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The time is now to position Canada as a global leader in Agri-Food

The final report of the Finance Minister’s Advisory Council on Economic Growth, which was released Feb. 6, highlighted agriculture as one of four economic sectors capable of helping raise incomes and create jobs across the country.

Canada must strive to become the world's second-largest exporter of agricultural products (after the United States) and double our share of world exports in processed food, the authors argue. Photograph courtesy of Gary Csoff
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