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Employees with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada are the largest group on a list of federal civil servants slated for possible layoffs. The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), the Ottawa-based union for over 180,000 public-sector workers across the country, said 530 of its members were served notices Thursday that “they may lose their jobs.” Of […] Read more

Members of the federal official opposition have lined up with organizers of over two dozen rallies scheduled across the country Tuesday to call for a halt on any move to commercialize genetically modified (GM) alfalfa in Canada. Roundup Ready alfalfa, which has been grown only on test plots in Canada but was authorized for sale […] Read more

Bilateral talks between the federal government and each of the provinces and territories are “well underway” on the latest incarnation of their jointly-funded ag policy funding framework, officially launched Monday (April 1). The framework, dubbed Growing Forward 2 (GF2), pledges $3 billion from the federal, provincial and territorial governments as the foundation for government agricultural […] Read more

Ontario’s crop producer groups and beekeepers say they plan to “work together” this spring to protect crop pollinators as federal officials review and tighten label warnings on a group of corn insecticides for their potential risks to bees. Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) last month announced a review of Canada’s approved neonicotinoid insecticides, […] Read more