Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.) and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages (Western Economic Diversification Canada) and to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change (Canada Water Agency) Terry Duguid (Winnipeg South, Man.) met with women farmers from Manitoba to discuss the experiences of women in agriculture and investments from Budget 2021: … Read more
On Earth Day, Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.) and Prime Minister’s Special Advisor for the Prairies Jim Carr (Winnipeg South Centre, Man.) joined young farmers from Manitoba and Saskatchewan to discuss regenerative agricultural practices and on-farm climate action investments from Budget 2021: A Recovery Plan for Jobs, Growth, and Resilience. Building on Canada’s climate action programs for farmers–including … Read more
Liberal MP Wayne Easter (Malpeque, PEI) and PEI’s Minister of Agriculture and Land, Bloyce Thompson, announced the launch of an initiative under the AgriRecovery Framework to provide up to $500,000 to assist hog producers affected by processing shut downs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The full release is available online. Call 343-549-2326. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.) announced the … Read more
Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.) and Quebec’s Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, André Lamontagne, announced the creation of the Canada-Quebec Livestock Assistance Initiative, $21.8 million in financial assistance intended to mitigate the consequences of COVID-19 in 2020-2021. The Initiative falls under the AgriRecovery response framework, which is part of the suite of Business Risk Management … Read more
Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.) announced details of two new programs designed to help drive innovation and market development for Canada’s 4,800 chicken, turkey and egg farmers. These programs, totaling more than $691 million over ten years, respond directly to requests from producer associations and provide full and fair compensation for market impacts from the … Read more
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Neil Ellis (Bay of Quinte, Ont.) and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion Irek Kusmierczyk (Windsor-Tecumseh, Ont.) highlighted support of up to $6.1 million through the Emergency Processing Fund for 34 food processing companies in southwestern Ontario. Ellis and Kusmierczyk highlighted this support … Read more
Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.) announced that so far 9,682 dairy farmers have registered under the second year of the Dairy Direct Payment Program. Their payments will total $459.4 million. To receive a payment, registrations needed to be signed and received no later than March 31, 2021. Remaining payments are being delivered in April 2021. … Read more
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Neil Ellis (Bay of Quinte, Ont.) and Liberal MP Tim Louis (Kitchener–Conestoga, Ont.) highlighted support of up to $12.2 million through the Emergency Processing Fund for 42 meat processing companies in Ontario. The full release is available online. Call 613-462-4327.
During the March 25 virtual meeting of Canada’s federal, provincial, and territorial Ministers of Agriculture, Ministers agreed to remove the reference margin limit for AgriStability, one of the business risk management programs under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership. The removal of the reference margin limit will be made retroactive to the 2020 program year. In addition, the … Read more
The Next Gen Agriculture Mentorship Program welcomed the newest group of eight young agriculture leaders today. This program provides young people with the skills and experiences necessary to take on leadership roles within the industry. The Governments of Canada and Saskatchewan committed $100,000 in funding through the Canadian Agricultural Partnership to support this intake of … Read more
