Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says Ottawa should respond to China’s latest wave of canola tariffs by cancelling a $1-billion federal loan to BC Ferries for the purchase of Chinese-made vessels.

China announced this week that it is imposing a 75.8-per-cent duty on canola seed in connection to an anti-dumping probe.

In a statement released Wednesday, Mr. Poilievre linked the issue to the BC Ferries loan, which his party has been criticizing for weeks.

The Globe and Mail first reported in June that the federal government’s Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) provided $1-billion in financing for BC Ferries’ plan to buy four ships from Chinese state-owned China Merchants Industry Weihai Shipyards and related infrastructure.

“While the federal government says it will stand up for

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