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Q1 – What is the Government of Canada doing to support the agriculture sector?
Q2 – How is AAFC engaging with the agriculture sector and decision-makers in the United States?
Q3 – What is AAFC doing to support diversification efforts for agriculture and agri-food products?
Q4 – What is the Government doing to promote Canadian agriculture and food products in Canada?
Q5 – What is the status of the 2026 Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) review?
Q6 – What will be Canada’s approach on dairy with the U.S.?
Q7 – What are the key trade irritants with the U.S.?
Q8 – Has the agriculture sector been able to comply with CUSMA?
Q1 – How does the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act (FTLMCA) impact the agriculture and agri-food sector?
Q2 – How is Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) helping reduce interprovincial trade barriers in Canada?
Q3 – What international trade obligations impact interprovincial trade in Canada’s agricultural sector?
Q1 – Is the U.S. meeting its international trade obligations with these regulations?
Q2 – What is Canada doing to defend Canadian meat products against the U.S. Voluntary Product of USA Labeling (vPUSA)?
Q3 – What is the difference between voluntary “Product of USA” labelling and voluntary “Product of Canada” labelling guidelines?
Q4 – Will Canada use retaliatory measures/tariffs against the final rule?
Q1 – How is the Government addressing the significant financial challenges facing Canadian producers?
Q2 – What is the Government doing to protect and strengthen Canada’s supply chains?
Q3 – How is the Government supporting preparation and prevention of disease outbreaks?
Q4 – How is Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada supporting Indigenous Peoples’ food security and sector diversity within Canada’s agriculture and agri-food sector?
Q1 - How is the government responding to requests for fundamental business risk management (BRM) program improvements?
Q2 – How is AAFC helping farmers with increased costs and the impacts of U.S. and Chinese tariffs under BRM programs?
Q3 – How do BRM programs address extreme weather events and climate change?
Q1 – What is the suite of federal programming under Sustainable CAP?
Q2 – What is the status of federal programming under Sustainable CAP?
Q3 – How is Sustainable CAP cost-shared programming supporting the Canadian agriculture sector?
Q4 – How will Sustainable CAP address the environment and climate change?
Q1 – What is the Government doing to support Canadians who are struggling with food affordability and turning to food banks?
Q2. What actions is the Government taking to help businesses absorb supply chain disruption costs, protect Canadians from higher food prices, and strengthen domestic food production?
Q3 - Can the Government allow additional beef imports to lower prices?
Q4 - What is the Government doing to address concerns that grocers’ profits remain high?
Q1 – What is Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada doing to support farmers that require access to minor uses of pesticide products?
Q2 – Does AAFC support farmer’s access to novel technologies such as pesticide drone spraying?
Q3 – Why did the Government re-authorize the use of strychnine despite the risks?
Q4 – How will Canada’s National Food Security Strategy support farmers’ access to pest control products?
Q5 – What does Canada think of the EU's approach to pesticides?
Q1 — How is the Government supporting climate change mitigation in the agriculture sector?
Q2 — What actions has the Government taken to reduce methane emissions from the agriculture sector?
Q3 — What is the Government doing in response to nitrous oxide emissions from synthetic fertilizer application?
Q4 — How can the agriculture sector participate in and benefit from carbon markets in Canada?
Q1 – What is the Government of Canada doing to enhance the environmental resilience of the sector, including adapting to the impacts of climate change?
Q2 – What is the Government of Canada doing to enhance sustainable water management in the agriculture and agri-food sector?
Q3 – What is the Government of Canada doing to protect biodiversity in the agriculture and agri-food sector?
Q4 – What is the Government of Canada doing to protect soil health?