OTTAWA – Today, the Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada (FVGC) released its 2025 federal election campaign platform: Cultivating Resiliency – Election Priorities of Canada’s Fruit and Vegetable Growers. The platform urges all federal parties to commit to practical, forward-looking solutions that will strengthen domestic food sovereignty and ensure the long-term viability of Canada’s fruit and vegetable sector.
“The House of Commons AGRI Committee made it clear in their 2024 report that real action is needed to strengthen Canada’s fruit and vegetable sector,” said Marcus Janzen, President of FVGC. “We’re calling on all parties to make food security a national priority and ensure that policy decisions across government—from trade to tax—are made with agriculture and food systems in mind.”
FVGC’s platform outlines five key election priorities:
- Applying a food lens to all major policy decisions
- Modernizing Business Risk Management programs
- Addressing trade and competitiveness threats, including new U.S. tariffs
- Ensuring timely access to skilled and reliable labour
- Protecting grower access to science-based crop protection tools
“Over the next month we will be holding all political parties to a simple standard: explaining to Canadians how their policies contribute to food sovereignty,” said Massimo Bergamini, Executive Director of FVGC. “With one in five households struggling with food insecurity, and food bank visits at an all-time high, Canadians expect clear commitments from all parties to safeguard Canada’s food system and its stewards.”
You can read FVGC’s full platform on our website.
For more information, please contact:
Ashley Peyrard
Communications Manager
Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada
Telephone: 613-226-4880 ext. 209
Email:
About the Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada
The Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada (FVGC), formerly the Canadian Horticultural Council, is a national, Ottawa-based, not-for-profit association representing growers through its member associations. Together, these growers produce over 120 types of crops on more than 14,000 farms, with a farm gate value of $8 billion. Since 1922, FVGC has advocated for Canada’s fresh produce sector—promoting healthy, sustainable food and supporting the sector’s long-term success and growth.
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