Trade war with U.S. an opportunity to clean up Canada’s approach to toxic pesticides
When it comes to ensuring pesticide regulations reflect the latest science, Canada is painfully behind the times.
Manufacturing sector and others lobbying hard for federal government support during 30-day tariff pause
Investments are frozen and long-term planning decisions are largely on hold in the manufacturing sector ‘as everybody tries to figure out where this is going to go,’ said a vice-president of Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters.
Canada holds a valuable bargaining chip in trade talks with Trump
Scrapping supply management would allow Trump to deliver more access to the Canadian market for the farmers that overwhelmingly supported him.
Dear future prime minister, here’s a common-sense solution to food insecurity
Nearly a quarter of avoidable food waste is caused by misinterpreting best-before dates. Health Canada could support public campaigns educating consumers and businesses about date labelling.
Canadian horses’ suffering continues beyond anniversary of ministerial mandate letter
Dec. 16 has come and gone, and yet a bill to ban the export of horses for slaughter overseas continues to languish in the Senate.
Canola industry urges more support for domestic biofuels sector in November, amid trade tensions with China
China, the second-largest market for Canada’s canola industry, initiated an anti-dumping probe into imports of Canadian canola seed in September.
Liberals hear health, budget, environment concerns from July to October, with Conservatives targeted for finance, transport
Federal carbon tax is ‘devastating’ to Western Canadian food producers, said the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities’ president.
Passing the supply management law would only maintain inflated dairy prices
If passed, Bill C-282 would further tie the government’s hands in negotiating future free trade agreements.
‘It’s inviting retaliation’: Bloc supply management bill will have Canada bracing for U.S. response, say trade watchers
CUSMA would likely not have been possible if Bill C-282 were law, says a former U.S. trade negotiator.
Egg farming’s future rooted in supply management
Passing C-282 would send a clear signal to our trading partners that supply management and our country’s food security can’t be negotiated away.
