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NDP MP Alistair MacGregor, who represents Cowichan-Malahat-Langford, B.C., is his party's agriculture critic. 

Strengthening Canada’s cybersecurity defences: a call to action

  • To safeguard our nation's digital future, concerted efforts by the federal government are needed to strengthen cybersecurity defences, bolster resilience against emerging threats, and
Opinion | BY NDP MP ALISTAIR MACGREGOR | May 6, 2024
Canada stands at a critical juncture in its cybersecurity journey, facing an ever-evolving array of digital threats from foreign governments and malicious actors, writes NDP MP Alistair MacGregor. Photograph by Jeremy Barande, École polytechnique

Strengthening Canada’s cybersecurity defences: a call to action

Opinion | BY NDP MP ALISTAIR MACGREGOR | May 6, 2024
  • To safeguard our nation's digital future, concerted efforts by the federal government are needed to strengthen cybersecurity defences, bolster resilience against emerging threats, and

Strengthening Canada’s cybersecurity defences: a call to action

Opinion | BY NDP MP ALISTAIR MACGREGOR | May 6, 2024
  • To safeguard our nation's digital future, concerted efforts by the federal government are needed to strengthen cybersecurity defences, bolster resilience against emerging threats, and
Canada stands at a critical juncture in its cybersecurity journey, facing an ever-evolving array of digital threats from foreign governments and malicious actors, writes NDP MP Alistair MacGregor. Photograph by Jeremy Barande, École polytechnique

Biting back against ‘greedflation’

  • About 5.8 million people across the country suffered food insecurity in 2021, and the situation has worsened since.
Opinion | BY NDP MP ALISTAIR MACGREGOR | March 20, 2023
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, left, and Loblaw Companies President Galen Weston, pictured March 8, at the House Agriculture Committee meeting. Rates of food-specific inflation have not only been more than a full percentage point higher for most of the 12 months between February 2022 and January 2023, writes NDP MP Alistair MacGregor. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Biting back against ‘greedflation’

Opinion | BY NDP MP ALISTAIR MACGREGOR | March 20, 2023
  • About 5.8 million people across the country suffered food insecurity in 2021, and the situation has worsened since.

Biting back against ‘greedflation’

Opinion | BY NDP MP ALISTAIR MACGREGOR | March 20, 2023
  • About 5.8 million people across the country suffered food insecurity in 2021, and the situation has worsened since.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, left, and Loblaw Companies President Galen Weston, pictured March 8, at the House Agriculture Committee meeting. Rates of food-specific inflation have not only been more than a full percentage point higher for most of the 12 months between February 2022 and January 2023, writes NDP MP Alistair MacGregor. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada’s cybersecurity in dire need of an upgrade

  • A lot has changed since February 2020, and the world in which we now find ourselves is vastly different from the one before. While
Opinion | BY NDP MP ALISTAIR MACGREGOR | October 26, 2022
We are vulnerable to threats by nefarious actors, domestic and foreign, leaving critical infrastructure and private information of Canadians at risk, writes Alistair MacGregor. Photograph courtesy of Unsplash

Canada’s cybersecurity in dire need of an upgrade

Opinion | BY NDP MP ALISTAIR MACGREGOR | October 26, 2022
  • A lot has changed since February 2020, and the world in which we now find ourselves is vastly different from the one before. While

Canada’s cybersecurity in dire need of an upgrade

Opinion | BY NDP MP ALISTAIR MACGREGOR | October 26, 2022
  • A lot has changed since February 2020, and the world in which we now find ourselves is vastly different from the one before. While
We are vulnerable to threats by nefarious actors, domestic and foreign, leaving critical infrastructure and private information of Canadians at risk, writes Alistair MacGregor. Photograph courtesy of Unsplash

With great financial power comes great responsibility

  • On Friday, March 12, the second hour of debate concluded on my private member’s bill, C-231, An Act to amend the Canada Pension Plan
Opinion | BY NDP MP ALISTAIR MACGREGOR | March 17, 2021
The NDP believes it is not only possible, but our responsibility, to ensure that our pension investments are not contributing toward human misery and suffering around the world, writes Alistair MacGregor. Pexels photograph by Markus Spiske

With great financial power comes great responsibility

Opinion | BY NDP MP ALISTAIR MACGREGOR | March 17, 2021
  • On Friday, March 12, the second hour of debate concluded on my private member’s bill, C-231, An Act to amend the Canada Pension Plan

With great financial power comes great responsibility

Opinion | BY NDP MP ALISTAIR MACGREGOR | March 17, 2021
  • On Friday, March 12, the second hour of debate concluded on my private member’s bill, C-231, An Act to amend the Canada Pension Plan
The NDP believes it is not only possible, but our responsibility, to ensure that our pension investments are not contributing toward human misery and suffering around the world, writes Alistair MacGregor. Pexels photograph by Markus Spiske

Resilient farmers need a responsive government

  • At the start of the pandemic last March, the House Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee had just begun a study, based on a motion I
Opinion | BY NDP MP ALISTAIR MACGREGOR | March 15, 2021
Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, pictured on Nov. 7, 2019, on the Hill. Although we hope to soon put the pandemic behind us, we must not forget the problems held over from before COVID-19 struck. In particular, our supply-managed sectors have had shares of their domestic market whittled away by concessions made through successive trade deals: CETA, CPTPP, and now CUSMA, and we must ensure that the government follows through with its promises of fair compensation, writes NDP MP Alistair MacGregor. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Resilient farmers need a responsive government

