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Study finds Canada losing billions by not processing crops domestically

New research highlights economic opportunity in shifting from raw commodity exports to value-added food processing.

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What to know

  • A new study quantifies billions in lost economic value from Canada's shift toward exporting raw crops rather than processed foods since NAFTA.
  • Domestic processing infrastructure has declined sharply: Ontario lost its only fruit cannery, peach farmers abandoned crops, and frozen juice plants closed.
  • Commenters see parallels between unprocessed crop exports and unrefined oil sales, and argue government incentives are needed to rebuild domestic processing capacity.

The dispute No substantive disagreement is evident; commenters largely agree on the problem. The main variation is in scope—whether the solution should focus on food processing alone or extend to all raw resource exports. · positions read across 1 posts and comments

most voices

Government should actively invest in and incentivize domestic food processing to rebuild lost infrastructure and capture value at home.

  • “Government intervention/incentivization required. Please.”

    Cyber_3 · Reddit ↗
many voices

Canada should stop exporting raw materials entirely and require domestic processing before export across all resource sectors.

  • “No raw extracted products should leave this country, first pass should occur here at a minimum.”

    byteseu@pubeurope.com · Mastodon ↗
some voices

The shift away from domestic processing reflects failed globalization policies since Mulroney that have subordinated Canada to US interests.

  • “All this needs to change. Gotta do a full break from the failed policies going back to Mulroney of making ourselves subservient to the US.”

    byteseu@pubeurope.com · Mastodon ↗

Canadian agri-food researchers Study authors

Study finds Canada losing billions by not processing crops domestically
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  1. background

    Canadians discuss domestic processing opportunities and comparative neglect — Discussion on social platforms focuses on the loss of domestic processing capacity since NAFTA, with commenters citing closed mills, canneries, and frozen juice plants, and drawing parallels to unrefined oil exports.

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    Ontario fruit cannery closure cited as example of lost processing infrastructure

    A commenter describes the closure of Ontario's only fruit cannery in the early 2000s and subsequent loss of peach farming, arguing that government intervention and incentivization are needed to rebuild processing capacity.

    “The only fruit cannery in Ontario closed in the earlly 2000s and refused to sell even at twice the price to anyone, it caused so many Niagara farmers to rip out their peach trees…”
    — Cyber_3

    • Yes. The only fruit cannery in Ontario closed in the earlly 2000s and refused to sell even at twice the price to anyone, it caused so many Niagara farmers to rip out their peach trees and plant other crops. It recently started canning fish but the owner swore it would never can fruit again. There is such a market in the North for these products…

      Cyber_3r/canada3d agoview on r/canada ↗
  3. background

    New study reveals Canada missing billions in crop processing value — A new agri-food study finds that Canada leaves substantial economic value on the table by exporting raw crops instead of processing them domestically, a pattern that has worsened since NAFTA.

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  1. 2 outlets Canada losing out on billions by not processing crops at home

    first by Yahoo News Canada, 3d ago · also CBC

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