Leaders need a plan to reopen agriculture markets
Grain farmers across the country are calling on the federal party leaders to outline their plans to support agricultural trade.
Grain Growers of Canada (GGC) Chair Jeff Nielsen urged political leaders to share their party’s plan to address the market access challenges facing Canada’s export-oriented agriculture sector.
“We are just weeks away from choosing a new federal government and we have yet to hear anything concrete regarding trade from any of our major parties or political leaders,” Nielsen said in a news release. “Whoever wins this election will be inheriting this situation and must have a strategy in place to address it in short order.”
China has dominated the headlines due to their halting of canola, soybeans, beef, and pork products. Nielsen said the market access problems experienced by farmers have extended beyond China including the stoppage of durum wheat trade with Italy, the shutdown of pulse products shipped into India and persistent challenges with Vietnam and Saudi Arabia.


