Red tape reviews, tariffs and extreme drought demanded the attention of Canada’s agriculture ministers as they convened in Manitoba.

So, too, did the concerns of tariff-hit canola farmers and industry leads.

And while Ottawa’s agriculture minister didn’t say the feds would remove a tariff on Chinese electric vehicles — thought to be the instigator of China’s sky-high duties on Canadian canola — he didn’t take it off the table.

“We haven’t been told exactly what China wants,” Heath MacDonald said. “That’s certainly something that we’re looking at.”

Officials would need to determine the impact on other sectors, he added.

MacDonald spoke Tuesday in Winnipeg, flanked by provincial agriculture ministers. It marked the final day of a three-day annual conference.

On Sunday, MacDonald toured

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