Canada intends to revive sugar industry

Canadian sugar beet producers and processors are advocating for a national policy that includes regulating the amount of sugar imported into Canada from cane sugar producing countries such as Brazil and India. This would shift the emphasis to domestic sugar beet production and processing. The impetus for the development of the sugar industry in Canada and especially in the province of Alberta, where sugar beet processors and producers are advocating for a national domestic sugar policy to lay the groundwork for the revival of the industry. Such a policy would regulate the amount of sugar imported into Canada from cane sugar producing countries such as Brazil and India. This will shift the emphasis to domestic sugar beet production and processing. “We are the only G7 country that does not have a domestic sugar policy. A sugar policy would protect the sugar beet market and allow us to expand the industry,” says Jennifer Crowson, executive director of the sugar producers group, who ...