Reading Time: 4 minutes a preview of the expectations and priorities of Canadian agriculture groups ahead of the 2025 federal budget, set to be revealed Nov. 4.
Canadian agriculture’s asks from the 2025 federal budget
Federal agriculture minister to meet with Chinese officials, business leaders
Reading Time: < 1 minute Federal Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald is in China this week in hopes of strengthening agricultural ties between the countries.
Canada and China discuss disputes over canola and EVs, says Ottawa
Reading Time: < 1 minute Senior Canadian and Chinese officials discussed bilateral trade disputes involving canola and electric vehicles on Friday, Ottawa said, but gave no indication of any immediate breakthrough.
Carney expects to meet senior China leaders, sidesteps question on tariffs
Reading Time: 2 minutes Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday said he expected to meet senior Chinese leaders soon but sidestepped a question about dropping tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles in exchange for relief from Beijing’s duties on canola.
Thirty-six employers banned from Temporary Foreign Worker program, federal agency says
Reading Time: 2 minutes In the last fiscal year, 36 employers were banned from the Temporary Foreign Worker program — a threefold increase from the previous year — the federal government said this week.
Canada had constructive talks with China over canola dispute, Ottawa says
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canadian officials had constructive talks with their Chinese counterparts about Beijing’s tariffs on canola during a recent visit, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s office said in a statement on Friday.
Conservatives call for approval of emergency strychnine use
Poison used for pest populations of gophers was phased out over the first half of the 2020s.
Reading Time: < 1 minute The federal Conservatives called for the government to authorize emergency use of the poison strychnine against infestations of gophers.
Federal government to unveil promised aid for canola sector soon
Supports for aluminum companies also promised ‘in the coming days’
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canada will soon unveil a series of promised measures to help the steel and aluminum sector deal with U.S. tariffs, and will also aid canola farmers, government officials said on Thursday.
Mark Carney lifted some tariffs against the U.S. Was that a wise tactical move, or a bad blunder?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Though some might call it weakness, Prime Minister Mark Carney's move to lift the retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods covered under CUSMA while retaining tariffs on auto, steel and aluminum, is arguably a wise strategy says economist Nargess Kayhani.
Strong borders bill could increase temporary foreign worker vulnerability says National Farmers Union
Bill C-2 would give federal government ability to cancel or modify swaths of immigration documents, permits
Reading Time: 3 minutes The National Farmers Union (NFU) says Bill C-2, called the Strong Borders Act, might increase the vulnerability of temporary foreign workers.
A message from April Stewart, Country Guide's Associate Editor
