Three Regulations have no current application and should be repealed.

Objective

The objective of the Regulations Repealing Certain Regulations Made Under the Softwood Lumber Products Export Charge Act, 2006 (Miscellaneous Program) [hereafter the Repealing Regulations] is to repeal the Three Regulations, which no longer serve any purpose. This repeal will reduce the existing stock of regulations and eliminate unnecessary ambiguity about the application of requirements related to softwood lumber products. It also complies with the Cabinet Directive on Regulation, which requires that federal departments and agencies review their existing stock of regulations in order to ensure that those regulations continue to be appropriate, applicable, and effective.

Description and rationale

The Repealing Regulations repeal the Three Regulations. Canadian exporters of softwood lumber products to the United States are still required to obtain export permits under the Export and Import Permits Act and must comply with the Export Permits Regulations (Softwood Lumber Products 2015). However, they are no longer subject to export charges or volume restraints following the expiry of the 2006 SLA. Consequently, the provisions contained in the Three Regulations no longer have any purpose.

This initiative results from reviews of the Canada Revenue Agency’s and Global Affairs Canada’s regulatory stocks for the purpose of removing spent or obsolete statutory instruments.

The reviews identified that the Three Regulations have no current application and, therefore, should be repealed.

The repeal of the Three Regulations is not expected to result in any incremental impacts or costs for Canadians or Canadian businesses.

One-for-one rule and small business lens

The one-for-one rule applies, since three regulatory titles are removed, and the proposal is considered three titles “out.” Since the Three Regulations are no longer enforced, there is no associated administrative burden on business and, therefore, element A of the one-for-one rule does not apply.

Analysis under the small business lens determined that the proposal will not impact small businesses in Canada, as the Three Regulations are spent and have no current effect. However, the proposal will eliminate potential confusion for Canadian businesses regarding compliance with federal regulations that are no longer in effect.

Implementation

These Repealing Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.

Contacts

Thi Thanh Nhan Tran
Manager
Federal and Provincial Legislative Affairs
Legislative Policy and Regulatory Affairs Branch
Canada Revenue Agency
Email: Regulations-Reglements@cra-arc.gc.ca

Jennifer Burleigh
Deputy Director
Softwood Lumber Division
Global Affairs Canada
111 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, Ontario
Telephone: 613‑295‑6389
Email: Jennifer.Burleigh@international.gc.ca