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Canada's laws ‘outdated and inadequate' to fight cross-border crime, head of police chiefs group says
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CTV News
32 minutes ago
- CTV News
‘Devastating blow': Alberta responds to 75.8% Chinese tariffs on Canadian canola
Pumpjacks draw out oil and gas from well heads surrounded by Canola fields near Cremona, Alta., Monday, July 15, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh Alberta is responding to the announcement by the Chinese government that a 75.8 per cent anti-dumping duty will be imposed on Canadian canola starting on Thursday. The province produces about one-third of Canada's canola, about 6.4 million tons a year. 'China's decision to impose a 75.8 per cent tariff on additional Canadian canola products is another devastating blow to Alberta's agriculture industry. 'This comes on top of the existing 100 per cent tariffs on canola oil, canola oil cake and peas and threatens to cut Alberta producers out of one of their most valuable markets almost entirely,' R.J. Sigurdson, minister of agriculture and irrigation, wrote in a statement on Tuesday. 'These tariffs by China are in response to the federal government's decision to impose 100 per cent tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and 25 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminum, effective October 2024. Alberta's farmers, ranchers and processors did not create this situation, yet they are paying the price. 'Alberta is once again calling on Ottawa to act swiftly, engage in constructive dialogue with China, and restore access to one of our most critical markets before more livelihoods are lost.' The province's calls for federal intervention are echoed by the Alberta Canola Producers Commission. 'We've seen it in softwood lumber, we've seen it in other industries where there's the threat of tariffs,' board chair Andre Harpe told CTV News Edmonton. 'The federal government is doing a lot of work with them. We need them to be as serious with canola as they are with other industries that are under the threat or tariffs are happening.' Harpe, a canola farmer himself, says the tariffs could devastate farmers. 'I woke up this morning, as most canola farmers did, seeing that we had lost about $1 a bushel in the value of our product that we want to sell this year. So quite roughly, that's seven per cent of our income that we potentially could lose just just overnight by just having the Chinese make that announcement,' he said. 'Obviously we're going to be waiting to see what the long lasting effects are, and to see if they actually go through with this tariff.' China is Canada's second-largest canola market. The largest export market for Canadian canola is the United States, where Canadian exports not compliant with the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement are subject to 35 per cent tariffs. With files from CTV News Edmonton's Evan Kenny
CTV News
39 minutes ago
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Decision to downsize County of Simcoe council deferred to province
County of Simcoe council will leave whether to cut its size nearly in half up to the province. Simcoe County councillors have had months of debate over whether to cut its council size nearly in half with that decision now landing at Queen's Park, with council voting to ask the province to intervene on the contentious issue. The motion for the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing to intervene was passed in Tuesday's meeting with councillors divided in favour and against the idea of downsizing. 'If it's not done by the province, it would be status quo. There would be no change in governance at all,' said Basil Clarke, County of Simcoe warden. The County council's current composition is a mayor and deputy mayor from each municipality for a total of 32 members, plus a part-time warden from within. The proposed change would see only the mayors remaining, along with a full-time warden, reducing council to a total of 17 members. 'The House is almost unanimous that we did want a full-time warden,' added Clarke. 'But what they've decided is, and I can agree with that, 33 is almost too many.' It is a contentious issue that has been hotly discussed since the spring, which included a protest by some councillors in late March. Municipalities within the County had until the end of June to vote, resulting in a tie with eight in favour of downsizing and eight against. 'The process says that a tie vote is a no-vote,' said Brian Smith, Wasaga Beach mayor, who is among those opposed. 'If we make bad decisions because we have too much on our plate and we don't have a good debate, you know, does that end up costing us more or doesn't it?' Bill Gordon, Midland's mayor, supported the change. 'We can get the same work done with a smaller, more nimble, agile group of councillors,' said Gordon. 'We all do the same work anyway. We have to read the same reports, we bring the same experience. More is not always more. Less is more.' Mike Burkett, Severn Township's mayor, called for an equal vote instead of a weighted vote. 'I just wanted the weighted vote removed so that we're all equal sitting on that floor. So that each member had one vote.' Council also needed a triple majority to change its composition but only got two of the three requirements, hence the need for the province to step in. Warden Clarke and County staff are expected to deliver their letter to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing by the end of the week.
