Senate passes Bloc’s supply management bill on division as ex-diplomat warns law will ‘handicap’ negotiators
Independent Senator Paula Simons says the bill does nothing for national unity. 'It does seem strange to allow a separatist party to set Canada’s national trade policy to such an extent, and at the expense of Western Canadian producers and agricultural exporters.'
Senators fast-tracked a bill protecting supply-managed agricultural sectors from trade deals, passing it quickly on division this week, in a move one former diplomat warns could hamper ongoing and future trade negotiations.
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