POTASH PUTS
Food on The Table

Many foreign potash producers, like China, Russia and Belarus, do little to safeguard their workers or protect the environment.

Now, they are targeting Canada’s potash producers.

Here at home, high taxes, duplicative red-tape, and insufficient infrastructure  threaten to make Canadian potash more expensive for farmers and less competitive globally.

That’s a big problem for Canadian workers and Canadian food security.  Simply put, it’s dangerous to depend on global competitors to feed Canada’s families.

To keep Canada competitive, we must:

Stop the policies that harm potash production and export like heavy taxes and duplicative red-tape

Start implementing policies that give Canada a competitive edge, like modernizing critical trade infrastructure.

Sources: CRU/IFA/NRCan/USGS

Agricultural products including fertilizers are excluded from sanctions.

Governments concerned about stable potash supplies asked North American producers to increase supply to secure crop production.

Despite sanctions, competition in the potash market remains fierce. Foreign producers continue to deliver potash products to global markets at pre-war levels.

Canada should avoid needless costs and red tape to keep its potash industry competitive in a market affected by global instability.