Indigenous

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: The NFU Reflects on Pathways toward Right Relations with Indigenous Peoples

Saskatoon, SK, September 30th 2022 – This National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, the NFU pauses to reflect on some of what we have been learning over the past year Read more

The NFU Stands in Solidarity with the Hereditary Chiefs of the Wet’suwet’en Gidimt’en Clan

The National Farmers Union stands in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en, Gidimt’en clan members and their Hereditary Chiefs to oppose the destruction of Wet’suwet’en lands and the imminent drilling under Wedzin Read more

NFU Stands with Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People

On October 4th, 2021 the National Farmers Union (NFU) joins calls for justice on the National Day of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. On this day Read more

National Farmers Union Statement re: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

le français suit Since 2013, Indigenous peoples, allies, and activists have worn orange shirts on September 30th to honour Indigenous children, challenge settler-colonialism and educate Canadians about the effects of Read more

Mourning the 215 Children Found in Unmarked Graves at Residential School Site, We Commit to Decolonization

Le français suit   The National Farmers Union expresses our grief in solidarity with the Tk’emlúps te Secwe̓pemc community and all Indigenous nations and survivors of residential schools. The events unfolding Read more

National Farmers Union Stands in Solidarity with Mi’kmaw Struggle for Treaty Right to Fish

The National Farmers Union (NFU) stands in solidarity with Mi’kmaq fishers as they lawfully assert their treaty rights to a moderate livelihood fishery, and strongly condemns the ongoing racist, reprehensible Read more

National Farmers Union in Solidarity with Wet’suwet’en land defenders

The National Farmers Union (NFU) stands in solidarity with Indigenous land protectors. We support initiatives by Indigenous People including the Unist’ot’en and Wet’suwet’en to resist resource extraction and energy projects Read more

National Farmers Union urges action to end gender-based violence

(Perth, ON) — On Canada’s National Day of Remembrance and Action on Gender Based Violence, the National Farmers Union (NFU) remembers the 14 young women who were brutally murdered at Read more

La Via Campesina response to USMCA

The original North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA, or TLCAN) devastated rural communities in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. From displacing peasants in Mexico and forcing millions of them Read more

The NFU and La Via Campesina demand peasant rights NOW

On April 17th each year La Via Campesina (LVC), the international movement of 200 million peasants, small and medium-size farmers, landless people, rural women and youth, Indigenous people, migrants and Read more