Three months in, here’s what’s at stake in Canada’s Mali mission
CALGARY—Canadians are materially back in the peacekeeping game. Canada’s summer deployment of an aviation task force to Mali to support a United Nations mission for one year is the first significant deployment of Canadian troops and equipment to UN peacekeeping in Africa since 2001. Over the last decade or two, most of the largest, most […]
Feds should turn sights on pursuing trade pact with China
Ottawa has rightly identified the importance of supporting the competitiveness of the economy and targeting Canada’s key industries. Strengthening Canada’s fruit and vegetable supply chain presents an opportunity to support a key pillar of our economy and improve the sustainability of our domestic food system. We have long been advocating with our health partners that, […]
MacAulay eyes ‘growth package’ for USMCA-affected farmers to be in place before deal’s ratified
Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay says supply-managed farmers affected by the new USMCA agreement will be provided a “growth package,” and wants the program to be in place before the tri-lateral agreement is approved by the American and Mexican governments. In a telephone interview with The Hill Times last week, the veteran Liberal MP from Prince […]
How the Senate is supporting Canadians in supply managed agricultural sectors in relation to USMCA, CPTPP
The recent agreement by Canada, the United States, and Mexico to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement will change Canadian agriculture. Many farmers will see benefits related to decreased trade barriers between the three countries. However, for farmers and processors involved in supply managed agricultural sectors involving dairy, poultry, […]
Two working groups to be set up to address dairy subsidies and the sector’s future
Successive trade deals have left the Canadian dairy sector fearing the country’s dairy market is being used as a bargaining chip, and in response, the Canadian government has announced the launch of two working groups, in partnership with dairy interest groups, to assess the sector’s future. International competitors have gained about 10 per cent of […]
There’s a world of opportunity for Canadian agriculture and food
Canadian agriculture is one of the most innovative and promising sectors of the economy, and is a key part of Canada’s path to prosperity. Our farmers and food processors generate more than $114-billion of our gross domestic product and more than $64-billion of our exports, while employing more Canadians than any other manufacturing industry in […]
Supply-managed sectors must be protected
Supply management is a way for farmers, specifically, those who produce milk, chickens, turkeys, and eggs, to control, through a marketing system, the supply or quantity of their commercial products. It was set up in the 1970s to combat against wild price fluctuations that were hurting farmers, notably price instability and interprovincial trade disputes. The […]
Scope of USMCA’s new impacts on our food system relatively limited
The negotiation and completion of the USMCA garnered significant attention. While there are important elements of the agreement, the scope of the new impacts on the food system is relatively limited. There are important impacts in the dairy, chicken, and other supply managed sectors that should be considered. The completion of an agreement has also […]
One hundred years after the war, it’s Canada’s time to lead
One of the most eloquent summations of the First World War came from Pope Benedict XV, who witnessed the conflict and called it “the suicide of civilized Europe.” As Canadians prepare to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the fighting, we should all recommit to memorializing the terrible decisions and actions that have […]
How to get northern infrastructure on track
National governments of every stripe around the world have understood that one of their fundamental responsibilities is to ensure that their citizens have access to critical infrastructure. Canada is no exception, except, it seems, when it comes to Canada’s North. Many historians would point to the building of Canada’s transcontinental railway, in the 1880s, as […]
