Canada’s ranchers are calling on the federal government to terminate the trade agreement it’s had in place with the United Kingdom since Brexit, part of a renewed push to persuade the British government to stop blocking Canadian meat exports and get back to the bargaining table.
“We’re calling on all parliamentarians to stand up for Canadian beef producers,” said Tyler Fulton, the president of the Canadian Cattle Association (CCA), during a Thursday morning news conference on Parliament Hill.
“In these uncertain geopolitical times, we need every opportunity to diversify our markets," he added. “The U.K. has not made any effort to address the non-tariff barriers that are keeping Canadian beef out of the U.K. market,” he added.
While his producers’ exports to the U.K. were effectively zero over the last two years, British exports to Canada have increased in a way many rancher
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