Insights and Stories on Federal Government

Prairie provinces react to Bibeau’s questions on carbon price impact

Jan. 9, 2020 at 12:50 pm CST

Ottawa — The Saskatchewan and Manitoba governments continue attempts to convince the federal government’s carbon pricing program puts farmers at a disadvantage. Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau recently suggested the carbon pricing system may not be disadvantaging farmers, questioning the impact of carbon pricing on agriculture, but saying she will […]

Throne speech kicks off Parliament with nod to agriculture

Dec. 5, 2019 at 2:40 pm CST

By D.C. Fraser

Federal government funding $6 million to Canada Pork International

Jul. 25, 2019 at 1:48 pm CDT

By Jennifer Betzner

Ottawa budgets $117 million to reconnect Churchill

Sep. 15, 2018 at 11:13 am CDT

By GFM Staff

Proposed deal ‘fallen apart’ for Hudson Bay Railway

Jul. 3, 2018 at 8:33 pm CDT

By Staff

Succession planning at risk

Sep. 22, 2017 at 9:59 am CDT

Farmers are being urged to join the chorus of opposition facing the federal government’s proposed tax changes. Manitoba’s minister of agriculture has already added his voice to the growing calls for Ottawa to reconsider the massive overhaul and Keystone Agricultural Producers is asking its members to participate in government consultations […]

By Shannon VanRaes

Federal government extends food policy discussions

Jul. 25, 2017 at 3:03 pm CDT

Citing a strong response from across the country, Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Lawrence MacAulay has extended the public consultations on a national food policy until Aug. 31. “Canadians’ responses to our online survey show they truly care about food issues. I encourage everyone to take advantage of the extended comment […]

By Staff

Keystone Agricultural Producers defends cash ticket deferrals

Apr. 21, 2017 at 4:56 pm CDT

Manitoba’s Keystone Agricultural Producers has joined other farm groups in calling on the federal government to keep a regulation that allows farmers to defer grain sales into the following year for tax purposes. The government announced in its recent budget that it is considering eliminating grain ticket deferrals because it […]

By Staff

Lawrence MacAulay sworn in as Canada’s new agriculture minister

Nov. 5, 2015 at 9:24 am CST

Ottawa/Manitoba Co-operator – Only hours after being sworn in by Governor General David Johnston and mere minutes after leaving his first cabinet meeting, Canada’s newly minted Minister of Agriculture paused to speak with reporters gathered on Parliament Hill Nov. 3. “I’m certainly pleased,” said Lawrence MacAulay. “Being a dairy farmer […]

By Shannon VanRaes

Eyes on election, Tories balance budget with asset sales

Apr. 21, 2015 at 5:08 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada’s Conservative government, seeking re-election this year, delivered a federal budget Tuesday that promised a slim surplus despite the oil price crash, while offering goodies to seniors and small businesses and boosting security spending. It will mark Canada’s first surplus in eight years, accomplished with the […]

By Leah Schnurr Randall Palmer