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BY RANDY HOBACK

It shouldn’t take the premier of any province publicly begging the Prime Minister to help an industry under attack for that Prime Minister to finally do something.

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Yet that is exactly what is happening in Canada’s imperiled canola sector.

Earlier this week, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe took the unprecedented step of making public a letter he sent to Justin Trudeau pleading with him to finally act to help canola farmers who have become victims of Trudeau’s failed relationship with China.

After illegally detaining two Canadian citizens, China stripped two major Canadian grain companies of their canola export licenses and has stopped purchasing Canadian canola seed altogether.

Over half of the agri-food products grown in Canada are exported, making ours one of the most trade-dependent agricultural sectors in the world. It’s not surprising, then, that industry groups and provincial governments are crying out for help. However, their pleas are falling on deaf ears in Trudeau’s Ottawa.