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Weaker loonie underpins Prairie wheat bids

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin November 15, 2016

CNS Canada — Cash spring wheat and durum bids in Western Canada moved higher during the week ended Monday, as weakness in the Canadian dollar helped underpin basis levels. Depending on the location, average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were up $1-$5 per tonne compared to the previous week. Average prices ranged from

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and European Council President Donald Tusk (front, l-r) sign CETA on Sunday in Brussels. (PM.gc.ca)

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EU, Canada sign free trade deal but battle not over

By GFM Network News, Philip Blenkinsop, Robert-jan Bartunek October 30, 2016

Brussels | Reuters –– The European Union and Canada signed a free trade agreement on Sunday that aims to generate jobs and growth though it must still clear some 40 national and regional parliaments in Europe in the coming years to enter fully into force. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau signed the treaty along with

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EU, Canada to hold trade summit Sunday

By GFM Network News, Reuters October 28, 2016

Brussels | Reuters –– The European Union and Canada will hold a summit to sign their free trade deal on Sunday, European Council President Donald Tusk said on Friday, after Belgium had cleared the agreement with its regional governments. “Mission accomplished! Just agreed with PM @JustinTrudeau to hold EU Canada Summit this Sunday,” Tusk said

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Ottawa to back P+H’s Hamilton flour mill

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 28, 2016

Winnipeg agrifood firm Parrish and Heimbecker has lined up more government financing for its planned new flour mill at Hamilton, this time from the federal level. Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay on Thursday announced a $10 million “repayable investment” in the project from the AgriInnovation program, part of the Growing Forward 2 ag policy funding framework.

The citadel of Namur, the seat of the Walloon parliament. (Wallonia.be)

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Belgium’s Walloon parliament backs EU-Canada trade deal

By GFM Network News, Robert-jan Bartunek October 28, 2016

Brussels | Reuters — The parliament of Belgium’s French-speaking region of Wallonia voted in favour of a planned EU-Canada trade agreement on Friday, ending its opposition that threatened to destroy the entire deal. Lawmakers of Wallonia, which led Belgian opposition to the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), 58 voted for and five against, after

The main tower of Brussels’ Gothic-style Stadhuis, or city hall. (CIA.gov)

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Belgians struggle to agree on text to save CETA

By GFM Network News, Philip Blenkinsop, Robert-jan Bartunek October 26, 2016

Brussels | Reuters –– Belgian politicians failed to break their deadlock over a planned EU-Canada free trade agreement on Wednesday, but agreed to resume talks on Thursday in a sign they may be nearing a consensus that would keep the deal alive. The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), seven years in the making, is backed

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CN feels Prairie harvest delays in Q3 revenues

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 25, 2016

Weather-related stalls in this fall’s Prairie grain harvest have chipped away at Canadian National Railway’s (CN) third-quarter financials, as the railway booked lower profits and revenues on “shifting traffic demands.” Montreal-based CN on Tuesday reported overall net income of $972 million on $3.014 billion in revenue for the quarter ending Sept. 30, down from $1.007

The government of Wallonia, in its resistance to aspects of a Canada/EU trade pact, has recently been likened to Asterix the Gaul defying the Romans. (Asterix36.com)

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Court may help EU sidestep lone-wolf resistance to trade deals

By GFM Network News, Philip Blenkinsop October 25, 2016

Brussels | Reuters — A court ruling early next year may help the European Union out of the kind of embarrassing situation it has just landed in, where a regional assembly in Belgium is blocking a major trade agreement between Canada and the 28 sovereign states of the EU. Belgian negotiators failed on Tuesday to

Revisions in the works for Canada’s Food Guide

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 25, 2016

Health Canada is planning changes to one of its key policy documents to reflect how Canadians’ diets are generally coming up short in vegetables, fruits, whole grains, milk and milk alternatives. At the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress in Montreal on Monday, the federal health department launched a 45-day public consultation on changes to Canada’s Food Guide,

Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland, shown here at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada conference in March, says the ball is now in the European Union’s court to conclude a Canada/EU free trade deal. (Global Affairs Canada via YouTube)

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Canada says up to EU to save free trade deal

By Alissa De Carbonnel, GFM Network News, Philip Blenkinsop October 22, 2016

Brussels | Reuters — Canada said on Saturday it was up to the European Union to save a free trade deal that could boost both economies but that cannot be signed as planned next week due to opposition from Belgium’s French-speaking region. The Walloon government was awaiting new proposals from the European Commission, according to

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Durum wheat

Weaker loonie underpins Prairie wheat bids

EU, Canada sign free trade deal but battle not over

EU, Canada to hold trade summit Sunday

Ottawa to back P+H’s Hamilton flour mill

Belgium’s Walloon parliament backs EU-Canada trade deal

Belgians struggle to agree on text to save CETA

CN feels Prairie harvest delays in Q3 revenues

Court may help EU sidestep lone-wolf resistance to trade deals

Revisions in the works for Canada’s Food Guide

Canada says up to EU to save free trade deal

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