Commentary
When Prime Minister Mark Carney quietly lifted most food-related countervailing tariffs (import taxes designed to counter foreign subsidies) on May 7, few Canadians noticed.
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Tea Prices Are Rising and Ottawa’s to Blame
Canada’s 25 percent tea tariff is raising food prices and hurting developing countries. There’s no good reason to keep it.
A farmer picks tea leaves in Taiwan's Yilan County on March 25, 2025. (Cheng Yu-chen/AFP) via Getty Images)
Sylvain Charlebois
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Dr. Sylvain Charlebois is senior director of the agri-food analytics lab and a professor in food distribution and policy at Dalhousie University.
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