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John Ivison: Hands off the lobster is smart politics

Ottawa backtracked on U.S. fish counter-tariffs this week after the Canadian seafood industry privately raised stink

If crisis management is about preventing a bad situation from getting worse, the federal government deserves full marks for its decision to adjust the list of American goods that will be subject to tariffs.

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Late on Wednesday, Finance Canada announced that it was removing U.S. seafood and fish products from the list of tariffed goods, “based on feedback.”

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That feedback was white-hot anger expressed by Canadian seafood producers, who threatened to go public with their frustration, creating a breach in the united Team Canada front.

On a Finance Canada call with stakeholders on Tuesday, producers expressed concerns that the government had pledged to impose a 25 per cent........

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