Dairy Farmers of Canada

What they're asking for

In the registry's own words. Descriptions are only filed for meetings since mid-2024.

1. Agriculture and International Trade - Promote and defend Canada's supply management system as it relates to the World Trade Organization and Canada-European Trade Agreement negotiations, as well as other bilateral and multilateral negotiations.

   July 14, 2026 · Heath MacDonald · Liberal · Agriculture

2. Advocating that no concessions impacting dairy or supply management be granted in the context of any negotiations with Mercosur.

   June 2, 2026 · Heath MacDonald · Liberal · International Trade; Agriculture

3. Advocating for improved Canadian access to a wide range of critically needed veterinary healthcare tools to help improve animal welfare and reduce antimicrobial resistance.

   May 28, 2026 · Heath MacDonald · Liberal · Health; Agriculture; Animal Welfare

4. Advocating that the federal government maintain funding where possible and ensure continuity of dairy research and that no negative impacts occur to dairy research as a result of recent funding cuts.

   May 5, 2026 · John Barlow · Conservative · Environment; International Trade; Agriculture; Climate

5. Advocating that no concessions impacting dairy or supply management be granted in the context of any negotiations with the U.S.

   April 22, 2026 · Sébastien Lemire · Bloc Québécois · International Trade; Agriculture

6. Advocating that government mandate the application of a rural-agricultural and economic lens to the policy development process for any policy with implications for farmers and rural Canada.

   April 14, 2026 · Kody Blois · Liberal · International Trade; Agriculture

7. Canada-EU Trade Agreement, CUSMA, CPTTP and Canada-UK. The components within these agreements that we are interested in are agriculture and protection/exemption of supply management.

   March 27, 2026 · Maninder Sidhu · Liberal · International Trade

8. Climate Change / Environment Farm practices for greenhouse gas mitigation; documenting programs that exist provincially and federally that are available to dairy producers; promoting best management practices.

   February 3, 2026 · Carlos Leitão · Liberal · Environment; International Trade; Agriculture; Climate; Economic Development

9. Supply management and the effects of international trade on the industry. More specifically the fact that Canada must make no further dairy concessions in the context of the CUSMA review or other trade negotiations.

   February 3, 2026 · Nathalie Provost · Liberal · Environment; International Trade; Agriculture

10. Agriculture and dairy farming (Farm Management and Technology and Social/Policy Challenges)

    August 27, 2025 · Marie-France Lalonde · Liberal · Agriculture; Economic Development

Full meeting log

73 MP-directed communications since January 2024, from the Registry of Lobbyists.