2026 Spring Forwarder Magazine

3 THE FORWARDER | SPRING 2026 AT A GLANCE 4 Executive Director’s Message 5 Editorial 6 CIFFA Advocacy Update: Issues Raised in Ottawa 8 CIFFA Government Relations Update 10 CIFFA Committee Meetings 12 NextGen conference 14 Canada’s Federal Lobbying: Year in Review 15 CIFFA Business Development Highlights – 2025 16 A New Standard for Customs Professionals: CAPC Launches This Spring 18 CITT & CIFFA Bring Industry and Students Together 20 How CIFFA Course Design Takes Place 22 New Online Member Resources Now Available 24 New CIFFA Members The Forwarder–The Voice of Canada’s Logistics Community 170 Attwell Drive, Suite 480, Toronto,Ontario M9W 5Z5 Managing Editor: Julia Kuzeljevich Publisher: Nick Lutz THANK YOU 2026 NATIONAL SPONSORS 2026 2026 X.com/CiffaInc linkedin.com/company/ciffa instagram.com/ciffa_canada