An Ontario farmers’ organization is calling on the federal government to drop its tariffs on the importation of certain fertilizers from Russia and Belarus, which are in place because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Ryan Koeslag, executive director of the non-profit organization Ontario Bean Growers, says Canada should drop the tariffs immediately because it is the only Group of Seven nation imposing such a sanction.
Koeslag also said his organization welcomed the fact that Ottawa has collected $34 million through the tariff, but added that it “does not address that the tariff is still in place.”
“The United States has never imposed a tariff on fertilizer from Russia or Belarus,” Koeslag said on Feb. 9, according to True North Centre….