Unjust, unwise, and unconstitutional: Bill C-275 has no place in Canada

The Conservative private member’s bill is an ‘ag-gag’ law that would restrict public access to information about practices within the animal agriculture industry.
Canada is using chemical firm’s talking points in trade dispute with Mexico

The federal government’s position has serious implications for Canada’s ability to protect Canadians from pesticides.
Private member’s bill uses biosecurity and infectious diseases as a smokescreen

Rather than passing an ag gag law to reduce transparency and target compassionate citizens who document animal suffering, Parliamentarians should focus on the real threat: the harmful underbelly of an industry lacking oversight of both biosecurity practices and the treatment of farmed animals.
The Senate can protect Canada’s future as a trading nation

The Red Chamber should put a stop to Bill C-282, which would prevent Canada from ever contemplating international trade concessions in sectors regulated through the system of supply management.
Supply management policy: a non-negotiable Canadian institution

Supply management accounts for 350,000 jobs across the country, including 115,000 in Quebec, adds $30-billion to the country’s GDP and generates $7-billion in tax revenue. The economic dimension alone justifies maintaining such a beneficial policy for Canadian workers and farmers.
In France, a culinary counteroffensive represents the meat industry’s decline

Stand by for Big Meat to launch a long, slanderous campaign against plant-based protein and its rival, ‘farm-free’ food, based on protein produced by ‘precision fermentation.’
Death by a thousand shadows: MacAulay must defend Canada’s Central Experimental Farm

Development adjacent to the farm has implications that are unique, and, as such, the City of Ottawa and the federal government should work together to establish unique parameters for this area.
Canada should stand with farmers at COP28

Agriculture is commonly accused of contributing 11 per cent of CO2 emissions, but not all agriculture is created equal.
This World Milk Day, thank a Canadian dairy farmer

Most Canadian dairy farms are passed down from one generation to the next; therefore, farmers have had a real interest in sustaining their land and sector for the long run.
Canada’s agricultural sector must align with sustainable diets

Even with the best available cleantech, it is mathematically impossible to stabilize the climate without cutting back on meat and dairy.