Insights and Stories on Politics

Donald Martel in 2018. Photo: Coalitionavenirquebec.org

New Quebec ag minister named in shuffle

Sep. 12, 2025 at 6:58 pm CDT

Farmers in Quebec get a new representative at the provincial cabinet table as Premier Francois Legault names Donald Martel the new minister of agriculture, replacing Andre Lamontagne.

Aerial view of Centerm, a Burrard Inlet terminal for containerized cargo at the Port of Vancouver.

Grain Growers call for Port of Vancouver to be included in federal major projects

Sep. 11, 2025 at 3:11 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Government to invest in biofuel production

Sep. 5, 2025 at 11:06 am CDT

By Jonah Grignon

Pierre Poilievre at Sixteen Grains near Saskatoon, Sask. speaking to one of the farm owners. Photo: Janelle Rudolph

Poilievre promises EV action and calls for canola compensation

Aug. 14, 2025 at 2:40 pm CDT

By Janelle Rudolph

Fusarium-infected wheat heads in a wheat field near Stockholm, Sask.

Two Chinese researchers accused of smuggling ‘potential agroterrorism weapon’ into U.S.

Jun. 4, 2025 at 11:16 am CDT

By Jasper Ward Reuters

Heath MacDonald, left, is sworn in as federal agriculture minister at Rideau Hall in Ottawa May

New agriculture minister hopes to engage farmers

May. 15, 2025 at 1:39 pm CDT

New federal agriculture minister Heath MacDonald hopes to engage farmers across Canada on the issues that matter most.

By Jonah Grignon

Pastoral scene of farm amid rolling fields.

Policy institute calls for open review of ag spending

Mar. 31, 2025 at 4:44 pm CDT

A full-scale review of Canadian agricultural spending should be a top priority in this time of global uncertainty, said a new report from the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute.

By Karen Briere

Blois in as agriculture minister

Mar. 14, 2025 at 11:16 am CDT

Kody Blois will take over the role of Canadian Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food in Mark Carney’s cabinet.

By Jonah Grignon

Tariffs mute Manitoba welcome for new potato processor

Mar. 7, 2025 at 3:13 pm CST

Glacier FarmMedia – With a driving distance 131 kilometres south of Manitoba’s southern border, the recently announced Agristo potato processing plant in Grand Forks, North Dakota, should be exciting news for the province’s potato producers. That’s assuming the normal trade landscape though. The new reality, where U.S. president Donald Trump […]

By Jeff Melchior