Stephen Harper and the European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso have signed the free trade arrangement announced Wednesday in the Throne Speech. There is much being made of resistance in the cheese industry in Canada. But many will say Canadian cheese can stand up to European products easily. Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne has said she will ask for compensation for the dairy industry if there are damages. But hold on, small town Ontario is going to love it when truckloads of Ontario pork bellies start heading for the wharf. It is quality meat and it should have a good shot at breaking into European markets. That’s something the Ontario Agricultural Minister (the same Premier Kath in fact) could live with. Terry Milewski
