China is hitting Canada hard economically and the Trudeau government is nothing more than asking for the beatings to stop.
I’m speaking to the man that was Canada’s agriculture minister for almost a decade about China’s latest moves against Canada’s top exports to the second largest economy in the world.
So far there hasn’t been a top level delegation to travel to China, we haven’t even appointed an ambassador to replace John McCallum after he was fired.After spending the last few months punishing Canada’s canola producers, China is now building a list of other companies that they could punish.“The central government of China has asked all provinces to make a list of all the ong oing transactions with Canadian companies,” Saint-Jacques told CBC the other day.
Drummond Export of Quebec has been selling into China for more than 20 years without problems; suddenly they are being suspended over “labelling” concerns. A plant in Red Deer, Alta., from Quebec-based Olymel is also suspended and more are likely to follow. Based on the list of top exports from Canada to China, we could expect wood or paper products to be next, maybe ores, slag and ash — industrial products that China needs.Yes, it would make China sit up and take notice but would also hurt our workers.
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