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Election Action: Call for Canadian Food Sovereignty in Response to President Trump’s Tariffs

 
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Canadian voters will elect a new federal government on April 28. The top ballot box issue is how Canada will deal with all the uncertainty due to US President Trump’s tariffs and threats to Canadian sovereignty. These changes in Canada-US relations affect all Canadians, and have impacts on both food prices and producer prices.

The NFU is calling on the federal governments to build resiliency and food sovereignty to put Canada into a better position to deal with food supply and agricultural production challenges caused by President Trump’s tariff actions.

Canadians must have secure access to the food we need by developing our capacity here at home. Farmers must be confident that their operations will be protected from economic uncertainty. President Trump’s disruptive strategy and lack of respect for rules means we can no longer consider trade agreements reliable.

By calling for food sovereignty for Canadians we are talking about building community power to support a food system that works for people and the planet. Canadian institutions must provide stability and security to Canadian producers and consumers.

During the federal election add your personal voice to this call by sending a letter to each of the federal party leaders:

Call on them to promote and build our domestic food system (including supply management) and to promote good agricultural jobs that protect and support farm workers.

Send the letter now

Subject: Support local and regional food, Supply Management and agricultural workers

To: pm@pm.gc.ca, pierre.poilievre@parl.gc.ca, Yves-Francois.Blanchet@parl.gc.ca, Jagmeet.Singh@parl.gc.ca, elizabeth.may@parl.gc.ca

Or: Download and send the letter yourself

NFU put together this letter to make it easy for you to call for food sovereignty. Click here for a downloadable letter you can copy and paste into your own email message. Copy and paste the email addresses above into the “To” line of the email message. And put ‘Support local and regional food, Supply Management and agricultural workers’ in the Subject line. Your unique perspective brings more power to this ask— make any changes to the letter to best reflect your own concerns and priorities.

Other actions you can take:

  • No matter where you live, your vote does matter! Go to the Elections Canada website to find out when and where you vote,  who your candidates are, and other election-related information.
  • Within your network: Share this Action page with friends and encourage them to add their support.
  • At campaign events or on the doorstep: ask candidates how they will:
    • Promote and build regional and local markets
    • Defend supply management
    • Protect agricultural workers
  • Print and share this NFU Fact Sheet about Building Food Sovereignty
  • Organize or attend an Eat Think Vote event or other all-candidate events in your community to highlight food and agriculture issues with your questions for candidates during the election campaign.

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