Glacier FarmMedia is dedicated to covering the 2025 federal election with your interests as farmers as our lens. Our team of reporters will be speaking with politicians across Canada during the five-week election campaign. What do YOU want to ask them? Have your say below and we’ll update this page with your responses at bottom.
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Federal Election 2025 – Canadian Farmer Feedback
A form to collect Canadian farmer feedback, including questions they would like to ask politicians in the lead-up to the April 28 Federal Election.
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Survey Responses
Paul (British Columbia):
What issues do you want to see federal politicians address?
AgriStability/support for agriculture; Farm labour issues
In your opinion, what is the most-pressing issue facing Canadian farmers?
I feel that all farmers and farmers of the future need to be educated to the real problem other than just climate change. If you have not looked at it, I feel every one not just farmers need to look at and study the Planetary Boundaries yearly reports on the health of the world. I think that all farmers know that they need the amazing gifts that we have on this earth so that we can farm. What we have not been told or spent the time to learn is how every thing is inter-related. From how the minerals got on this planet to how the Mycilium and Bacteria are so important to our success as farmers. Climate is only one part of the 9 sections that are in trouble on the Earth (See the information on the Planetary Boundaries). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d-UqYrCcgo
If farms do not have any climate problem from Fires, Droughts, High temperatures, Atmospheric Rivers that erodes the soil, or the deterioration of the soil health. There is also the threat of no water for the crops from melting ice, and depleted ground water. Temperatures that are too high not just for crops but also for livestock besides humans that work the farms. The over usage of Herbicides and Pesticides that are part of the destruction of so many insects that are needed for so many crops and again livestock. The over usage of Nitrogen and Phosphorus as well as other chemical fertilizers, in particular the Nitrogen and Phosphorus that are already past the safe zone on Earth and are causing the dead zones in the lakes, rivers, and oceans. From the algae blooms that is treating the live in the water from lake of oxygen. Even though Climate change is one of the most time sensitive problem it is not the only problem that threatens the possibility of collapse of the ecosystem that farmers depend on.
And the general population seems to think that the farmers need to fix all these problems on their own without charging more for their product. The farming industry and food security is at risk. That needs financial support. Farmers need to electrify their farms and that includes their machinery.
There are groups that are electrifying with Green Energy for transportation, heating for buildings and more. But where do the farms get the money from to set up Solar/Wind/Battery, so they can charge their electric machinery. I hear that skating Rinks are purchasing electric ice cleaners (Zamboni’s) So people can skate and play hockey but how is paying for the farmers to switch to electric machinery?
Not that the tariffs are not bad enough of a problem but food security still needs to be dealt with as farmers around the world are selling out well they can, going bankrupt, increased suicide rates of farmers or just getting too old to continue to farm? All that is happening at a faster rate than new experienced farmers take over? Please talk about all the problem to the food industry not just climate change.
If you could ask any of the political leaders a question, what would that question be and who would you ask?
When are humans going to address the real problem of food security and a sustainable future through Regenerative farming all over the world not just for a few farms. (we can not live with out food)
Bev (Alberta):
What issues do you want to see federal politicians address?
Trade and tariffs; AgriStability/support for agriculture; Capital gains tax rules; Carbon tax; Supply management
In your opinion, what is the most-pressing issue facing Canadian farmers?
Trade tariffs and cost / limits of inputs.
If you could ask any of the political leaders a question, what would that question be and who would you ask?
For all parties: What consultation with farmers do you intend to do before setting limits on fertilizer, herbicide, pesticide and water application? How do you plan to assist farmers financially given the increased geopolitical turmoil that affects farmers access to markets for our products… and the inevitable increase in cost of production (equipment, parts … in particular)?
Nelson (Alberta):
What issues do you want to see federal politicians address?
Trade and tariffs; AgriStability/support for agriculture; Capital gains tax rules; Government spending/debt; Carbon tax; Supply management; Broadband connectivity/infrastructure; Farm labour issues
In your opinion, what is the most-pressing issue facing Canadian farmers?
Lack of other markets for our beef, our politicians and business leaders have been sleep walking Canadians into the mess we are now in. I can’t sell my provincially inspected beef to other provinces, why has this been allowed to go on for so long???? Trade with the US would and should not be our main issue, let’s diversify and work together from coast to coast to coast. We can still trade with the US, but at our discretion not theirs.
If you could ask any of the political leaders a question, what would that question be and who would you ask?
No question for our candidates, it’s a question to the voters….are you enjoying what the US is doing to us? It’s the people that vote them in, we need a coalition government again, then we would see action from all politicians not wasting our votes.
John (Alberta):
What issues do you want to see federal politicians address?
Capital gains tax rules; Government spending/debt; Carbon tax
In your opinion, what is the most-pressing issue facing Canadian farmers?
Taxes on everything !! Cut back. Let us do our job ! Cut stupid regulations in the name of climate !
If you could ask any of the political leaders a question, what would that question be and who would you ask?
See above! It appears pointless trying to educate the present government – they truly don’t care.
Sam (Alberta):
What issues do you want to see federal politicians address?
Trade and tariffs; AgriStability/support for agriculture; Capital gains tax rules; Government spending/debt; Carbon tax; Supply management
In your opinion, what is the most-pressing issue facing Canadian farmers?
All the uncertainty with trade on what to grow for this up coming grow season with china and US tariffs our trade partners r all turning there back with the terrible governments we’ve had last 9 years we need a true person in power to rebuild our trading system. input cost rising and commodity prices dropping its hard on smaller family farm I think the government needs to step up and provide some financial help not just handing more money to the big bank so farmers can make more debt we don’t need more debt as a farmer we need income to pay down debt more debt means more risk.
