Reading Time: 2 minutes Nik Nanos, founder and chief data scientist for Nanos Research spoke at the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) annual general meeting about changing political attitudes in Canada caused by external trade threats and leadership changes.
Trump-related ‘hyperanxiety’ is driving political shifts says pollster
Economic pessimism is at its highest since the pandemic, CFA members hear
Canadian, Mexican agri-food sectors must co-operate amid tensions with U.S. says ambassador
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada and Mexico must build on a strong agricultural trade relationship to secure trade resilience in the face of U.S. tariffs, says Carlos Joaquin Gonzales, Mexico's ambassador to Canada.
Federal Government to remove some barriers to interprovincial trade
Reading Time: < 1 minute The federal government said today it will break down trade barriers between provinces by removing of 20 out of 39 exceptions to the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA).
Report ranks provinces by projected impact of broad U.S. tariffs
Alberta expected to be hardest hit by U.S. tariffs on oil sector losses; Sask. agriculture sector also anticipates heavy losses
Reading Time: 2 minutes Alberta and Saskatchewan will be among the provinces hardest hit by U.S. tariffs, according to an assessment by the Conference Board of Canada released February 19.
Former trade negotiator says Canada must find new markets
Reading Time: 3 minutes John Weekes stressed how important international cooperation is to beneficial trade agreements in a talk given to the Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network (CAAIN).
Threats facing agriculture need a Team Canada approach
Ag leaders, business leaders, politicians descend on Ottawa for annual event
Reading Time: 4 minutes Pride in Canadian agricultural production and a "Team Canada" approach were front-and-centre at the Future of Food Conference in Ottawa.
Soil carbon measurement and verification system launched
CANZA project to give producers quick, cost-effective tool to help measure, manage and monetize soil carbon
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Canadian Alliance for Net-Zero Agri-food (CANZA) is launching a measurement verification reporting (MRV) system for reporting soil carbon.
Ag sees small representation at tariff summit
Looming threat of U.S. tariffs discussed
Reading Time: 2 minutes Agriculture had some ambassadors at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s tariff summit in Toronto, Feb. 7, though some said more representation would have been better.
U.S. Fertilizer group calls for tariff exemption
Canadian and American fertilizer groups oppose tariffs
Reading Time: 2 minutes Fertilizer industry representatives on both sides of the border are upset with U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs, which have recently been postponed.
Tariffs will be ‘devastating’
Farm groups react as U.S. inches closer to tariffs
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canadian farm groups react to Trump tariffs. The Canadian government has announced plans to impose its own tariffs on U.S. imports as soon as the American tariffs go into effect
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