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Canada/U.S. border signage in downtown Detroit.

CUSMA pact takes effect under cloud of disputes, COVID-19

Jul. 1, 2020 at 4:01 pm CDT

Washington/Mexico City/Ottawa | Reuters — A modernized U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade pact took effect on Wednesday, ensuring continuity for manufacturers and agriculture, but the threat of disputes is exposing cracks in what was meant to be a stronger North American fortress of competitiveness. As the deal kicks in, the Trump administration is […]

Food exporters sign safety declarations in lieu of virus-free guarantees

Jun. 29, 2020 at 10:37 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

Tips for combating farm fatigue

Jun. 19, 2020 at 11:13 am CDT

By Geralyn Wichers

Food exporters to China asked to declare produce coronavirus-free

Jun. 19, 2020 at 10:20 am CDT

By Dominique Patton

U.K. aims to join Trans-Pacific Partnership

Jun. 17, 2020 at 8:59 pm CDT

By Reuters

Quebec Liberals name new agriculture critic

Jun. 17, 2020 at 3:45 am CDT

Quebec’s official opposition Liberals have shuffled their shadow cabinet and moved their labour critic, a former police officer, to the agriculture portfolio. Dominique Anglade, who was named last month as the Liberals’ new leader, on Tuesday appointed Jean Rousselle, MNA for the Laval-area riding of Vimont, as the party’s critic […]

By Dave Bedard

Mexico to stop sending workers to Canadian farms hit by COVID-19

Jun. 16, 2020 at 5:13 pm CDT

Mexico City | Reuters — Mexico will stop sending temporary workers to Canadian farms that have registered a coronavirus outbreak and that do not have proper worker protections, Mexico’s labour ministry said on Tuesday, although it will not completely suspend the program. The decision came after a coronavirus outbreak in […]

By Reuters

CERB plan, U.S. border closure both extended

Jun. 16, 2020 at 3:21 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada will extend by eight weeks federal income support for those who lost their jobs amid the COVID-19 outbreak, and the border with the United States will remain closed to non-essential travel, the prime minister said on Tuesday. The Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), which delivers […]

By Kelsey Johnson Steve Scherer

Federal surplus food program now taking applications

Jun. 15, 2020 at 8:12 pm CDT

A federal program to get food to those who need it, using stockpiles of perishables created by the COVID-19-related shutdown of the dining sector, is now taking applications. The $50 million Surplus Food Rescue Program — which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau telegraphed in a funding announcement May 5 — will […]

By Dave Bedard

Details on federal food surplus program expected in ‘days’

Jun. 12, 2020 at 8:56 pm CDT

Ottawa — Detailed plans of the federal government’s food buyback program are expected soon, according to Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau. Ottawa tabbed $50 million of its COVID-19 response funds for agriculture to buy surplus food from farmers and redistribute it to communities in need. The challenge Bibeau and her federal […]

By D.C. Fraser