Canada Still Seeking Full Repeal Of COOL

The new Liberal government will maintain the Conservatives’ policy on the protracted trade dispute over the United States’ controversial mandatory country-of-origin meat labelling law (COOL), says Lawrence MacAulay, the new agriculture minister.

Ottawa is still demanding a full repeal of COOL, and the threat of retaliatory tariffs remains on the table, MacAulay said Tuesday.

In place since 2008, COOL has been at the centre of a protracted international trade dispute between Canada and Mexico on one side and the United States on the other. The policy requires producers and processors identify where an animal is born, raised and slaughtered.

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