Canadian farmers are the on front line of climate change

The time to work with farmers on climate action is now. Our jobs depend on it.

Canada's farmers are resilient and hard-working. They wouldn't be farming if they didn't care about the crucial role agriculture can play in building a better Canada. But there's a thin line between success and failure on the farm, and climate change is a wildcard that's a threat to all of us. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikipedia

Opinion

BY JULIA PALMER, KIM DELANEY, AND JANE RABINOWICZ

November 18, 2019

For many Canadian farmers, the focus on climate change in the recent election campaigns missed the mark. Climate change was front and centre, as it should be. It’s the biggest threat we face as a country. And while there was plenty of talk about what we should be doing to mitigate its impacts—f...

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