Indigenous

NFU asks Canada not to join US-Mexico GM corn dispute panel

The National Farmers Union (NFU) urges Trade Minister Ng to respect Mexico’s decision to prohibit imports of GM corn for human consumption, as it has put these measures in place in order to uphold its food sovereignty, including the traditional Indigenous farming systems known as milpa. We urge you to refrain from having Canada join the Panel as a Third Party in the US dispute with Mexico in order to avoid escalating our role in this dispute out of respect for Indigenous rights, Canada being signatory to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and to support Canada’s biodiversity protection commitments as a signatory of the UN Convention on Biodiversity. Read more

Upholding Responsibilities to Treaties and Decolonization, the NFU Honours Indigenous Peoples Day

In honour of National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21st, the NFU celebrates the resurgence of Indigenous peoples and their ways of life. We know that the ecological and cultural systems in Read more

Letter – NFU urges Canada to stay out of US-Mexico corn dispute

The National Farmers Union (NFU) urges Trade Minister Ng to not bring Canada into the USA's dispute over GM corn import prohibition, and to respect Mexico’s decision to prohibit imports of GM corn for human consumption. Mexico has put these measures in place in order to uphold its food sovereignty, including the traditional Indigenous farming systems known as milpa. Read more

Honouring Struggles for Food Sovereignty and Rights: International Day of Peasant Struggles #17April2023

Since 1996, peasants and farmers across the world remember the massacre in Eldorado do Carajás, Brazil, where nineteen landless peasants were murdered for defending their rights to land protected under Brazilian law. Read more

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