Canadian agriculture is generally united on issues affecting the industry, but Bill C-282 appears to have created a line in the sand, or perhaps in this case, the soil.
On one side of C-282 is some lawmakers and the supply managed sector.
On Oct. 10, for example, MPs from four political parties, including the current and former federal ministers of agriculture, attended a rally on Parliament Hill to show support for the bill.
Members of the livestock and ag trade industries are against C-282.
Following the rally, for example, the Canadian beef sector urged lawmakers in a letter to reconsider passing the bill because of what it could mean for future trade negotiations.