The Bloc’s ag critic will run again in Berthier-Maskinongé
By Diego Flammini
Staff Writer
Farms.com
The office for the Bloc’s ag critic has confirmed his participation in the 2025 federal election.
“I can confirm on behalf of Mr. (Yves) Perron that he will run again,” Thierry Vadnais-Lapierre, Perron’s parliamentary assistant, told Farms.com in an email.
Voters in Berthier-Maskinongé elected Perron as an MP in 2019 with 37.6 per cent of the Quebec riding’s support. They re-elected him in 2021 with 35.2 per cent of the vote.
Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet appointed Perron as the critic of agriculture, agri-food and supply management in 2021.
With Perron’s confirmation, this means the federal minister and three opposition counterparts are running again when the writ drops in 2025.
Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay’s office confirmed to Farms.com that “having had the honour of being elected by the people of Cardigan (P.E.I.) for eleven straight elections, Minister MacAulay is always preparing for the next campaign.”
And representatives from John Barlow’s office indicated to Farms.com that the Alberta Conservative MP for Foothills and party ag critic plans on running next year.
And earlier this week, staff from Alistair MacGregor’s office confirmed that he will be the NDP candidate in Cowichan-Malahat-Langford in B.C. when the next federal election occurs.
Barlow, Perron and MacGregor all sit on the House of Commons agriculture committee while Minister MacAulay does not.
Kody Blois, the Liberal MP representing Kings-Hants in Nova Scotia chairs that committee.
The next federal election will take place on or before Oct. 20, 2025.
Abacus data from June 16, 2024, suggests if an election were held today, 42 per cent of committed voters would vote for the Conservatives.
The Liberals would receive 22 per cent of support with the NDP getting 19 per cent.
The Bloc has 38 per cent support in Quebec, the data says.