Parrish & Heimbecker is buying four inland grain elevators and the half of Fraser Grain Terminal in the Port of Vancouver that it does not own.
The other half is owned by GrainsConnect Canada which was formed in 2015 by Australia’s GrainCorp and Japan’s Zen-Noh Grain Corp.
P&H is getting four high-capacity grain elevators as well as GCC’s 50 per cent stake in Fraser Grain Terminal at the Port of Vancouver.
The deal is scheduled to close early next year and is rumoured to be worth $150 million.
Prime Minister Mark Carney reaffirmed he'll protect Canada's supply management system, as the United States signalled it's ready to fight over this country's dairy rules at the negotiating table.
CBC reported his response to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer who told members of U.S. Congress Wednesday that Washington is not prepared to extend the Canada-U.S.-Mexico agreement (CUSMA) without addressing "specific and structural issues."
In remarks made public after Greer met with lawmakers behind closed doors, President Donald Trump's point-person on trade said Americans have concerns about "dairy market access in Canada" and "Canada's exports of certain dairy products."
But to be clear, Greer also said he is not aiming to have Canada get rid of supply management for dairy farmers, just to improve U.S. access to the Canadian market and low-priced Canadian imports of milk. Ingredients.
The U.S. has complained for years that Canada is unfair in the way it hands out permits to allow a limited volume of U.S. dairy imports.
Haitians living in the United States were lured to Greeley, Colorado, to work for JBS meat-packing plant during the COVID-19 pandemic; now they have filed a class-action lawsuit alleging abuse.
The lawsuits cites injuries, discrimination and inhospitable living conditions.
Sixty were put into one house; at the Rainbow Motel up to 11 workers were put into a room with one bed, no bathroom or kitchen. One worker said in the lawsuit that it felt like being in jail. At its peak, the 17-room motel housed more than 100 Haitians, according to the lawsuit.
JBS normally has 4,000 workers at the Greeley plant, but some refused to work after COVID-19 infection spread so the company was eager to fiind willing workers. It hooked up with a recruiter who used Tik Tok to advertise to Haitians living in the United States.
JBS charged some workers weekly fees for housing and tacked on a charge for trips to the plant. Without money or transportation, the refugees had to rely on the recruiter for trips to the grocery store or restaurants. One worker said he didn’t eat for two days.
As new recruits steadily arrived, JBS needed to make room at the motel. So the company moved dozens of Haitians to a five-bedroom house nearby, charging them $70 a week. As many as 60 people were living at the house during its height, the complaint alleges. Sometimes there was no electricity or water.
During their first week of work, JBS gave the recruits a four-day orientation focused on safety and work policies. But the training sessions were only in English and Spanish, according to the lawsuit. French or Creole are the main language for many of the Haitians.
Training supervisors then falsified records on behalf of the new workers to ensure they could pass quickly and begin work as soon as possible, an accusation reported by The Denver Post and made in a separate lawsuit against JBS earlier this year.
Work at the plant, meanwhile, was exceptionally dangerous. Employees endured lacerations, amputations, severe burns and musculoskeletal injuries, the complaint alleges.
JBS also employs a number of newcomers to Canada at the beef-packing plant it runs in Alberta. It and Cargill are Canada’s dominant beef packers.
The national supply management agency for eggs has asked its supervisory body to allow it to stop setting minimum and maximum amounts for various funds it manages.
It said the market is so volatile that it feels it’s better to charge levies to meet average expenses over previous years.
The funds are for issues such as removal of surplus eggs, compensation for disease outbreaks, research and administration.
The agency also asked the National Farm Products Council to approve a special production quota for next year to keep the market supplied during outbreaks of highly-pathogenic avian influenza that force elimination of flocks.
The amount is 1,154,500 laying hens.
It also asked that the daily compensation rate for chairman Roger Pelissero be increased from $550 to $563 and for directors from
$500 to $512.:
The council approved all of the requests.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has suspended the licence of Aliments Halal Sano Inc., located in Lasalle, Quebec.
It said the company failed because it did not have adequate identification and analysis of hazards, a preventive control plan and traceability.
The company is effectively out of business until it complies with all regulations and meets all standards for food safety.
Canada and the U.K. have agreed to work together to streamline the regulation of veterinary medicines and vaccines.
The agreements was announced by Canada’s chief veterinary officer Mary Jane Ireland and the United Kingdom’s Veterinary Medicines Directorate deputy chief executive officer, Gavin Hall/
They said Canada and the U.K. will co-operate to streamline the pre-market assessment and approval process for veterinary medicines and vaccines.
This will include sharing scientific expertise and information, discussing common priorities and looking at joint reviews of veterinary products.