Farmland

YA Ontario Land Access Guide

Adapted by the NFU-O

Protection of farmland and access to land by new farmers is one of our key priorities. We collaborate with a number of organizations to offer succession planning resources and promote Read more

Ontario Agricultural Impact Assessment

() is pleased to submit input on the draft guidance document outlining the conditions for completing an Agricultural Impact Assessment (AIA), ERO number 013-2454. The is Canada’s only national direct-membership Read more

“Polluter Pay” principle at stake as Supreme Court hears Redwater Appeal

Red Deer, AB— On February 15, 2018, the Supreme Court of Canada will hear the case, Orphan Well Association, et al. v. Grant Thornton Limited, et al., also known as the Redwater Appeal. Read more

Renegades Rewarded at Public Expense in Site C Dam Decision

Premier John Horgan's reasoning for continuing the construction of Site C is flawed. The new government’s decision to proceed sets a precedent for ignoring process. Read more

NFU urges BC Government to deny approval of Site C Dam construction

Parksville, BC—The approval process for Site C Dam is in its final stages in the context of the ambiguous conclusions of the British Columbia Utility Commission’s (BCUC) Site C Final Report and support expressed by construction and hydro labour unions for continuing the project. "If approval is granted for construction of the Site C dam, it has the potential to be a disaster for BC," said National Farmers Union (NFU) Vice President (Policy), Jan Slomp of Courtenay, BC. Read more

Foreign investors gobbling farmland

The National Farmers Union (NFU) is alarmed by the rate at which P.E.I. farmland is being transferred to large corporate interests. Islanders, especially those in rural communities, know that all around them, land is being transferred generally in non-transparent transactions. Read more

Call to Pension Funds – Stop Landgrabbing in Brazil

We have learned that the CDPQ and bcIMC, through their investments in a global farmland fund called TIAA-CREF Global Agriculture LLC (TCGA), is investing in farmland projects that are linked to the forcible displacement of people and which are causing environmental and social destruction in Brazil. Read more

Fonds de pension et accaparement des terres au Brésil

Des enquêtes réalisées dans certaines des fermes acquises par le TCGA dans les états brésiliens de Maranhão et de Piauí démontrent que ces terres ont été acquises auprès d’un homme d’affaire brésilien qui a utilisé la violence et la fraude pour expulser des paysans et des autochtones et ainsi s’accaparer de grandes surfaces agricoles. Read more

Union Farmer Newsletter: January 2017

NFU on Parliament Hill • Next Agricultural Policy Framework • Study on the acquisition of farmland in Canada and its potential impact on the farming sector Read more

Equity or Equitable? – MPAC Assessments Highlight Farmland Challenges

Recently, farm families across Ontario have received MPAC notices reflecting dramatic changes in values. In some cases, assessment estimates are doubled from 2012. Read more