Feeding the world is an economic opportunity
Canada can be an agri-food leader, but to compete globally, producers and industry need access to the latest tools and technology.
The science behind solving food insecurity in Canada
Food security is not simply about supply. It requires adaptability. And adaptability is rooted in ingenuity, advanced through science and translated into practical solutions through research.
Agricultural research, innovation, and commercialization: drivers of a resilient future
Farming is certainly not without its challenges; however, research, innovation, science and technology create tangible tools and resources that will help farmers and producers overcome some of the challenges facing the industry.
The grass is greener where you water it
To grow exports, Canada’s agricultural research capacity must be maintained.
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.
