With the shadow of a massive and controversial trade deal looming over the campaign trail, Tom Mulcair visited a farm Saturday to press his contention that only a New Democrat government would stick up for Quebec's dairy farmers.

Negotiations on the TransPacific Partnership, a massive free-trade proposal involving Canada and 11 other nations, will resume in Atlanta, Georgia Saturday.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper and 11 other world leaders say they're inching closer to an agreement on the Asia-Pacific trade deal as the deadline approaches.