Marcel Groleau UPA President, Quebec Farmer’s Advocate, September 2017 This spring, at the end of a lengthy re-evaluation, Health Canada determined that products containing the weed killer glyphosate (Roundup®, Vision®,
Andrew McClelland Advocate Staff Reporter The second round of talks about the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) have closed and sources say that Canada has pushed off pressure from
Andrew McClelland Advocate Staff Reporter Canadians have had their say on what they want from a national food policy. Now, the only question that remains is what Ottawa will do
By Brenda O’Farrell Special to the Advocate Last month, the president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture travelled to Washington, D.C., to take part in a joint press conference with
BRENDA O’FARRELL Special to the Advocate Marking a historical first, representatives of the Quebec Farmers’ Association and the Union des producteurs agricoles met earlier this month with a delegation of
Andrew McClelland Advocate Staff Reporter Federal Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Lawrence MacAulay and provincial ministers of agriculture emerged from two days of meetings in St. John’s, Newfoundland, on July
Marcel Groleau UPA President, Quebec Farmer’s Advocate, June 2017 A recent article in La Presse+ referred to a report by the Institute for Governance of Public and Private Organizations (IGOPP)
Andrew McClelland, Advocate Staff Reporter, June 2017 Canadian agricultural producers know that when the census rolls around every four years they have more forms to fill out than the rest
Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard on Thursday June 15 shared his plans to establish a secretariat within his Conseil Executif that would provide representation for the linguistic minority within the government of
The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, announced recently the nomination of Madeleine Meilleur as the new Commissioner of Official Languages. According to official sources Ms. Meilleur has “dedicated herself to improving the
