Prime Minister Mark Carney answers a question during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. Photo: Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via ZUMA Press

Carney’s new green agenda

Experts suspect the new PM’s approach to the environment will be informed by his corporate roots

While some say Justin Trudeau’s government had a much more hands-on approach to environmental issues, appearing to favour deterrents over incentives, the Carney government’s strategy may be more restrained and integrated with its economic agenda.





U.S. farm groups call Kennedy’s ‘MAHA’ report unscientific, fear-based

U.S. farm groups call Kennedy’s ‘MAHA’ report unscientific, fear-based

The health report takes aim at crop protection products like glyphosate and ‘ultra-processed’ foods

Several U.S. agriculture groups say the federal Make America Healthy Again report, released Thursday, is fear-based and anti-science. The report takes aim at what U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy has called a crisis of increasing rates of childhood obesity, diabetes, cancer, mental health disorders and other health issues.

Heath MacDonald, left, is sworn in as federal agriculture minister at Rideau Hall in Ottawa May 13. Photo: Reuters

Carney’s mandate letter makes no mention of agriculture or food

Some industry members see opportunity in a drive for economic growth; others wish the government would make specific commitments

Prime Minister Mark Carney's recent mandate letter made no mention of agriculture or food, instead focusing on economic issues and Canadian sovereignty. Some in the Canadian agriculture industry see potential for action while others wish for explicit commitments.