Canada launches $5 billion program to help exporters reach new markets
More financing to be made available through Farm Credit Canada
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By Reuters
Parliament Hill, in Ottawa - Ontario, Canada. Photo: Ulysse Pixel
Ottawa | Reuters—Canada is launching a $5 billion program to help Canadian exporters reach new markets as part of a suite of measures to support businesses and workers in response to U.S. tariffs, the federal government said in a statement Friday.
The government will also make $1 billion in new financing available through Farm Credit Canada to help farmers and agricultural businesses address cash flow problems, the statement said.
—Reporting by Promit Mukherjee and Ryan Patrick Jones
