Insights and Stories on Federal Government

Federal government vows to crack down on spent fowl fraud

Mar. 20, 2025 at 2:09 pm CDT

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) will be working together to crack down on spent fowl fraud.

Pork producers slated for $567M in case of African swine fever

Mar. 10, 2025 at 5:32 pm CDT

By Jeff Melchior

Carney election could change agriculture priorities ahead of federal election

Mar. 10, 2025 at 9:32 am CDT

By Jonah Grignon

Farmer walks toward an air seeder with a blue sky above.

Federal government offers farmers relief but may not go far enough, says expert

Mar. 7, 2025 at 3:41 pm CST

By Jonah Grignon

Federal agriculture minister visits Washington as tariff deadline looms

Feb. 27, 2025 at 4:42 pm CST

By Geralyn Wichers

Federal government funds Port of Trois-Rivières update

Feb. 24, 2025 at 11:12 am CST

The federal government pledged up to $87.1 million to update the Port of Trois-Rivières, Québec, which is a shipping hub for grains and aluminum.

By Geralyn Wichers

Federal Government to remove some barriers to interprovincial trade

Feb. 21, 2025 at 3:50 pm CST

The federal government said today it will break down trade barriers between provinces by removing of 20 out of 39 exceptions to the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA).

By Jonah Grignon

Federal government stocks up on human bird flu vaccine

Feb. 19, 2025 at 3:39 pm CST

The Canadian government has secured 500,000 doses of a human vaccine against avian influenza as part of a contingency plan to protect those at most risk for the disease.

By Geralyn Wichers

Canada/U.S. border signage in downtown Detroit.

Canada releases list of tariffed items

Feb. 3, 2025 at 2:27 pm CST

The federal government has released a list of items imported from the United States to see 25 per cent tariffs starting on Feb. 4, 2025.

By Adam Peleshaty

Federal government defers implementation of modified capital gains tax to 2026

Jan. 31, 2025 at 2:25 pm CST

Canada's government on Friday announced that it would defer the implementation of the controversial changes in the capital gains tax to January 1 next year.

By Reuters