Overview
- The package includes amendments to the Clean Fuel Regulations to bolster the domestic biofuels industry.
- Producers will receive a temporary increase to interest‑free cash advances and added funding to diversify into new markets.
- Nova Scotia MP Kody Blois will join Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe on a three‑day mission to China starting Saturday to press for the tariff’s removal.
- China imposed a 75.8% duty on Canadian canola seed last month after opening an anti‑dumping probe nearly a year earlier, a move widely viewed as a response to Canada’s 100% tariff on Chinese electric vehicles.
- Canada exported about $14.5 billion in canola products last year, including roughly $4.9 billion to China, as Ottawa and farmers reject Beijing’s dumping allegations.