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Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay, seen here at Agribition, is retiring from politics. PHOTO: FILE

New initiative to promote farmer mental health launched

Collaborative solutions wanted

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 6, 2025

The Canadian government is looking for new ways to help the mental health of farmers across the country — and has launched the Producer Mental Wellbeing Initiative (PMWI) to find "collaborative solutions that employ novel strategies" to do just that.

Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay speaks to media at Canadian Western Agribition on Nov. 25, 2025. PHOTO: KAREN BRIERE

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MacAulay to remain Agriculture Minister amid cabinet shuffle

By Jonah Grignon December 20, 2024

Lawrence MacAulay will keep his position as Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food following a cabinet shuffle today.

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Canada agriculture minister says beef, dairy in focus with Trump

By Ed White, Reuters November 25, 2024

Bilateral beef trade and Canada's dairy supply management system are top trade issues Canadian Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay is prepared to confront with the incoming Trump administration, he said on Monday.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister, Lawrence MacAulay. Photo: parl.gc.ca

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Eastern Canadian oilseeds to receive funding

By Jonah Grignon October 4, 2024

Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Lawrence MacAulay has announced funding up to C$4.3 million over five years to the Eastern Canada Oilseed Development Alliance (ECODA).

Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau and Parliamentary Ag Secretary Jean-Claude Poissant, at right, visited the Carrefour Alimentaire Centre-Sud in Montreal on June 17, 2019 to formally launch the federal Food Policy for Canada. in 2019 (Photo courtesy Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)

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Feds disburse funds on community food security projects

Since 2019 the Local Food Infrastructure Fund has committed $64.8 million to such projects

By Geralyn Wichers January 19, 2024

Wednesday, federal agriculture minister Lawrence MacAulay announced up to $9.98 million in funding for community food projects through the fifth phase of the Local Food Infrastructure Fund, an outworking of the Food Policy for Canada.

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Ag minister talks Proposition 12, VCOOL with the U.S.’s Vilsack

The trip marks MacAulay's first ministerial visit to the U.S. since regaining the role

By Geralyn Wichers January 19, 2024

Proposition 12 and voluntary country of origin labelling (VCOOL) were among topics raised during federal Ag Minister Lawrence MacAulay's first ministerial trip to to the U.S. after being appointed to the portfolio late last year.

Lawrence Macaulay, seen here in a 2018 photo, is taking the ag minister post for the second time. Photo: supplied/minister’s office.

Ag leaders welcome MacAulay’s appointment as AAFC Minister

The minister’s new role was part of the Liberal government’s recent cabinet shuffle

By Jonah Grignon July 28, 2023

Industry leaders and organizations are welcoming the July 26 announcement that veteran MP Lawrence McAulay will be taking over the post of Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food–and wasting no time […] Read more

Conservative agriculture critic John Barlow speaks Nov. 24, 2021 in the House of Commons. (Screengrab from supplied video)

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End date sought for P.E.I. potato export ban

A ban from Washington would be harder to reverse, Liberals say

By Dave Bedard November 25, 2021

The federal Conservatives want to see a clearly defined end zone for the Canadian government’s suspension of Prince Edward Island potato exports to the U.S. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency […] Read more

Marie-Claude Bibeau (centre), shown here Feb. 11 announcing federal funding for a Smucker’s Foods dairy plant at Sherbrooke, Que., is Canada’s new agriculture minister. (MCBibeau.Liberal.ca)

Mini-shuffle includes new federal agriculture minister

By GFM Staff March 1, 2019

Vancouver MP Jody Wilson-Raybould’s exit from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet has led to a mini-shuffle and a new federal minister for agriculture and agri-food. Marie-Claude Bibeau, MP for the […] Read more

The second phase of the federal government's support program opens on Jan. 7, 2019.

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Next dairy support program changes format

The second part of the program will have two application stages in order to give more farmers a chance

By John Greig December 7, 2018

The second phase of the federal government’s program to help dairy farmers adapt to the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Europe will attempt to make the program available […] Read more