Tell the editors About this special report Since taking office seven years ago, the Liberals have embraced trade expansion as a core economic policy.
Agriculture is no exception.
Through Team Canada trade missions, embassy trade specialists, trade promotion funds and targets, government has joined industry in chasing markets. The goal is to almost double them again in five years. Even as the value of trade has soared, aggregate farm incomes have barely budged. It's been a decade since the Canada-United States free trade deal took effect. But critics argue the traders and the corporations have benefitted more than the farmer has.