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Parliamentary Secretary Rudd and Member of Parliament Longfield continue A Food Policy for Canada regional sessions in Guelph, Ontario

Parliamentary Secretary Rudd and Member of Parliament Longfield continue A Food Policy for Canada regional sessions in Guelph, Ontario

A Food Policy for Canada will set a long-term vision for the country’s health, environmental, social, and economic goals related to food, while also identifying actions that can be taken in the short-term to improve Canada’s food system.

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources, Kim Rudd, along with the Member of Parliament for Guelph, Lloyd Longfield, participated in a regional engagement session today in Guelph,Ontario, as part of the ongoing consultations regarding the development of A Food Policy for Canada.

Stakeholders, Indigenous representatives, experts, and key policy makers were invited to join this session, part of a series being held across the country. The sessions began in August in Charlottetown and Saint-Hyacinthe, continuing in September in Vancouver, Yellowknife, and today’s session in Guelph, and will conclude at the end of the month in Winnipeg.

Public consultations on A Food Policy for Canada were launched on May 29, 2017, with an online survey that asked Canadians for their input on food issues related to:

  • • increasing access to affordable food;
  • • improving health and food safety;
  • • conserving our soil, water, and air; and
  • • growing more high-quality food.


Response to the survey from across the country was strong, with more than 40,000 responses received before it closed on August 31, 2017.

Source: AAFC


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