Right-to-repair discussions in agriculture are tied to two federal bills — C-294 and C-244 — which address interoperability and the right to repair and allow provinces to develop their own related legislation. For farmers, the focus is on gaining access to the diagnostic information needed to understand equipment error codes and communicate repair needs. At... Read More
Category: Politics
The Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) will enter 2026 under the continued leadership of Drew Spoelstra who was elected to his third consecutive term as president of the farm lobby organization at its annual meeting in late November. A dairy and cash crop farmer from Binbrook, Ont., Spoelstra says keeping agriculture at the forefront of... Read More
Canadians have witnessed remarkable change across the country's political landscape over the past year as the Liberal government miraculously shed the weight of the Trudeau years to ride the leadership of Mark Carney to another federal election victory. At the Ontario Federation of Agriculture's annual general meeting this week, political journalist Althia Raj looked back... Read More
Last week, Canadian agri-food exporters descended on Washington, D.C., with a key message for their counterparts in the U.S. and American lawmakers: integrated supply chains make food more affordable for everyone. Michael Harvey, executive director of the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance, and 11 of 12 CAFTA members met with U.S. lawmakers, USDA officials, and agri-food... Read More
The 2025 Federal Budget comes at a pivotal moment for Canadian agriculture—marked by economic uncertainty, shifting global markets, and growing expectations for a resilient and competitive agri-food system. This webinar, presented in partnership with RealAgriculture, breaks down the Budget’s key fiscal measures, assesses federal priorities, examines where policy gaps remain, and explores implications for the... Read More
Each month, the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI) and RealAgriculture offer a new deep-dive into a policy topic of note. This month's policy brief highlights the 2025 federal budget, and what signals, programs, and direction it offers for the agriculture and agri-food industry. Tap to download the policy brief document below
By Daryl Fransoo “There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long-range risks of comfortable inaction.” — John F. Kennedy There is a quiet crisis in Canadian agriculture. It doesn’t make headlines or trigger emergency meetings, but it is real. Across too much of our industry, initiative has been... Read More
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada will be focusing on its core priorities as part of the Carney government's plan to rein in spending in the federal budget tabled by Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne on Tuesday afternoon. The 493-page document projects the federal deficit will balloon to $78.3 billion in 2025-26, and then decrease slightly to $65... Read More
Anita Anand, Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs, continued her successful diplomatic and trade meeting run last week, this time with Pakistan and a commitment to streamline canola shipments to the country. Pakistan has not allowed Canadian canola into the country since 2022, when concerns over GMOs stopped the flow. The country has imported as much... Read More
President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping, had a full dance card while at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Korea this week, as he met with both U.S. President Donald Trump and Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney within a day of each other. The Trump-Xi meeting resulted in some... Read More