Growing Canada’s agri-food sector requires a sustainable approach to meet consumer demand

Over the next five years, the new Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership will drive $3.5-billion in federal-provincial-territorial investments.

Sustainability is at the heart of the new Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership, which will build on farmers’ efforts to tackle climate change, targeting a three- to five-megatonne reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, writes Liberal MP Francis Drouin.Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY LIBERAL MP FRANCIS DROUIN

March 20, 2023

Canada’s agriculture and agri-food industry is a powerhouse of our economy, contributing $135-billion to our GDP, one in nine jobs—and a record $92.7-billion dollars in exports last year.

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