7 lo c al Trudeau urges people to ‘buy Canadian’ food, produce amid COVID-19 Rabi ul Awaal 3,1442 Oct 21, 2020
By Amanda Connolly Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is urging people to “buy Canadian” as domestic food producers feel the strain of global restrictions put in place to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus. He made the comments in a daily press briefing with journalists outside Rideau Cottage on Thursday while announcing new supports for fish harvesters facing lost income from the pandemic. “To everyone who wants to show their support, buy Canadian. Pick up some Canadian cheese to help a local dairy farmer, have a fish fry or buy Canadian lobster,” said Trudeau. “Not only will it taste great, it will help the people who keep food on our plates.” Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan also made the call for Canadians to buy domestic in a briefing shortly afterwards with journalists, specifically urging people to buy domestic fish and seafood. “Canadian harvesters are resilient and determined, and today, I am urging Canadians to show their support by purchasing more of our high-quality, sustainably sourced products at your local grocer,” she said. “There’s never been a bet-
ter time to buy a Canadian fish and seafood product.” As Global News reported earlier this year, federal officials have been exploring how best to launch a “buy Canadian” food campaign for months, with plans to launch that initiative this summer. It’s not clear whether that is still poised to go ahead. Global News has requested clarification from the government on that project. The concept of “buy Canadian” gained traction back in 2018 after U.S. President Donald Trump slapped tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum as part of a trade war to gain leverage in renewed NAFTA negotiations. That move prompted the Canadian government to roll out $1 billion worth of reciprocal tariffs targeting everything from U.S.made condiments, packaged foodstuffs and home appliances. Canadians are the main buyers of U.S. goods and the patriotic sentiment Trump’s tariffs sparked quickly led to dozens of articles and how-to guides for consumers looking to spend their dollars support Canadian businesses and producers. Those tariffs were finally removed in May 2019.
Agriculture Canada issued a notice in January that it wanted to hire a marketing firm for what it called the “Buy Canadian Promotion Campaign,” which would aim to “better connect Canadians with, and instill pride in, Canada’s food system and its agriculture, food and seafood products.” Over the course of the campaign, the government planned to spend between $1.5 million and $4 million each year to do things like refresh the branding of Agriculture Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and find ways to put Product of Canada stickers on more Canadian food items. Jennifer Clapp, a professor with the University of Waterloo who holds the Canada Research Chair in Global Food Security and Sustainability, said in an interview when Global News first reported on the campaign that shifting the focus onto domestic producers makes sense amid global uncertainty. “In the current context of heightened uncertainty in global markets, it is rational for governments that rely on imported foods to strengthen domestic agricultural markets,” she told Global News in an email.
practically no loss of life on either side of the battle front. The stunning magnanimity and humility shown during victory by Muhammad and his companions is unmatched in history. He is humble in victory, compassionate, and forgiving to even his most intractable opponents. The final sermon consolidates the social, economic, and moral changes that have been brought about in the society. It is time to prepare for the end.
The anatomy of the mission, its growth and evolution in some ways parallels the various stages of human life itself. These various phases reflect not only the growing sophistication of the message but also the increasing maturity of the audience to whom the message is directed. The audience grows in its understanding of what it would take to bear the burden of passing on the message to posterity. The Prophet’s mission in its most fundamental analysis was to interpret and
spread the Quranic ideology. This Quran centered spirituality remains the constant theme through all of the phases of his life. The Quran says about him “Indeed there is for you in the Messenger of Allah an excellent pattern” (Quran 33:21). His wife Ayesha (may Allah be pleased with her) calls him the living embodiment of the Quran. It is this complementary bequest of the Quran and Sunna that is our special blessing. Over time, many differences based on dog-
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that as many people participate as possible.” Horgan met with local nurses while in North Vancouver after campaigning in Coquitlam, where he pushed his health-care plans for spending $2.3 billion for construction of hospitals and the hiring of 7,000 workers. The NDP leader said that when his party took office in 2017, nine of 10 care homes did not have enough staff to meet the minimum hours for care, which would change under his leadership. On a campaign stop at a dairy farm in Sur-
rey, B.C., Wilkinson said his status as a medical doctor would be helpful in the premier’s office in talking to provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry about the best way to take action on COVID-19 going forward. “When we see a wide range of different approaches toward the pandemic around the world, I like to think that somebody with an MD like me can look into that and say, ‘What’s the best for B.C.,’ and work with Dr. Henry to see what’s the best for B.C.”
Clapp said it could be a “matter of national pride” to buy Canadian food products. But several months later, the economic landscape in the country is dramatically changed. Some three million jobs have been lost over the last two months because of the economic shutdown from the pandemic and consumer purchasing has shifted towards items with stable shelf-life and essentials. It remains to be seen whether a pitch to “buy Canadian” can gain the support it did during a trade war with Canadians pinching pennies and uncertain of when they will be financially secure again. Source.globalnews.ca
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ma, politics, personality cults and egos have emerged amongst the followers of Islam. In spite of many heterodox sects, the core messages of Quran, and its realization in the life of the Prophet are alive and potent, and continue to provide spiritual solace, intellectual satisfaction and societal discipline to many making Islam the fastest growing religion in the world. Source.islamicity.org
BC Liberals accuse NDP of taking advantage of COVID-19 to suppress votes
doesn’t know what Wilkinson is talking about when it comes to voter suppression. “I don’t know what planet Mr. Wilkinson’s living on,” Horgan said while campaigning in North Vancouver. “Almost 500,000 people have already participated in advance voting,” he said, adding more than 700,000 mail-in ballots have been requested. “There’s a lot of interest in this election campaign. There’s no effort whatsoever to suppress. Quite the contrary. We want to ensure
Henry’s statement Monday that B.C. was in the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic was scary to hear, especially as schools and businesses remain open and fall weather means it’s harder to stay outside. Furstenau released her party’s platform on pandemic economic recovery in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky, a riding she said the Greens could win, according to Green Leader Sonia Furstenau said the party’s numbers.. Source: cbc.ca
Canada-U.S. border closure extended but Trump, Trudeau far apart on next steps Continued from Page 1 the Trudeau government saying, ‘No, don’t open’ ... and President Trump saying, ‘Oh, I think we’ll reopen sometime soon,’ that’s no grounds for a serious government-togovernment negotiation,” said Alden, a professor of U.S.-Canada economic relations at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Wash. Even though many Canadians support the border closure, which took effect in
late March, it has devastated the tourism industry, separated loved ones and hurt border communities in both Canada and the U.S. Alden said he understands why the border is closed for now, but that it’s important to start laying the groundwork for a reopening plan.“The problem of not having those negotiations is, when do we possibly have a sense of when it will be safe to reopen the border?” CBC News asked both the Canadian and U.S. governments about the fate of the border closure
and got disparate answers. A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said the two countries are exploring the loosening of some restrictions. The department’s acting secretary, Chad Wolf, echoed this sentiment in a tweet on Monday. “We are working closely with ... Canada to identify safe criteria to ease the restrictions in the future and support our border communities,” he wrote. Source: cbc.ca
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