Canada: Canola support gets mixed response

A series of canola industry support measures announced by the federal government are being met with mixed reviews. The package of policy initiatives includes $370 million in biofuel production incentives aimed at making Canada’s producers more competitive with their counterparts in the United States. “The government intends to make targeted amendments to the Clean Fuel Regulations (CFR) to introduce a time-limited production incentive for renewable diesel and biodiesel producers and work with provinces and territories to explore complementary measures,” the Prime Minister’s office stated in a press release. The incentive will be applied on a per litre basis and will be available from January 2026 to December 2027 for up to 300 million litres per facility. Advanced Biofuels Canada Association (ABFC) welcomed the announcement. “It gives our domestic biofuels sector the chance not only to compete, but to grow,” ABFC president Fred Ghatala said in a press release. “This new program ...