Ontario Farmer Organization Calls on Government to Drop Fertilizer Tariffs

Ontario Farmer Organization Calls on Government to Drop Fertilizer Tariffs
A farmer works in a field in Mississippi Mills, Ontario, on Aug 10, 2021, in this photo taken using a drone. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
|Updated:

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.