Canada's Federal Trade Minister Stresses Importance Of Agriculture

Jul 02, 2015

Federal Trade Minister Ed Fast has been in discussions with farm business leaders in western Canada to discuss how to promote Canada's exports around the world.

He said agricultural exports are an important part, adding the food processing industry is arguably the largest industry in the country.

"Seven per cent of Canada's GDP is driven by what happens in agriculture and agri-food," said Fast. "This is very important for Canada's long term prosperity. We want to make sure that our producers and our processors have the ability to sell their products into markets all around the world."

Source : PortageOnline

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