Potash ties drive prairie pride and policy worries
A personal essay links family roots in potash to Saskatchewan's mining history, highlighting Rocanville’s early shaft work and a notable nonengineering GM. It argues tariffs topple farmers, raise fertilizer costs, and threaten U.S. grain yields and prices, stressing Canada’s 40 percent of world reserves and Saskatchewan’s 30 percent market share.
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Opinion: Tariffs on Canada Mexico will backfire against Trump
The piece argues tariffs are misguided as the US enjoys a robust economy with growth above three percent, Canada and the euro area lagging. It contends tariffs raise prices, shrink imports, invite retaliation, and fail to revive 1950s era manufacturing due to modern globalized supply chains and automation.
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