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.



Many farm groups across Canada are cautiously optimistic about Prime Minster Mark Carney’s impact on Canadian agriculture.

Farmers ‘cautiously optimistic’ about Carney government

Producer groups hopeful Liberals deliver on promises

Reading Time: 4 minutes Mark Carney’s Liberal party will form a minority government after the 2025 Canadian federal election. And while many producers were hoping for a different result, Canadian producer groups are cautiously optimistic about what the new government could mean for the industry.


Prime Minister Mark Carney in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada March 20, 2025. REUTERS/Amber Bracken

Carney cancels capital gains hike

Tax plan drew criticism from Canadian farmers, agriculture groups

Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Friday that a proposed hike of the capital gains inclusion rate, controversial among Canadian farmers, had been cancelled.






Carney named new federal Liberal leader

Carney election could change agriculture priorities ahead of federal election

New federal Liberal party head pledged to cancel capital gains hike, carbon price, but term may be short-lived

Mark Carney has been elected as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and will become the next Prime Minister of Canada. Carney’s victory was certified Sunday evening, as the former Bank of Canada governor took 85 per cent of the vote among Liberals