The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) hosted the Agriculture Leaders’ Debate on April 17th. The debate brought together federal political party representatives to address the most pressing issues facing Canadian agriculture today.
A recording of the debate can be found here (click).
Participants for the debate included:
- NDP – Heather Ray
- Bloc Québécois – Yves Perron
- Conservative party – John Barlow
- Liberal party – Kody Blois
- Green party – Dr. Maria Rodriguez
The debate was moderated by RealAgriculture founder Shaun Haney and Martin Ménard, a journalist with La Terre chez nous. CFA would like to thank the exclusive sponsor of the debate, Food, Health & Consumer Products of Canada.
The questions focused on priority issues for Canadian agriculture such as:
- Regulatory modernization
- Risk management
- Trade
- Food processing capacity
- Competitiveness
- Sustainability
- Transportation
- Infrastructure
- Labour
The debaters had an animated and lively discussion, where they laid out their vision for the future of Canadian agriculture and how their parties would deal with current issues in the sector. While all five parties were supportive of Canada’s agriculture sector, they differed in their visions of its future and how to help the sector achieve its potential.
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