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Here's my theory: Carney dropped the DST because of supply management on dairy. My evidence is sparse, but:

Last month, the U.S. and Britain announced a trade deal related to a range of products. But Britain’s 2-per-cent DST was not affected.

(From the Globe)

That shows other countries have a DST but that hasn't been a sticking point in trade negotiations.

Meanwhile, Quebec really likes supply management:

83 per cent of Quebecers want governments to do everything in their power to protect the country’s supply management system.

During the next election, Carney will probably need Quebec's support to stay in power. By giving up the DST, Carney may be able to keep supply management for dairy, and avoid alienating Quebec voters.

I guess we'll see during the final negotiations. Do our dairy farmers get to keep their protections?

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[–] walktheplank@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

It already has become unsafe. The regime has cut food testing and all the people who do that work months ago in favor of contracting those services. Problem is no one has been contracted and it can only be assumed with the massive cuts it will not be.

This applies to Canadian goods because our former reciprocal goods trading for fresh foods was tested in the country of production, using standardized testing for export to Canada with the exception of a few specific items and tests for pesticide and insecticide residues. That means the US tests all the food they export to Canada prior to export and we do not retest prior to sale.

Except they don't test any longer.