The federal agriculture minister has wrapped up talks with his provincial counterparts n St. John’s, Newfoundland.
Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart took part as well as other provincial and territorial ministers.
The Canadian Agricultural Partnership talks were aimed at drafting the next policy framework for Canada’s agriculture sector.
CAP is a five-year federal-provincial-territorial funding agreement that takes effect on April 1, 2018 and replaces Growing Forward 2 or GF2.
According to a government release, CAP will maintain the same level of funding as GF2.
Canada and Saskatchewan will invest a total of 388-million dollars over five years for strategic initiatives in Saskatchewan.
Source : CKRM