The Canadian Federation of Agriculture is extremely concerned on the impacts of the ongoing rail blockades on Canadian farmers, their animals and Canadians who rely on the railway system for access to food and groceries. These new interruptions come at the tail-end of what has been an incredibly difficult twelve months for Canadian farmers across the … Read more
Following the Dec. 17 special Federal-Provincial-Territorial meeting of agriculture ministers, the Canadian Federation of Agriculture is disappointed with the lack of progress towards meaningful reforms of the Business Risk Management suite. “The fact that Ministers were unable to commit to truly meaningful program reforms, while pushing this issue further down the road through further program reviews, suggests a … Read more
CFA President Mary Robinson issued the following statement on the recently released mandate letter for the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton–Stanstead, Que.): “The CFA is pleased to see the contents of the Agriculture and Agri-Food mandate letter. It has been an especially tough year for Canadian agriculture due to obstacles such as erratic … Read more
The Canadian Federation of Agriculture is pleased with the agreement by Canada, the U.S. and Mexico to sign an amended version of the new North American free trade deal. “CFA calls on all federal parties to quickly ratify the amended CUSMA. However, the CFA also reminds all parties that the concessions made by Canada for supply-managed products … Read more
The CFA was extremely pleased to hear this morning that the CN and the teamsters reached a tentative deal and that CN rail service will begin resuming operations quickly. “Farmers in the west rely on rail shipments to get agricultural products to market, and farmers across Canada rely on rail shipments to receive farm inputs, … Read more
The Canadian Federation of Agriculture urges the federal government to take immediate action to resolve the CN Rail Strike situation. While the CFA respects the negotiation process, it will once again be farmers who bear the brunt of actions beyond their control. “Farmers are already bearing an unprecedented level of burden from international trade disputes and … Read more
The Canadian Federation of Agriculture congratulates Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.) on her re-appointment. “We look forward to working with Minister Bibeau and discussing the CFA’s key priorities which include action on CN rail strike, trade relief, Business Risk Management programming, rural infrastructure funding and additional funding for climate-change related agricultural research,” said Mary Robinson, President of … Read more
The Canadian Federation of Agriculture is pleased China is resuming importation of Canadian pork and beef after a five-month suspension. CFA recognizes and appreciates the Canadian government’s efforts to resolve the situation for Canadian pork and beef exports. “Yesterday’s news of the reopening of Chinese markets to Canadian pork and beef is being well received by … Read more
The Canadian Federation of Agriculture would like to congratulate Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) and welcomes the Liberal party back into office. The federation will be looking to sit down as soon as possible with this new government and begin work on various top priorities, including: putting in place a comprehensive labour program for Canadian agriculture … Read more
The Canadian Federation of Agriculture hosted a Agriculture Leaders’ Debate on Sep. 24, featuring Liberal candidate and Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.), Conservative candidate and agriculture critic Luc Berthold (Mégantic–L’Erable, Que.), NDP candidate and agriculture critic Alistair MacGregor (Cowichan-Malahat-Langford, B.C.) and Green party candidate Kate Storey (Dauphin-Swan River-Neepawa, Man.). The participants debated economic growth, food security … Read more
