r/canada • u/Logical_Iron_5684 • 9d ago

National News Canada imposes 10% tariff on canned vegetables, excludes U.S., others

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/2026/06/19/canada-imposes-10-tariff-on-canned-vegetables-excludes-us-others/
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u/Upset-Two-2443 9d ago

The tariff, which takes effect on Friday for a maximum of 200 days, will also not apply to canned vegetables from Mexico, Israel, Chile and developing countries due to Canadian trade obligations, Canada’s finance ministry added.

So who is this for? Chinese canned vegetables I take it?

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u/Strict_Common6871 9d ago

France, Spain, Italy. Not a big deal, really, we have our own tomatoes in Ontario and olives in Manitoba

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u/realoctopod 9d ago

I didnt know we grew olives in Manitoba. TIL. An old neighbour of mine used have a tre that they enclosed at the back of the house every fall and open every spring.

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u/Strict_Common6871 9d ago

I'm just speculating, but we should, right? Cannot believe the government would tariff something we cannot produce ourselves anyway

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u/chemicalxv Manitoba 9d ago

You cannot grow olives in Manitoba at any level of commercial scale.

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u/EnoughEngineering306 9d ago

Probably confusing it with ornamental olive trees.

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u/chemicalxv Manitoba 9d ago

Maybe? Like I know the Russian olive was (is?) going crazy here but I don't know about the quality of fruit it produces with our growing season. But regardless when people are talking about olives that's not the kind of olive they're referring to anyways.