The minister of agriculture and agri-food (french: ministre de l'agriculture et de l'agroalimentaire) is a
minister of the Crown
Minister of the Crown is a formal constitutional term used in Commonwealth realms to describe a minister of the reigning sovereign or viceroy. The term indicates that the minister serves at His Majesty's pleasure, and advises the sovereign or ...
in the
Cabinet of Canada
The Cabinet of Canada (french: Cabinet du Canada) is a body of Minister of the Crown, ministers of the Crown that, along with the Canadian monarch, and within the tenets of the Westminster system, forms the government of Canada. Chaired by the ...
, who is responsible for overseeing several organizations including
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, the
Canadian Dairy Commission,
Farm Credit Canada, the
Canadian Food Inspection Agency, the National Farm Products Council and the
Canadian Grain Commission.
The current minister of agriculture and agri-food is
Marie-Claude Bibeau.
The post was established in 1995 as a successor to the minister of agriculture (french: ministre de l'agriculture), a position that existed since
Canadian Confederation
Canadian Confederation (french: Confédération canadienne, link=no) was the process by which three British North American provinces, the Province of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, were united into one federation called the Canada, Dom ...
in 1867.
List of ministers
Key:
See also
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Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food (Canada)
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC; sometimes Ag-Canada; french: Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada)''Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada'' is the applied title under the Federal Identity Program; the legal title is Department of Agriculture ...
References
External links
Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food (Canada)
{{Cabinet of Canada
Agriculture
Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...
Agriculture in Canada
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...