Quebec party leaders call on Ottawa to protect dairy farmers in NAFTA talks


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The leaders of Quebec’s four largest political parties are calling on the federal government to protect the province’s dairy industry as NAFTA negotiations continue in Washington, D.C. 


“I will not accept any agreement that will not be accepted by our dairy producers and entrepreneurs,” Liberal Leader Philippe Couillard said Friday, in his strongest statement to date on the issue.


Couillard was at a joint news conference alongside Parti Québécois Leader Jean-François Lisée and Québec solidaire co-spokesperson Manon Massé at the offices of the Quebec dairy farmers’ union, known by its French acronym, UPA.


François Legault, the leader of the Coalition Avenir Québec, couldn’t make it because he is campaigning in the Saguenay region, but said he supports the farmers as well.  


Legault instead had a conference call early Friday with UPA’s president, Marcel Groleau. 





U.S. President Donald Trump has said Canada won’t get a new NAFTA deal unless it backs down on supply management. 


The U.S. needs to export milk to deal with its chronic oversupply problem — one that Canada avoids with its strict production quotas. The dairy sector was said to be one of the last unresolved items as NAFTA talks continued into Thursday night. 


The leaders of Quebec political parties want Ottawa to protect dairy farmers in the ongoing North American Free Trade Agreement. (Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press)


Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said his government will protect supply management.


But Quebec’s political leaders, eager to demonstrate their ability to defend the province’s interests, say they want to make sure Canadian negotiators don’t concede anything.


Dairy contributes about $6 billion to Quebec’s annual GDP and creates about 80,000 direct and indirect jobs.​







Article source: http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/talktojazeera/2016/01/sri-lankan-president-allegations-war-crimes-160128150748006.html


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