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China clearly has Canada's number when it comes to food safety
by Sylvain Charlebois made this a legitimate point of contention to justify a real enemy for China, of course, is the United States.
Senior Fellow, Atlantic Institute for Market Studies ban on Canadian meat imports. China is simply targeting Canada's food safety
The other argument has to do with falsified veterinary weaknesses to show China's strength and influence.
Canada is losing the food safety optics game against documents found in China. The first reports of falsified And it's attempting to break up North America's
China. Canadian documents in China go back more than a camaraderie to set a new narrative around global trade.
While Canada has demonstrated many times that its decade ago. You can argue that U.S. President Donald Trump has
food safety record is outstanding – in fact, one of the Since the tainted infant milk scandal in 2008, when already weakened his country's relationship with
best in the world – none of it matters now. 54,000 children were hospitalized due milk Canada and Beijing wants to further damage it.
Since Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of contaminated with melamine, food safety has been on It's working. Farmers' Advocate Office annual rental reduction advisory
Huawei, was arrested in Vancouver in December 2018 the minds of most Chinese, who now proactively look Canada is desperately seeking new markets for its
on an American request, China has been meticulously for foreign products. And given the corruption and grains and meat products, with some success.
following a strategy to demonstrate its utter contempt complex nature of the Chinese market, food fraud is Export of canola seeds to Pakistan increased by more
for the arrest. The effect has been dazzling. rampant. Falsified documents allow some products to than 150 per cent in the spring, from 65,000 tonnes to AgriNews - “Landowners who have called through the Surface Rights Board under effort. “Operators are required to provide all
All of this was highly predictable. The recent visit to enter the supply chain, regardless of country of origin. 162,000 tonnes. But farmers' pessimism is evident as the Farmers' Advocate Office (FAO) have been Section 36 of the Surface Rights Act.” landowners and occupants a copy of the
Washington by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Canada, among other industrialized countries, is a seeding for canola dropped by eight per cent this year. receiving requests sent by oil and gas “It is important to note that landowners have reclamation certificate application. They
several connections between key leaders at the G20 victim in all of this – its brand is being exploited in At harvest, Canada will have less product to sell, companies to either reduce their annual rental the right to a 5 year review of the rate of should receive this package the same day the
summit in Osaka were likely in vain. Diplomatically, China's vast food supply chain. although this could mean prices will rise. payment to the landowner or to stop paying the compensation under Section 27 of the Surface operator makes a reclamation application to
China has made Canada look like an amateur trying to And even though this has been going on for years, But for meat products, it's hard to replace the Chinese landowner their annual rental payment,” says Rights Act,” explains Kauffman. “This is an the Alberta Energy Regulator.”
play in the big leagues. China is conveniently and brilliantly using it now to market. They pay a premium for meat, especially pork, Anna Kauffman, rural engagement specialist “If a landowner is unhappy with the
China has Canada's food safety number and it knows justify its ban. and buy and consume everything from an animal – ears, opportunity for landowners to negotiate with
it. China has played Canada in impressive fashion over eyes, hooves, you name it. The convenience China with the FAO. oil and gas operators in good faith, with honest reclamation, they can file a statement of
It started by targeting canola, a Canadian-designed the last six months – the latest salvo with meat is a represents is unmatched, so the ban is a significant blow. “They are being informed of a unilateral and fair engagement of both parties.” concern with the Alberta Energy Regulator
product known around the world. It used this Canadian master class. An end to the U.S.-China spat could change rental reduction and that the annual The annual compensation that a landowner within 30 days of the application being filed,”
symbol, along with absurd food safety claims, to make a Given the arguments presented, China could have everything. compensation for their surface leases will receives is based on adverse effect and loss of she adds. “We encourage landowners to
point. Then it restricted other grain imports like soya, banned Canadian meat years ago, but it chose to wait But for now, Canada is being outwitted, constantly decrease due to certain clauses. These clauses use. contact the Farmers' Advocate Office to ensure
again registering unusual concerns about the safety of until now. So it's almost impossible to believe that the thrown off guard, always playing catchup. that their rights are recognized, understood and
grains being shipped. None of these claims have been trade restrictions are not politically motivated. Sun Tzu suggested that strategy without tactics is the are related to the change of use, proposed “Adverse effect relates to the cost to the
supported by strong evidence by Chinese authorities. The two governments can deny it, but the bans are slowest route to victory, but tactics without strategy is reclamation or surrender of the well.” landowner resultant of a change in business protected as some actions may contradict the
And now it's targeting meat. clearly not related to food safety. the noise before defeat. Canada has clearly chosen the She says that in these letters, companies are practices due to the well site - the time, stress, Surface Rights Act.”
With meat, China made two interesting arguments. In The Art of War, Sun Tzu says that all warfare is latter approach. citing a number of reasons for the rental nuisance and inconvenience of having the well
The first was related to ractopamine, which has been based on deception and that it's important to be reductions. “They are claiming that they are site on the property,” she adds. “Loss of use is
banned in many places, including China and Europe, extremely prudent in choosing when to engage the (Dr. Sylvain Charlebois is senior director of the agri- under severe financial strains that are beyond the compensation pertaining to the economic
but not in Canada. Ractopamine is a meal additive that enemy. Based on the pattern, Canada's fish and seafood food analytics lab and a professor in food distribution
promotes leanness in animals raised for meat. Even sector could be China's next target. and policy at Dalhousie University, and a senior fellow their direct control. These reasons include benefit that could have been derived from the
though it's no longer used in Canada, China masterfully Canada is simply collateral damage in all of this. The with the Atlantic Institute for MarkeStudies). © Troy market factors, rural municipal taxes, the high land but for the oil and gas lease site and/or
Media cost of operations and the cost of surface lease access road.”
rentals.” Companies are responsible for paying the
Kids Make A Difference is sponsored by: Kauffman wants to remind landowners that annual rental on a surface lease until a
[P] [P] cashing a cheque with a reduced lease payment reclamation certificate is issued under section

does not necessarily imply acceptance of the
144 of the Environmental Protection and
reduced payment. “We caution landowners to
Kauffman notes that operators must engage
contact the FAO before signing any document. Enhancement Act.
July 20, 2019: 10 am July 13, 2019: 10 am Landowners have recourse to obtain landowners and occupants throughout the
consultation remediation and reclamation
compensation for unpaid or reduced rentals
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