Insights and Stories on Labour

COVID-19 aid ‘falls short,’ farm groups warn

May. 6, 2020 at 7:43 pm CDT

Ottawa — Despite Prime Minister Justin Trudeau saying more money will be provided if needed, the agriculture sector continues to criticize Ottawa’s $252 million in COVID-19-related financial aid offered to producers and processors. “If we have to add more, we will,” said Trudeau, after announcing new funding and programming. The […]

Cargill’s High River plant reopens with two slaughter shifts

May. 4, 2020 at 8:48 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Farmer walks toward an air seeder with a blue sky above.

CFA seeks $2.6 billion in support for producers

May. 1, 2020 at 1:39 pm CDT

By D.C. Fraser

‘So far, so good,’ fertilizer sector says

Apr. 16, 2020 at 12:15 pm CDT

By GFM Staff

Foreign workers starting to arrive, livestock group says

Apr. 15, 2020 at 5:35 pm CDT

By Alexis Kienlen

Trump signs CUSMA pact

Jan. 29, 2020 at 3:06 pm CST

Washington | Reuters — President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a new North American trade agreement during an outdoor ceremony at the White House attended by about 400 guests — but not the key Democrats who helped secure congressional passage of the deal. Trump, on trial in the U.S. Senate […]

By Andrea Shalal Jeff Mason

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

U.S. Senate passes CUSMA trade deal

Jan. 16, 2020 at 1:29 pm CST

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved a revamp of the 26-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement that includes tougher rules on labour and automotive content but leaves US$1.2 trillion in annual U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade flows largely unchanged. The legislation for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (CUSMA) passed on an […]

By Reuters

Canada, U.S., Mexico sign agreement, again, to replace NAFTA

Dec. 10, 2019 at 1:45 pm CST

Washington/Mexico City | Reuters — Top officials from Canada, Mexico and the United States signed a fresh overhaul of a quarter-century-old trade pact on Tuesday that aims to improve enforcement of worker rights and hold down prices for biologic drugs by eliminating a patent provision. The signing ceremony in Mexico […]

By Andrea Shalal Sharay Angulo

A ‘little more work’ needed on CUSMA deal, Trudeau says

Nov. 29, 2019 at 6:36 pm CST

Ottawa | Reuters — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday said a little more work needed to be done on a new continental trade deal which has run into opposition from some U.S. Democrats over labour and environmental provisions. Officials are trying to agree on a series of tweaks […]