MPs celebrate canola tariff relief, but national security, pork, remain opposition concerns with China

Just because the tariff has been reduced today, ‘doesn’t mean it’s not going to come back,’ says Conservative MP Dan Mazier, whose Manitoba riding of Riding Mountain grows the most canola in Canada.
Conservative MPs Dan Mazier, clockwise from top left, Richard Bragdon, Bloc Québécois MP Yves Perron, and Liberal MPs Doug Eyolfson, Pauline Rochefort, Emma Harrison, and Sophie Chatel all welcomed China lowering its tariffs on Canadian canola. But Perron said Carney's deal with China is 'sad news for pork people.'

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s deal with China to lower canola tariffs is being met with cross-partisan optimism, but opposition MPs say national security threats are still a concern, and "a whole bunch of animosity” is brewing over uncertainty with the agreement's longevi...

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