We Don't Have to Trade With China

It's time to cut if off completely:

Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne yesterday doubled down in a tariff war with China only hours after the People’s Republic announced punishing surcharges on Canadian canola. It was a question of “Canadian values,” said the finance department.

 

Values, my @$$.

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Let’s be clear: There is no dumping of Canadian canola into China. Dumping implies selling at prices below production costs or below those in the home or other export markets, typically to capture market share unfairly. Canada’s canola market is highly transparent and globally competitive — these allegations are without merit. What China is doing is strategic — they know canola’s economic and symbolic weight in Canada.

The very name “canola” comes from “Canada Oil,” a 1970s innovation that transformed rapeseed into a high-value, versatile oilseed crop. It is both an economic powerhouse — worth $43 billion annually — and an emblem of Canadian agricultural ingenuity. By targeting canola, Beijing isn’t just disrupting trade — it’s striking at the heart of Canada’s agri-food brand.

The timing is no accident. With harvest just weeks away, farmers have little capacity to pivot to alternative buyers. Australia may pick up some of China’s demand, but it cannot replace Canada’s supply capacity. This means the immediate economic pain — falling prices, reduced revenues, and likely losses — will be felt disproportionately by Canadian farmers. What might have been a break-even year is now a probable deficit for many producers.

 

China is a dishonest, Uyghur-murdering broker.

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Now he's talking!:

Parliament must “look at ways we can penalize the regime in Beijing” over tariffs on 40,000 canola farmers, Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre said yesterday. He proposed immediate cancellation of $1.1 billion in federally-financed contracts with Chinese shipyards: “That is crazy, at a time when they are targeting our farmers.”

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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is once again urging the federal government to cancel the $1 billion loan it is providing to BC Ferries for its deal with a Chinese state-owned shipyard, citing the harm the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) latest tariffs are causing to Canadian farmers.

Poilievre made the comments in an Aug. 13 social media post, saying that while Beijing recently imposed “unfair and unjustified” tariffs on Canada on top of existing levies, Ottawa continues to back a loan from the Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) to purchase ships from a Chinese state-owned company “that undercuts Canadian companies on environmental standards, worker safety and wages.”

“This makes no sense. Canadian workers are capable of building world-class ships, with Canadian steel, aluminum, and technology, here at home,” he wrote.

“Given the CCP’s newest round of tariffs, we renew our call for Minister Robertson to cancel the Canadian Infrastructure Bank’s loan and put Canadian shipbuilders, steel workers and industry first.”

 

Oh, he won't, Pierre!