Prime Minister Mark Carney today announced a series of new measures for specific industries and sectors most impacted by tariffs and trade disruptions. Several different measures will move ahead, the government said, including those surrounding workforce training, a Buy Canada initiative, and new loan limits for businesses; but for agriculture, it's all about canola. The... Read More
Category: Canadian Agriculture Policy
Canada’s seed regulatory framework has been the focus of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's (CFIA) seed regulatory modernization (SRM) review for the past several years. The system is overdue for an overhaul, but the SRM proposal document from the CFIA up for discussion falls well-short of delivering real change, according to Laurin Comin, director of... Read More
A Parliamentary Secretary to Prime Minister Mark Carney will be joining the Saskatchewan government's delegation to China for meetings on agricultural tariffs in the coming days. Kody Blois, who formerly served as chair of the House of Commons' agriculture committee and as agriculture minister for a short stint prior to the last federal election, will... Read More
The Conservative Party of Canada, led by newly-re-elected MP Pierre Poilievre, is calling for an end to Canada's temporary foreign worker program, saying abuse and misuse by corporations hurts Canadians in search of work. In a press conference held September 3, Poilievre was joined by Michelle Rempel Garner, shadow minister for immigration, who roasted the... Read More
A U.S. federal court on Friday ruled against the Trump administration's use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose tariffs. The ruling raises major questions about the future of the broad import tariffs imposed under Donald Trump. What happened? On August 30, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled... Read More
By Elisabeta Lika Canadian farmers know from experience that pouring money into a problem doesn’t guarantee real solutions. Whether it’s a new variety that fails to deliver the promised yields or a barn renovation that complicates daily routines, they understand the outcomes depend on strategy, management, and the local context, and not just dollars. The... Read More
Margins in the U.S. cropping sector are tightening, with producers of corn, soybeans, wheat, and cotton seeing financial returns slip below break-even levels—even in a year with promising yields. The economic strain is raising questions about the adequacy of current farm policy and the urgency of support for struggling producers. John Newton, executive head of... Read More
As tensions escalate between Canada and China, Saskatchewan’s Minister of Trade and Export Development, Warren Kaeding, says producers are bearing the brunt through tariffs on Canadian canola seed. Canola is Saskatchewan’s top cash crop, and Kaeding says the province is “definitely very disappointed” in China’s latest trade action, warning that producers “are not able to... Read More
A years-long effort to overhaul Canada’s seed regulatory framework is entering a critical phase, with a newly released pre-consultation report from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) drawing both praise and some pushback from industry leaders. Doug Miller, executive director of the Canadian Seed Growers’ Association (CSGA), says the process of seed regulatory modernization (SRM)... Read More
Once a month, check in here at RealAgriculture for a new deep-dive into a policy topic of note. For August, the team at the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI) is shedding light on how trade rules between Canada and the U.S. are reflected in current (and rapidly evolving) tariff levels and how these market disruptors... Read More