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Agriculture platforms

Here's what the 2025 Canadian election parties are promising.

Liberal
  • Make permanent the doubling of revenue protection for farmers under the AgriStability Program

    "Making permanent the doubling of the revenue protection for farmers under the AgriStability Program, from $3 million to $6 million per farm, in the case of significant revenue drops caused by the impacts of tariffs, extreme weather events, and other external shocks;" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

  • Work with the National School Food Program and provinces and territories to prioritise Canadian food products in school meals

    "Work with the National School Food Program and provinces and territories to prioritize the purchasing of Canadian food products as much as possible, supporting our farmers and ensuring Canadian kids have access to local, fresh food grown and caught right here in Canada [more]." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

  • Extend the Extended Railway Interswitching pilot by three years, and try to exclude non-Canadian railways from the project

    "Help Canadian farmers get their goods to market at low cost, particularly in Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan. We will do this by extending the Extended Railway Interswitching pilot by three years. As part of our commitment to support Canadian workers, we will explore all options to exclude non-Canadian railways from being included in this project." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

  • Add another $30M to the AgriMarketing Program to help farmers, ranchers, and producers access new markets, including in the fish and seafood sectors

    "Increase support for farmers, ranchers, and producers to access new markets for their food products with an additional $30 million in the AgriMarketing Program;" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

    "Increase support for farmers, ranchers, and producers, including in the fish and seafood sectors, to access new markets for their food products with an additional $30 million in the AgriMarketing Program. This will build on recent successes, including the recent opening of new Agri-Food Offices abroad, which helps our farmers access new markets and diversify away from the United States." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

  • Direct the Canada Infrastructure Bank to prioritise investments in agriculture, fisheries, agri-food, and the food supply chain

    "Direct the Canada Infrastructure Bank to prioritize investments in agriculture, fisheries, agri-food, and the food supply chain, particularly those that improve food security and reduce the cost of food for Canadian families, unlocking potentially billions in investment for the sector." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

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  • Create a new $200M fund to build more domestic food processing capacity

    "Build more domestic processing capacity, including food processing capacity in rural and remote areas, with a new $200 million Domestic Food Processing Fund;" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

  • Add $30M to the Agriculture Clean Technology Program to help farmers and ranchers buy new, more efficient farm equipment
  • Amend the mandates of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the Pest Management Regulatory Agency to ensure they consider food security and the cost of food in regulatory decisions

    "Amend the mandates of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the Pest Management Regulatory Agency to ensure they consider food security and the cost of food in all their regulatory decisions without compromising on health and safety. Currently, these important agencies only look at their respective mandates through a health and safety lens." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

  • Invest in greenhouses, hydroponics, and other controlled environment agriculture to allow growing more types of food in Canada

    "Strengthen Canada’s food security by investing in greenhouses, hydroponics, and other controlled environment agriculture that allow us to grow more types of food, here at home. We will work with the private sector to protect Canadian food security." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

  • Double the Agricultural Loans Act loan guarantee limit, increasing it to $1M, and expand terms by 5-10 years

    "Double the loan guarantee limit, from $500,000 to $1 million, of the Canadian Agricultural Loans Act program and expand terms by 5-10 years." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

  • Work with the Canada Food Inspection Agency to ensure mutual recognition of food safety standards with reliable trading partners

    "Work with the Canada Food Inspection Agency to ensure mutual recognition of food safety standards with reliable trading partners. This will cut red tape to accelerate access to new technology approvals without compromising health and safety." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

Conservative
  • Pass legislation to prevent foreign governments and corporations from buying up Canadian farmland and report on how much farmland is already owned by foreign governments and corporations

    "Pass a Farmland Protection Act to stop foreign governments and corporations from buying up Canadian farmland, and report on how much farmland is already owned by foreign governments and foreign corporations." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

Bloc
  • Soutenir la relève agricole en promouvant la reprise de terres en friche
  • Exiger des appuis à la productivité du milieu agricole, incluant dans l’automatisation et la capacité d’abattage locale
  • Militer pour l’interdiction rapide des pesticides néonicotinoïdes et proposer d’investir dans la recherche et le développement d’alternatives
  • Exiger que le fédéral soutienne tout effort de Québec de stimuler l’agriculture biologique, la culture en serre, l’agriculture urbaine et de proximité et la filière locale du surgelé
  • Améliorer des programmes de gestion des risques inadéquats, tels qu’Agri-Stabilité en vertu des changements climatiques et les risques commerciaux

    Le Bloc Québécois travaillera à l’amélioration des programmes de gestion des risques inadéquats, tels qu’Agri-Stabilité, afin qu’ils soutiennent mieux nos agriculteurs face aux changements climatiques et aux risques commerciaux, en plus de récompenser les pratiques environnementales innovantes.

We don't have any NDP policies on Agriculture.

Green
  • Ban imports of food products containing substances prohibited in Canada

    "Ban imports of food products containing substances prohibited in Canada to protect Canadian health, food safety, and agricultural standards." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Expand farmers' markets, culinary tourism, and direct-to-consumer food sales

    "Expand farmers’ markets, culinary tourism, and direct-to-consumer food sales, reducing corporate control over food distribution and supporting local food cooperatives and processing facilities." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Invest in urban agriculture

    "Invest in urban agriculture to increase food production and distribution in high density areas." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Require federally-funded food procurement programmes purchase at east 75% Canadian-grown food

    "Mandate a “Canada First” purchasing policy for all federally funded food procurement programs, requiring a minimum of 75% Canadian-grown food, with priority given to local and provincial suppliers" — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Build and expand food processing, storage, and distribution infrastructure
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  • Reduce regulatory barriers for small-scale processors to ensure local producers have access to food processing
  • Ensure public institutions prioritise Canadian-grown food

    "Expand farm-to-institution procurement, ensuring public institutions (schools, hospitals, universities) prioritize Canadian-grown food." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Replace 1/3 of food imports with locally-produced food

    "Increase Canada’s food self-sufficiency by replacing one-third of food imports with locally produced food." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Set targets to reduce pesticide use and support a transition to organic farming
  • Create a system of regional food hubs
  • Support a transition of agroecological systems using and respecting traditional ecological knowledge
  • Implement safeguards to prevent speculation of agricultural lands
  • Ensure that the National School Lunch Program prioritises purchasing local and regional food
  • Ban the most harmful pesticides and industrial chemicals linked to cancer and neurodevelopmental disorders
  • Ban neonicotinoid pesticides and support farmers in adopting alternatives
  • Promote plant-based eating

    "Promote plant-based eating in alignment with Canada’s Food Guide, supporting public health and lowering the environmental impact of food production." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Expand access to land and farming opportunities for rural youth interested in sustainable agriculture

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