Insights and Stories on NDP

B.C. ag minister, critic expected to win re-election

Oct. 25, 2020 at 8:27 am CDT

British Columbia’s incumbent agriculture minister and opposition ag critic both appear set to head back to the provincial legislature as the New Democrats are projected to end three years of tentative minority governing. John Horgan’s NDP, which in 2017 overturned a minority Liberal government with the help of the Green […]

CERB plan, U.S. border closure both extended

Jun. 16, 2020 at 3:21 pm CDT

By Kelsey Johnson Steve Scherer

Federal Tories’ former associate ag critic takes lead chair

Nov. 29, 2019 at 11:48 pm CST

By GFM Staff

Future of ag policy remains unclear ahead of election

Oct. 18, 2019 at 7:51 pm CDT

By D.C. Fraser

West Edmonton MLA named Alberta ag critic

May. 13, 2019 at 8:30 pm CDT

By GFM Staff

Alberta ag minister Carlier downed in UCP win

Apr. 17, 2019 at 3:13 am CDT

Alberta’s incumbent agriculture minister was among the casualties as Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party defeated Rachel Notley’s New Democrats in Tuesday night’s provincial election. Oneil Carlier, the provincial NDP government’s minister of agriculture and forestry since May 2015 and deputy government house leader since February 2016, was unseated in his […]

By GFM Staff

USMCA costs Canada sovereignty in ag policy, critics warn

Nov. 30, 2018 at 2:55 pm CST

Changes to Canadian dairy supply management in the final text of the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement give up oversight of the system to the U.S., Canada’s dairy farmer group warns. The trade deal, signed Friday in Buenos Aires by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, U.S. President Donald Trump and Mexico’s outgoing President […]

By GFM Staff

Wheat shipment halt seen as temporary

Jun. 23, 2018 at 2:28 am CDT

Wheat sales are expected to soon resume to Japan and South Korea. Both nations suspended Canadian wheat imports following the June 15 announcement that Canada had discovered several genetically modified (GM) wheat plants in southern Alberta. But both are expected to come back to the market shortly, while exports to […]

By Allan Dawson

B.C. MP named NDP ag critic in shadow cabinet shuffle

Jan. 30, 2018 at 3:28 pm CST

The federal New Democrats have picked a rookie MP and small farm owner from southern Vancouver Island’s Cowichan Valley as their new lead critic for agriculture. NDP leader Jagmeet Singh on Thursday named Alistair MacGregor as critic for agriculture and agri-food, a role in which he’ll also serve as second […]

By Staff

Manitoba NDP names new ag critic

Sep. 21, 2017 at 4:08 pm CDT

Manitoba’s former education minister has been pressed into service as the new agriculture critic for the provincial legislature’s official opposition. Wab Kinew, who was elected Saturday as the leader of the opposition New Democrats, on Thursday named James Allum, the MLA for the Winnipeg riding of Fort Garry-Riverview, as the […]

By Staff

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