Canada’s injection of $252 million into farm and food processing sectors was met with mixed reaction from industry leaders Tuesday, as the struggle to maintain production and supply during COVID-19 continues.
But it falls short of the $2.6 billion in emergency funding the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA), one of Canada’s biggest farm groups, asked from the government just last week.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau left open the possibility that more support could be added as the pandemic drags on. He said the aid was an “initial investment” and “if we need to add more, we will.” Still, it came as a “disappointment” to the CFA. “The government themselves asked us to quantify our ask, and this falls short of what we identified as