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Tax walk-back avoids trade negotiation breakdown Canada scrapped its digital services tax on Monday after U.S. president Donald Trump threatened to end trade negotiations. In a social media post on Friday, Trump had called the tax a “blatant attack” and suggested he’d impose new tariffs. Negotiations resumed after the Carney government dropped the tax, which […] Read more

  Bill C-202 passes in the Senate A bill to protect supply management sailed through the Senate late last week to the consternation of farm and exporter groups. Bill C-202 amends the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Act to make supply management untouchable in future trade talks. The Canadian agri-food trade alliance said […] Read more

Global agriculture leaders host forum as G7 leaders meet As G7 leaders arrive in Kananaskis, Alberta, agriculture leaders from around the world held their own forum to talk food security. The event was hosted in Olds, Alberta, by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture. Institute director Manuel Otero told delegates that meeting the world’s […] Read more

Minority of Canadians think food system on right track Only three in ten Canadians think the food system is on the right track according to new data from the Canadian Centre for Food Integrity. This is the lowest sentiment has fallen in the seven years the centre has kept track. In 2024, Eighteen per cent […] Read more

Wildfires have blanked North America in smoke, raising questions over what those orange skies mean for crop development. Meanwhile, India has extended a policy allowing for duty-free imports of yellow peas, while more-and-more Canadian farmland is being lost to urban development. It’s your national agriculture news recap for June 6, 2025.

King Charles’ throne speech pledges to protect farmers and supply management; Tariffs back on after U.S. court initially blocks a swath of duties; and farmers’ realized income takes a tumble. It’s your national agriculture news recap for May 30, 2025.