I can’t believe… this margarine row isn’t over yet
A dispute between the state of Quebec over the colour of margarine has now become a bone of contention between state governments and could soon escalate further. Joel Ceausu reports.
Margarine wars
CANADA: Supreme Court upholds Quebec’s white margarine rule
Canada’s Supreme Court has upheld a Quebec regulation banning the sale of margarine coloured yellow.
CANADA: Unilever asks Supreme Court to hear Quebec margarine colour case
Unilever Canada, the Canadian arm of Anglo-Dutch consumer products giant Unilever, has said it has asked the country’s Supreme Court to hear its arguments for a repeal of Quebec’s margarine colour law.
CANADA: Row over butter-coloured margarine intensifies
The Canadian provinces of Alberta and Manitoba have weighed in the trade dispute raging over Quebec’s refusal to lift a ban on butter-coloured margarine. Opposition to the ban has been spearheaded thus far by Ontario, but earlier this summer the oilseed industry asked the two western provinces, as well as neighbouring Saskatchewan, to intervene and offer their support to Ontario, reports the Globe and Mail.
