Farmers protesting in Toulouse, France, on January 16, 2024, with tractors bearing placards that read ‘Macron still an effort, soon all farmers will be dead’. Photo by Alain Pitton/NurPhoto via Reuters

Explainer: Why are French farmers protesting?

Many farmers feeling pinched by costs, imports, environmental regulations and disregarded by French society

French farmers are blocking roads across the country to demand government action to address numerous grievances, as protests in the European Union's agricultural sector spread. Here are some of the issues that have prompted the growing protest movement and how the government could respond.







Former CFA president Mary Robinson has been named to the Senate. She’s pictured at the CFA’s AGM in Ottawa in February 2020. (CFA-fca.ca)

Robinson named to Senate

Former CFA president brings agricultural and business acumen to Canada’s upper house

Mary Robinson, former president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, has been appointed to the Senate.





Signage on Viterra’s office building in Regina. (Dave Bedard photo)

GSU accepts Viterra offer

Wages see a slight improvement but union says they hope to build on it in next contract

Members of the Grain and General Services Union who work for Viterra have voted to accept the company's latest contract offer.