Feds Increase AgriRecovery Funding

Federal Agriculture Minister Marie Claude Bibeau announced a $400 million dollar increase for AgriRecovery funding, the money is in addition to the $100 million dollars announced earlier this month.

The AgriRecovery Program under CAP was triggered as farmers from BC to Ontario deal with a massive drought and wildfires.

AgriRecovery is a federal-provincial-territorial disaster relief framework that works with the core BRM programs to help agricultural producers recover from natural disasters.

So far, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario have announced provincial commitments under the AgriRecovery Framework totalling up to $322 million.

- Alberta has announced a commitment of $136 million.
- Saskatchewan has announced a commitment of $119 million.
- Manitoba has announced a commitment of $62 million.
- Ontario has announced a commitment of $5 million.
- An AgriRecovery assessment for British Columbia is underway, but details of its provincial funding commitment have not yet been announced.

As outlined under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership, the federal share would be up to $482.5 million, not including British Columbia’s planned program.

The announcement came early Sunday morning, just prior to the official election call.