Manitoba Co-operator
Farmers compete with the European Union and the United States, both of which do not have tariffs on their crop fertilizers.

Comment: The fertilizer import tariff has to go, Minister Freeland

Tariffs add to the cost of doing business in farming and contribute to food price increases

The following is an open letter from the Ontario Agricultural Commodity Council to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland, requesting the removal of the fertilizer tariff that has been in place for more than a year. The letter was also copied to Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau. Dear Minister Freeland, On behalf of the Ontario