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Category: CANADA

Canada and US are finalizing a trade deal

“We are now moving towards an agreement that reinforces that Canadian advantage, including by securing the best terms in each of Canada’s most important strategic sectors and providing greater certainty about our future trading relationship,” Prime Minister Mark Carney wrote on Wednesday.

Minister LeBlanc said that Canada’s dairy supply management programme – which sees production quotas, set pricing, and import quotas on dairy, eggs, and poultry – will remain “entirely intact”, reports BBC News.

Polls suggest that a majority of Canadians would be unhappy if the Carney government made significant concessions to the US, with 56% surveyed by polling firm Leger saying they want Canada to take a hardline approach.

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Parti Québécois will not hold a referendum as long as Trump remains in the White House

In a news release, PQ party leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon said he wants to avoid having the issue “hijacked by the ups and downs of American politics,” according to Hayley Carolan at CBC News.

“An issue as crucial as the political future of Quebec requires conditions that allow for an informed and calm debate,” the PQ leader said.

He said the next government will be faced with “more than enough challenges” without calling a referendum.

Elsewhere: CBC News, Le Monde

Video: Global News