The annual meeting of federal-provincial-territorial agriculture ministers will be a reset in mid-July 2025 with a new federal minister in Heath MacDonald and five new provincial ministers.
The Grower is Digging Deeper behind the July 2025 cover story titled New ministers, new demands. Same old solutions? <click to read> and speaking with Ontario’s Hon. Trevor Jones. Jones is one of the new faces, vowing to build consensus on infrastructure needs and to improve business risk management programs. Extreme weather patterns and trade volatility will, perhaps, spur faster movement on agricultural files in tandem with the national agenda.