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OTTAWA – The House of Commons voted Monday to formally label the Chinese government’s actions against the Uyghur people a genocide, a move likely to draw a strong rebuke from Beijing, one of Canada’s former ambassadors warned.
The non-binding Conservative motion called on the government to denounce the genocide and urged the International Olympic Committee to move the 2022 Winter Games from Beijing.
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The Liberal cabinet, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, abstained from the vote or simply failed to show. But the motion received otherwise unanimous support passing 266 to 0, with many backbench Liberals MPs voting in favour.
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Canada’s canola farmers are enjoying some of the best prices they’ve seen in more than a decade – raising the prospects for increased planting this spring.
Mike Ammeter, a farmer in Sylvan Lake, Alta., grows canola, wheat, barley and peas. He estimates he’s sold 90 per cent of his canola already, substantially more than he would have in a regular season.
iPolitics By Kelsey Johnson. Published on Feb 10, 2021 11:16am
Today’s Sprout is brought to you by Canada’s Agriculture Day. Let’s raise a fork to the food we love and the people who produce it! Celebrate online and with friends, family and co-workers, and let everyone know how you feel about Canadian agriculture and food. Learn more.
Good morning and welcome to the Sprout, where it’s Cream Cheese Brownie Day. It’s also Umbrella Day, which strikes us as being a bit of an odd homage given its the middle of February and not springtime yet…
Here’s today’s agriculture news.
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West Coast Reduction operates one of Canada’s largest canola oil storage hubs out of the Port of Vancouver
Canada wants to sell more canola oil to the world billions of dollars more per year and West Coast Reduction Ltd. is helping the country meet that goal.
Roughly 20 million metric tonnes of canola is grown by Canadian farmers each year, according to the Canola Council of Canada, with 90 per cent of that production destined for export. By 2025, the goal is to be producing 26 million metric tonnes annually.