Bloc MP Perron condemns ‘ridiculous’ spending cuts that will shutter research farms across Canada
Agriculture and Agri-food Canada recently announced it’s closing several research centres that did work that farmers relied on, from developing new crop varieties, supporting pest management, and experimenting with new varieties of seeds.
MPs celebrate canola tariff relief, but national security, pork, remain opposition concerns with China
Just because the tariff has been reduced today, ‘doesn’t mean it’s not going to come back,’ said Conservative MP Dan Mazier, whose Manitoba riding of Riding Mountain grows the most canola in Canada.
‘Unprecedented’ 2025 for canola industry, with record-breaking economic lobbying
More than a third (33.9 per cent) of all federal advocacy in 2025 was about economic development, setting a new record in annual lobbying.
Liberals ‘taking a sledgehammer’ to the public service, says interim NDP leader Davies
Approximately 8,500 public servants were notified this week that they may be impacted by potential job cuts, and more than 17,000 such notifications have gone out since December, public sector unions have confirmed.
Do Conservatives want the best for the West, or not?
The Conservatives complaining about the PM going to China for a trade deal are the same people who are begging for a new pipeline out to the coast of B.C. to sell oil to China.
Scrap the Indo-Pacific Strategy: a pragmatic path for Canadian sovereignty
The 2022 Indo-Pacific Strategy is a relic of an era where Canada blindly outsourced its foreign policy to Washington, D.C. That era is over.
Bloc joins push for mandatory labelling of genetically engineered foods
‘We want to know what’s on our plate, we want to know what we’re buying,’ says agricultural critic Yves Perron about the petition he recently tabled calling for labels.
Dabrusin top-lobbied cabinet minister, Nature Canada pushes for nature strategy after absence of support in budget
A nature strategy to protect Canada’s biodiversity was released in June, 2024, but has yet to be funded and implemented.
Scaling climate-resilient farming solutions for global impact
If we are serious about tackling the climate crisis and ending global hunger, we must invest in solutions that work. Canadian Foodgrains Bank’s CA+ model is one of them.
The easiest policy win in Ottawa might just be hiding in plain sight
Fixing the cannabis excise stamp is a simple, tangible step toward reducing interprovincial trade barriers.
