UPA Editorial September 2017 – Quebec could be a leader in plant protection expertise

Monday 25 September 2017 0 Comments 0 tags

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®,

NAFTA talks could touch on supply management

Monday 25 September 2017 0 Comments 0 tags

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

Ottawa hears Canadians on national food policy

Monday 25 September 2017 0 Comments 0 tags

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

Ag ministers sign new policy agreement

Thursday 31 August 2017 0 Comments 0 tags

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

New Secretariat for Linguistic Minority of Quebec

Tuesday 20 June 2017 0 Comments 0 tags

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

QFA welcomes new Official Language Commissioner

Tuesday 23 May 2017 0 Comments 0 tags

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