SaskAgToday.com Roundtable Episode 55

On the SaskAgToday.com Roundtable with Chief Agricultural Editor of SaskAgToday.com Kevin Hursh, 620 CKRM AgriNews Director Ryan Young, and GX94 Agriculture Director Doug Falconer:

-Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe’s new Cabinet has a new Agriculture Minister, Daryl Harrison.

-The guys discuss what another Trump Administration in the U.S. means for the agriculture sector in Canada, especially with the Canada-United States-Mexico Trade Agreement on the horizon.

-A follow-up to a trio of Private Members’ Bills in Ottawa: Bill C-282 (proposes the Canadian supply management sector be exempt from any trade negotiations with other countries), C-244 (amends the Copyright Act that would allow farmers access to diagnostic software to repair sophisticated equipment such as tractors and combines), and C-294 (also amends the Copyright Act to encourage interoperability of parts and farm equipment).

-The latest from the ongoing labour disputes at the Ports in British Columbia and at the Port of Montreal.

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