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Carney Convenes Cabinet, Sets Talks With Saskatchewan Premier and Canola Sector Over Chinese Tariffs on Canadian Canola

The meetings signal a coordinated push to address steep duties that threaten a vital export for prairie farmers.

Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, speaks with Premier of Saskatchewan Scott Moe following the First Minister’s Meeting in Saskatoon, Sask., Monday, June 2, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards
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Overview

  • Prime Minister Mark Carney chaired a 10 a.m. cabinet meeting in Ottawa before afternoon sessions with Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe and, later, canola industry leaders.
  • Heath MacDonald, Maninder Sidhu, Buckley Belanger and parliamentary secretary Kody Blois are participating in the meetings.
  • Moe and Blois travelled to China earlier this month for discussions with officials tied to the agency imposing agricultural duties and a commerce ministry trade negotiator.
  • China currently levies a 76% tariff on Canadian canola seed and 100% on canola oil, meal and peas, with additional levies on pork and some seafood products.
  • The measures are widely viewed as retaliation for Canada’s 100% tariff on Chinese electric vehicles and 25% tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum, and Carney’s office also announced a Thursday trip to Mexico to meet President Claudia Sheinbaum.