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Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe with Parliamentary Secretary to Prime Minister Mark Carney, Kody Blois, right, and provincial Ministers Warren Kaeding (Trade and Export Development) and Daryl Harrison (Agriculture). Photo by Jon Perez SASKATOON—Premier Scott Moe renewed his call for the federal government not to overlook the canola industry, which is one of the country’s major contributors in terms of export revenues, with China being one of Canada’s largest markets. Trade tensions, however, erupted after Canada imposed 100 per cent tariffs on Chinese-made electrical vehicles in October last year, which China retaliated with 100 per cent duties on canola oil, canola meal, and peas, and 25 per cent on pork and other seafood. China exports almost 70 per cent of its canola from Canada. Last year, China imported an estimated $4B worth of Canadian canola seeds. The numbers are expected to change after China's tariffs on canola products. Moe, during a press conference on Thursday, Aug. 2...

(This story was published in the Pacific Island Times, where I currently do freelance work. I used a pen name back then to prevent any conflict with the Saipan Tribune. The Pacific Island Times is a Guam-based magazine with  veteran journalist Mar-Vic Cagurangan as publisher. https://www.pacificislandtimes.com/single-post/2017/12/05/It%E2%80%99s-not-new-but-%E2%80%98birth-tourism%E2%80%99-is-a-growing-CNMI-industry Birth tourism is an issue in the CNMI and it was again thrown into the spotlight a few years ago after the Federal Bureau of Investigation discovered an alleged large-scale operation on the island of Saipan following a tip made by a local physician. Birth tourism has become an underground industry in the CNMI with pregnant Chinese women flocking to Saipan to give birth on U.S. soil, which  automatically provides American citizenship to their newborn child. Most of these women leave the CNMI after childbirth and receive their babies’ U.S. passports. ...