To make it simpler for young people and

women to get into agriculture and build a

life on the farm, we’ll work with the provinces

to improve training opportunities across the

country, and provide low-cost start-up loans

for new farmers. And we’ll provide support

for succession planning and end the unfair tax

treatment of family farm transfers – making

it easier for family farms to stay in the family.

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The way we grow crops, raise livestock, and

use food also has an impact on our climate

future – and nutrition for all Canadians. We’ll

work to connect communities to farmers

through local food hubs, and develop a

national food waste strategy to reduce

the huge amounts of food that currently go

to waste in Canada.

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Establish climate change emission targets for all components of the food system, including nitrogen fertilizer use, livestock production and transportation.

Fund research and extend support for farmers shifting from conventional to organic and regenerative farming systems which work with nature, not against it, to produce food.

Renew the national Environmental Farm Plan Program to help farmers protect wildlife habitat areas and marginal lands, maintain water quality in streams, lakes and aquifers, and retain and improve soil quality, increase carbon sequestration and decrease water requirements.

Restore the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation measures for adaptation to drought conditions.

Restructure Canada’s Business Risk Management Programs to help farmers cope with climate risk, with the focus on disaster assistance.

From Election Platform 2019, retrieved 2019-09-22.

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Our government will support Indigenous

food sovereignty, working in partnership with

First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities

to expand access to healthy food, including

traditional and country foods. Working together

with northern communities, we’re committed

to reforming the Nutrition North program to

improve food security for northern families.

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To build on the pride and quality of

Canadian agricultural products, we’ll work

with producers along the supply chain to

increase the amount of Canadian food that

is sold, processed, and consumed in local

and regional markets. It’s a challenge to grow a business without

modern communications infrastructure.

That’s why New Democrats will make sure

that high-speed broadband and cell phone

infrastructure is available to connect our

farmers and rural communities to the services

and tools they need, no matter where in the

country they are. Rural Canadians should

be as connected to markets, opportunities,

and each other as anyone who lives in

urban Canada.

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Invest $2.5 million per year into a land and quota trust program and farming apprenticeship programs to expand local small-scale agriculture and help new farmers get started.

Set a target to replace a third of Canada’s food imports with domestic production, increasing regional food self-reliance and returning 15 billion food dollars back into our economy.

Support rooftop and community gardens and urban food production systems to increase access to local food.

Assist in re-establishing the infrastructure for local food production in canneries, slaughterhouses and other value-added food processing.

Protect supply management systems while allowing production for local markets outside this system.

Reinstate the Canada Land Inventory program to provide a comprehensive record of existing and potential agricultural land.

Provide effective fiscal incentives to other levels of government to preserve farmlands under their jurisdictions.

From Election Plan 2019, retrieved 2019-09-22.

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Mental health matters, and too many Canadian

farmers are living with high levels of stress,

anxiety and depression. We can do more to

provide targeted help – and a New Democrat

government will bring together farmers and

the provinces to develop a national strategy

to address mental health challenges facing

farmers, and to ensure that farmers can get

the help they need, when they need it.

Canola is an example of a home-grown

success story with roots in public research.

To keep Canadian agriculture on the cutting

edge of knowledge and innovation, and provide

direct economic benefit to our farmers, New

Democrats will invest in public agricultural

research and data collection. We’ll also ensure

that rail transportation treats farmers fairly

and helps them get their products to market

efficiently and affordably.

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Our government will support Indigenous

food sovereignty, working in partnership with

First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities

to expand access to healthy food, including

traditional and country foods. Working together

with northern communities, we’re committed

to reforming the Nutrition North program to

improve food security for northern families.

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Our fresh fruit and vegetable producers

grow healthy, nutritious food for Canadian

families and they support local economies

across the country. Many of them also

depend on the ability to export their products

to buyers in the U.S., but without a reciprocal

payment protection program in place, the

financial risks of exporting can be too high.

That’s why New Democrats will introduce a

payment protection program for produce

growers and take immediate steps to restore

protection for growers selling to the U.S. under

the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act.

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An NDP government will make sure that farmers are fully compensated for the losses they have incurred, and will defend Canadian agricultural products like canola from unfair retaliation in overseas markets.

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New Democrats have a plan for a Canadian

Food Strategy that will take a whole-ofgovernment approach to address regional

needs and priorities by investing in our

agricultural communities, supporting young

and new farmers and taking steps to ensure

that rural livelihoods are good and sustainable.

Supply management protects our family farms,

rural communities, and hundreds of thousands

of jobs. New Democrats are committed to

fully protecting supply management and

ensuring reciprocity in all trade negotiations,

and supporting our supply managed sectors

as they innovate and grow. We’ll make sure that

farmers are fully compensated for the losses

they have incurred in Liberal and Conservative

trade negotiations, and we’ll defend Canadian

agricultural products like canola from unfair

retaliation in overseas markets.

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Adopt animal welfare legislation to prevent inhumane treatment of farm animals including in intensive factory farming operations. This will set minimum standards of treatment and have a timetable for phasing out intensive factory farming and other inhumane animal husbandry practices. It will set standards for distances live animals can be transported, and conditions for animals in slaughterhouses and auctions.

From Election Platform 2019, retrieved 2019-09-22.

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New Democrats will partner with provinces, territories, municipalities, and Indigenous communities to work towards a national school nutrition program that will give every child in Canada access to healthy food and the food literacy skills to make healthy choices for life. We'll aim to make culturally-appropriate food available to children in every community in Canada, so that all children can grow and learn.

From A New Deal for People, retrieved 2019-09-22.

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New Democrats will partner with provinces,

territories, municipalities, and Indigenous

communities to work towards a national

school nutrition program that will give every

child in Canada access to healthy food, and

the food literacy skills to make healthy choices

for life. We’ll aim to make culturally-appropriate

food available to children in every community in

Canada, so that all children can grow and learn.

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