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Take Action: Call for Canadian Food Sovereignty in Response to President Trump’s Tariffs

 
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On Tuesday, March 4th President Trump announced 25% of tariffs on all Canadian exports to the USA.These tariffs as well as Canada’s retaliatory tariffs will create economic uncertainty that affects all Canadians, affecting both food prices and producer prices. For Canadian farmers who are especially vulnerable to export markets, this is creating new anxieties.

The NFU is calling on the federal and provincial governments to build resiliency and food sovereignty in response to President Trump’s tariffs and the retaliatory tariffs that the Canadian government has placed on select American products.

Canadians must have access to the food we need by developing our capacity here at home. Farmers must be confident that their operations will be protected from economic uncertainty. President Trump’s disruptive strategy and lack of respect for rules means we can no longer consider trade agreements reliable. By calling for food sovereignty for Canadians we are talking about building community power to support a food system that works for people and the planet. Canadian institutions must provide stability and security to Canadian producers and consumers.

Add your personal voice to this call by sending a letter to Canadian decision makers:

Call on them to promote and build our domestic food system (including supply management) and to promote good agricultural jobs that protect and support farm workers.

Send the letter

Subject: Support local and regional food, Supply Management and agricultural workers

To: lawrence.macaulay@parl.gc.ca, dominic.leblanc@parl.gc.ca, melanie.joly@parl.gc.ca, Anita.Anand@parl.gc.ca, Marc.Miller@parl.gc.ca

Then, send a copy to all the Opposition party leaders too:

cc: pierre.poilievre@parl.gc.ca, Yves-Francois.Blanchet@parl.gc.ca, Jagmeet.Singh@parl.gc.ca, elizabeth.may@parl.gc.ca

Send a letter

NFU put together this letter to make it easy for you to call for food sovereignty. Click here for a downloadable letter you can copy and paste into your own email message. Copy and paste the email addresses above into the “To” and “CC” lines of the email message. And put Support local and regional food, Supply Management and agricultural workers in the Subject line. Your unique perspective brings more power to this ask— make any changes to the letter to best reflect your own concerns and priorities.

Other actions you can take:

  • Federal: Write, phone or meet with your own Member of Parliament – use your postal code to find their contact information here. 
  • Provincial/Local: Send a copy of the letter to your Provincial and/or Municipal government representatives.
  • With your network: Share this Action page with friends and encourage them to add their support.

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