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CHARLEBOIS: Time to spill the tea on Canada’s misguided tariffs

When Prime Minister Mark Carney quietly lifted most food-related countervailing tariffs on May 7, few Canadians noticed.

There was no press release, no public statement – just a discreet policy shift mid-campaign. Yet several symbolic tariffs remain, notably on orange juice, coffee, alcohol, and tea.

The rationale? Canadians can supposedly “find substitutes.”

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