Canada faces new trade test from Italy as feds battle challenges on many fronts

OTTAWA — Add Italy to growing list of trade headaches facing Canada. Italy’s Agriculture Minister Gian Marco Centinaio is reported as saying Italy won’t ratify the Canada-European Union free trade accord and that he’s heard doubts about it from many of his European colleagues. The development adds to Canada’s significant trade challenges — which already include deep uncertainty surrounding the future of the Nor