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Protectionism game comes with raised economic stakes: Frum

By GFM Network News, Lisa Guenther January 11, 2017

As U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration day approaches, the business world is pondering how the new administration might affect the world economy. Trump’s pride in his unpredictability is troubling, given he’s the president-elect, said David Frum, political commentator, former speechwriter for President George W. Bush, and a senior editor for Washington-based magazine The Atlantic. However,

Francois-Philippe Champagne, shown here last month in a holiday video message to constituents, has been named federal minister for international trade. (FPChampagne.liberal.ca)

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Trade lawyer named federal trade minister

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 10, 2017

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s latest mini-cabinet shuffle puts a Quebec lawyer specializing in international trade into the trade minister’s chair. Trudeau on Tuesday appointed Francois-Philippe Champagne, the rookie MP for the Shawinigan-area riding of Saint-Maurice-Champlain, as minister of international trade, replacing Chrystia Freeland. Freeland, as widely expected leading up to Tuesday’s announcement, becomes minister of

A hemp plant in Alberta. (Jennifer Blair photo)

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Marijuana firms look to get creative with brand building

By GFM Network News December 16, 2016

Ottawa | Reuters — Canadian marijuana companies, facing potential limits on advertising for recreational pot, are selling health food products and cultivating a lifestyle image to win customers in an anticipated multibillion dollar market. Canada is set to become the first G7 country to legalize recreational marijuana nationally when it introduces legislation next spring. Medical

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Panel calls for Canada to require plain-packaged pot products

By David Ljunggren, GFM Network News December 13, 2016

Ottawa | Reuters — The Canadian government should regulate the production of cannabis when it is legalized for recreational use and require plain packaging for such products, an official panel recommended on Tuesday, a potential setback to growers who hoped to build brands. How cannabis is sold should be left up to the provinces and

Organic B.C. blueberries. (Falconglen.ca)

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B.C. foods to require certification for organic claims

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 9, 2016

Agrifood producers in British Columbia who promote their wares using the word “organic” will soon have to show certification to back up the claim. The province on Thursday announced new regulations under its Food and Agricultural Products Classification Act that will allow for the term to be used “only if and when specific certification standards

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Flower growers turn to weed ahead of legalization

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel December 1, 2016

Winnipeg | Reuters — Some Canadian flower growers are turning to weed, with the country’s plan to legalize marijuana for recreational use expected to spur a spike in legal sales of the drug. While medical marijuana is already legal in Canada, the Liberal government said in April it will introduce a law in 2017 to

Keith Currie of Collingwood, Ont. has been elected for a one-year term as OFA president. (John Greig photo)

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OFA elects new president

By GFM Network News, John Greig November 22, 2016

Keith Currie is the new president of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture , defeating incumbent Don McCabe in an election this week at the farmer organization’s convention. Currie emphasized the need for unity in the agriculture industry during his remarks before the vote. It’s more important than ever for the agriculture industry to work together,

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

Le Botanique, a Brussels-area greenhouse facility repurposed as a cultural centre and live music venue. (CIA.gov)

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Belgium breaks deadlock over EU-Canada trade pact

By GFM Network News, Robert-jan Bartunek October 27, 2016

Brussels | Reuters — Belgium agreed a deal with its regional parliaments on Thursday to approve a landmark EU-Canada free trade agreement, breaking a deadlock that has blocked the pact for weeks. Prime Minister Charles Michel said the heads of the regions had drawn up an addendum to the agreement that answered their concerns over

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

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Protectionism game comes with raised economic stakes: Frum

Trade lawyer named federal trade minister

Marijuana firms look to get creative with brand building

Panel calls for Canada to require plain-packaged pot products

B.C. foods to require certification for organic claims

Flower growers turn to weed ahead of legalization

OFA elects new president

EU, Canada sign free trade deal but battle not over

Belgium breaks deadlock over EU-Canada trade pact

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

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