Glossary
| Anti-dumping duties | Duties in the form of a tax on imported goods that were dumped on the Canadian market and subject to a finding of injury of the Tribunal. The application of anti-dumping duties is intended to offset the amount of dumping on imported goods and give to the goods produced in Canada an opportunity to compete fairly with the imported goods. |
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| Countervailing duties | Duties in the form of a tax on imported goods that were subsidized and subject to a finding of injury of the Tribunal. The application of countervailing duties is intended to offset the amount of subsidizing on imported goods and give to the goods produced in Canada an opportunity to compete fairly with the imported goods. |
| Decision, determination, finding and order | A decision is a judgment made by the Tribunal in the context of its mandates, including on any matter that arises during a proceeding. A determination is a Tribunal decision resulting from a preliminary injury inquiry under the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA) and/or an inquiry into a procurement complaint. A finding is a Tribunal decision resulting from a final injury inquiry under SIMA. An order is a Tribunal decision resulting from an expiry, an expiry review or an interim review. It can also be a procedural decision in any type of case under the Tribunal’s mandates. |
| Designated contract | A contract for the supply of goods or services that has been or is proposed to be awarded by a government institution. |
| Judicial review | A review of a Tribunal decision by the Federal Court of Appeal or Federal Court. |
| Potential supplier | A bidder or prospective bidder on a designated contract. |
| Quasi-judicial | A partly judicial character by having the right to hold hearings on and conduct investigations into disputed claims and alleged infractions of statutes and to make decisions in the general manner of courts. |
| Remand (verb) | To send a case to another court. A party displeased with a Tribunal decision can ask the Federal Court of Appeal to overturn it. The Court can overturn that decision itself or refer it back (“remand it”) to the Tribunal with or without instructions on how it should decide the matter again. |