Canada launches $5 billion program to help exporters reach new markets

Ottawa | Reuters—Canada is launching a $5 billion program to help Canadian exporters reach new markets as part of a suite of measures to support businesses and workers in response to U.S. tariffs, the federal government said in a statement Friday.

The government will also make $1 billion in new financing available through Farm Credit Canada to help farmers and agricultural businesses address cash flow problems, the statement said.

—Reporting by Promit Mukherjee and Ryan Patrick Jones

Source: Farmtario.com

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