Kelsey Johnson
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Ottawa, ON, Canada
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The Sprout: CFIA seeking new markets for P.E.I. potatoes
Good day and welcome to the Sprout, where it’s National Hamburger Day — a staple in this Albertan’s diet. It’s also apparently National Kiwi Day (but only in California). Tough luck, then, if you’re anywhere outside the Sunshine State. Here’s today’s agriculture news. The Lead The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says it is optimistic […] → Read More
Temporary foreign workers to be allowed in, Canada reiterates
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ottawa | Reuters — Canada will allow temporary foreign workers with valid visas to enter the country, officials said on Friday, offering possible salvation to the agriculture industry even as Ottawa moves to limit the spread of a coronavirus outbreak. Canada’s labour-strapped farms rely heavily on nearly 60,000 temporary foreign workers (TFWs) to help plant … Read more → Read More
‘We’re running out of time,’ say prairie farmers as canola dispute drags on
The federal government needs to act quickly to resolve an ongoing trade dispute with China over canola exports, fearful Prairie farmers told MPs on Tuesday, who warned the clock is ticking to find a resolution. → Read More
Saskatchewan asks feds to help cash-strapped canola farmers amid Chinese trade dispute
The Saskatchewan government is seeking an immediate extension of a federal loan program to help cash-strapped Canadian canola farmers caught in the middle of an ongoing trade dispute with China, iPolitics has learned. → Read More
Canola conundrum: the Canada-China trade dispute explained –
As Prairie canola farmers continue to grapple with an escalating trade dispute between Canada and China that has effectively shut the industry out it’s largest market, iPolitics’ Agriculture Reporter Kelsey Johnson looks at why the latest crisis has farmers – and Canadian politicians – so nervous. What is canola? Canola is an oilseed developed by researchers from the University of Manitoba and… → Read More
Conservatives try to recall agriculture committee as canola dispute escalates
Conservative MPs who sit on the House agriculture committee are trying to force the committee to hold an emergency meeting for a second time after Canada’s canola industry said Thursday it had been shut out of its largest export market. → Read More
Scott Brison resigns from cabinet
Treasury Board President Scott Brison is resigning from cabinet after deciding not to run in this year’s general election. In an open letter posted on his Facebook page, the veteran Liberal MP said he’s retiring from politics to spend more time with his family. “I’m confident that, with hope and hard work, we will earn the trust … → Read More
Strain of bovine TB found in B.C. cow new to Canada, inspection agency says
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says a reported case of bovine tuberculosis in B.C. is from a new strain never seen before in the country. → Read More
Canada and India still deadlocked in crop fumigation dispute
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada says a long-standing dispute between the two countries over pest-control treatments for pulse crops, such as lentils and peas, still hasn’t been resolved. → Read More
What we’re watching in agriculture and trade in 2019
From trade disputes to trade negotiations, farmers’ frustrations with carbon-tax policy and a harvest that never seemed to end, there’s been no shortage of issues. Here are five things we’ll be watching on the farm and food fronts in 2019. → Read More
What we're watching in agriculture and trade in 2019
It’s been a hectic year in agriculture. From trade disputes to trade negotiations, farmers’ frustrations with carbon-tax policy and a harvest that never seemed to end, there’s been no shortage of things to write about. As 2018 heads to greener pastures, here are five issues we’ll be watching on the farm and food fronts in 2019. TRADE China The U.S. and China continue their trade … → Read More
Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay running for re-election for 10th time
One of Canada’s longest-serving members of Parliament, MacAulay, 72, says he will toss his hat into the electoral ring again in 2019. → Read More
No political motivation behind Huawei arrest: U.S. ambassador
The Trump administration’s top envoy to Canada says there is “absolutely” no political motivation behind the recent arrest of a prominent Chinese business woman. → Read More
‘I’m not worried’ U.S ambassador says about Congress passing USMCA
Donald Trump’s top diplomat in Canada says she’s confident Congress will not delay passage of a new North American trade deal, despite intensifying criticism of the pact in Washington. → Read More
Trudeau shuffles top ranks of Canada's public service
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is losing its president after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shuffled the senior ranks of Canada’s public service on Friday. Paul Glover, who has served as the CFIA’s president since Oct. 31, 2016, after former CFIA president Bruce Archibald retired, will become the new president for Shared Services Canada, starting Jan. … → Read More
Canada’s cities say they are not getting their share of promised pot sales
Canada’s municipalities say they have yet to see their share of the taxes being collected from legal marijuana sales. → Read More
‘Alberta is suffering,’ Trudeau says as gap in oil price continues
The Trudeau government was in the hot seat again on Tuesday, as historically low prices being paid for Canadian oil continue to hit Alberta’s and Canada’s bottom lines. → Read More
Tory MP Ambrose says she faced death threats as environment minister
“I had to have security outfit my home and my office with panic buttons. I had to have a bodyguard. I had to have undercover police protection — at times, actual SUVs full of people, full of guys, to protect me from environmentalists, of all things,” she said at the Grow Canada agricultural conference in Ottawa. → Read More
GM plant closures could 'change the course' of looming trade deal: Ambrose
A decision by General Motors to close five North American auto plants — including one in Oshawa, Ont. — is causing new uncertainty about the future of Canada’s trade deal with the U.S. and Mexico, former interim Conservative Party leader Rona Ambrose warned Wednesday. Speaking at the Grow Canada conference in Ottawa, Ambrose said GM’s … → Read More
Canadian farmers want equipment writeoff in fiscal update
The president of one of Canada’s largest farm groups says he’s hoping next week’s federal fiscal update will let producers write off the purchase of new farm equipment — a provision that already exists in the United States. → Read More