Opinion | BY NDP MP ALISTAIR MACGREGOR | March 15, 2021
  • At the start of the pandemic last March, the House Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee had just begun a study, based on a motion I

Resilient farmers need a responsive government

Opinion | BY NDP MP ALISTAIR MACGREGOR | March 15, 2021
  • At the start of the pandemic last March, the House Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee had just begun a study, based on a motion I
Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, pictured on Nov. 7, 2019, on the Hill. Although we hope to soon put the pandemic behind us, we must not forget the problems held over from before COVID-19 struck. In particular, our supply-managed sectors have had shares of their domestic market whittled away by concessions made through successive trade deals: CETA, CPTPP, and now CUSMA, and we must ensure that the government follows through with its promises of fair compensation, writes NDP MP Alistair MacGregor. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Agricultural priorities before and after COVID-19

  • Parliament is now suspended until at least April 20 in the wake of the recent COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the globe, as parliamentarians do their
Opinion | BY NDP MP ALISTAIR MACGREGOR | March 23, 2020
President Donald J. Trump is joined by former-Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the USMCA signing ceremony Friday, Nov. 30, 2018, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Parliament ratified the deal less than two weeks ago, on March 13. Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead

Agricultural priorities before and after COVID-19

Opinion | BY NDP MP ALISTAIR MACGREGOR | March 23, 2020
  • Parliament is now suspended until at least April 20 in the wake of the recent COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the globe, as parliamentarians do their

Agricultural priorities before and after COVID-19

Opinion | BY NDP MP ALISTAIR MACGREGOR | March 23, 2020
  • Parliament is now suspended until at least April 20 in the wake of the recent COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the globe, as parliamentarians do their
President Donald J. Trump is joined by former-Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the USMCA signing ceremony Friday, Nov. 30, 2018, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Parliament ratified the deal less than two weeks ago, on March 13. Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead

Fight climate change with organic farming and agroecological principles

  • The ever-growing threat and impacts of climate change are all around us, with many populations in poorer countries already bearing the brunt of shifting
Opinion | BY NDP MP ALISTAIR MACGREGOR | March 20, 2019
Corn planted into no-till leftover corn stalks and leaves in 2008 near Minden, Iowa. The leftover material helps build organic matter in the soil, which helps rainwater infiltrate it like a sponge. Jason Johnson photograph courtesy of USDA NRCS

Fight climate change with organic farming and agroecological principles

Opinion | BY NDP MP ALISTAIR MACGREGOR | March 20, 2019
  • The ever-growing threat and impacts of climate change are all around us, with many populations in poorer countries already bearing the brunt of shifting

Fight climate change with organic farming and agroecological principles

Opinion | BY NDP MP ALISTAIR MACGREGOR | March 20, 2019
  • The ever-growing threat and impacts of climate change are all around us, with many populations in poorer countries already bearing the brunt of shifting
Corn planted into no-till leftover corn stalks and leaves in 2008 near Minden, Iowa. The leftover material helps build organic matter in the soil, which helps rainwater infiltrate it like a sponge. Jason Johnson photograph courtesy of USDA NRCS

Supply-managed sectors must be protected

  • Supply management is a way for farmers, specifically, those who produce milk, chickens, turkeys, and eggs, to control, through a marketing system, the supply
Opinion | BY NDP MP ALISTAIR MACGREGOR | November 5, 2018
In the case of the dairy sector, alone, recent trade deals signed by Canada: CETA, the CPTPP, and now NAFTA 2.0 (USMCA), have resulted in a combined 10 per cent loss of our domestic market, writes NDP MP Alistair MacGregor. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Supply-managed sectors must be protected

Opinion | BY NDP MP ALISTAIR MACGREGOR | November 5, 2018
  • Supply management is a way for farmers, specifically, those who produce milk, chickens, turkeys, and eggs, to control, through a marketing system, the supply

Supply-managed sectors must be protected

Opinion | BY NDP MP ALISTAIR MACGREGOR | November 5, 2018
  • Supply management is a way for farmers, specifically, those who produce milk, chickens, turkeys, and eggs, to control, through a marketing system, the supply
In the case of the dairy sector, alone, recent trade deals signed by Canada: CETA, the CPTPP, and now NAFTA 2.0 (USMCA), have resulted in a combined 10 per cent loss of our domestic market, writes NDP MP Alistair MacGregor. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Government trade deals leave Canadian farmers feeling put out to pasture

  • The supply management sector of Canadian agriculture has been thriving vibrantly for decades, without reliance on the level of subsidies that its U.S. and
Opinion | BY NDP MP ALISTAIR MACGREGOR | March 12, 2018
Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay, right, and Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland. The Hill Times file photograph

Government trade deals leave Canadian farmers feeling put out to pasture

Opinion | BY NDP MP ALISTAIR MACGREGOR | March 12, 2018
  • The supply management sector of Canadian agriculture has been thriving vibrantly for decades, without reliance on the level of subsidies that its U.S. and

Government trade deals leave Canadian farmers feeling put out to pasture

Opinion | BY NDP MP ALISTAIR MACGREGOR | March 12, 2018
  • The supply management sector of Canadian agriculture has been thriving vibrantly for decades, without reliance on the level of subsidies that its U.S. and
Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay, right, and Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland. The Hill Times file photograph
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