Prairie canola producers brace for ‘devastating’ 100 per cent tariffs from China

CALGARY — Canola farmers are bracing for impact as China looks to impose hefty tariffs on their industry in response to Canadian tariffs on the country’s electric vehicle exports. Just mere weeks away from when farmers plant their first seeds, China is to enact a 100 per cent levy on Canadian canola oil and meal, plus a 25 per cent duty on seafood and pork. “All in all, it’s just bad news,” said Clinton Monchuck, a fourth-generation canola farmer from Lanigan, Sask. The tariffs come in response to Canada’s 100 per cent levies on Chinese-made EVs and a 25 per…