Insights and Stories on Parliament

A Canadian flag flies at the top of one of the Parliament buildings in Ottawa.

New house agriculture committee includes four farmers

Jun. 16, 2025 at 2:51 pm CDT

Several farmers are among members of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, named on Monday.

Supply management bill goes straight to Senate

Jun. 6, 2025 at 3:55 pm CDT

By Karen Briere

Internal dispute over privilege, bullying allegations ties up C-234

Nov. 22, 2023 at 3:29 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

Adjournments put off ag bills to September at earliest

Jun. 28, 2023 at 6:56 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Parliament rises as farm succession bill passes

Jun. 25, 2021 at 8:15 pm CDT

By D.C. Fraser

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

Trudeau wants CUSMA deal ratified quickly

Jan. 21, 2020 at 11:13 am CST

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday urged legislators to quickly approve a new continental trade pact but the main opposition party said it wanted to study the deal, indicating the ratification process could drag on. Canada is the only one of the three signatories not […]

By Kelsey Johnson Steve Scherer

U.S. Senate passes CUSMA trade deal

Jan. 16, 2020 at 1:29 pm CST

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved a revamp of the 26-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement that includes tougher rules on labour and automotive content but leaves US$1.2 trillion in annual U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade flows largely unchanged. The legislation for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (CUSMA) passed on an […]

By Reuters

Canada vows ‘full steam ahead’ on ratifying trade pact

May. 19, 2019 at 11:58 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada will move quickly to ratify the new North American trade pact, Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said Saturday, a day after the United States agreed to lift tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum. U.S. President Donald Trump had imposed the global “Section 232” tariffs of 25 […]

By Steve Scherer

Rural Ontario leader appointed to Senate

Feb. 16, 2018 at 3:20 pm CST

A leader in Ontario’s agriculture and rural community is one of Canada’s newest senators. Rob Black, executive director of the Rural Ontario Institute and a former president of 4-H Canada, was named Thursday as one of two new senators from Ontario by Governor General Julie Payette. Why is this significant? […]

By John Greig

Ukraine’s parliament extends ban on farmland sales

Dec. 7, 2017 at 6:22 pm CST

Kiev | Reuters — The Ukrainian parliament voted on Thursday to extend a ban on the sale of agricultural land by one year, delaying what financial backers say is a key reform essential to Ukraine’s long-term economic growth. The bill was backed by 236 lawmakers, narrowly over the 226 required […]