Finger on the pulse: Lentil King of Saskatchewan has plenty of ideas on how fix Canada’s trade woes

Open this photo in gallery: Murad Al-Katib in the AGT processing facility outside Regina, Feb. 24, 2025.Nayan Sthankiya/The Globe and Mail In times of stress and change, it helps to hear from someone with experience. Someone who has weathered similar trials and come out ahead. For us, that’s Murad Al-Katib, CEO of AGT Foods and Ingredients, otherwise known as the “Lentil King of Saskatchewan.” Once a trade officer in the government of Roy Romanow, Al-Katib quit his job in 2001, when his wife was pregnant with twins. He started a business in his basement and eventually scaled it to one…