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Canadian content and Buy Canadian rules
Guides and data on how Canadian content is counted: the federal Buy Canadian policy, the melted and poured rule for steel, and Industrial and Technological Benefits obligations.
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Buy Canadian: what counts as Canadian, and what melted and poured means
Steel counts under Buy Canadian only if melted and poured in Canada. The $25 million and $5 million thresholds, the 10% and 25% levers, and what to keep.
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ITB’s 2x credit for small Canadian businesses, and what a prime needs from your shop
ITB obligations total $83.8 billion, $23.4 billion not identified (ISED, April 2025). How the 2x credit for small shops works, and what to show.
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Where $83.8 billion of ITB obligations stand
ISED reports $83.8 billion of ITB obligations, $23.4 billion of it not identified, as of 21 April 2025. The figures by status, checked monthly.