Appointed Shadow Minister for Agriculture & Agri-Food

It is an honour to be appointed Shadow Minister for Agriculture & Agri-Food under the leadership of Pierre Poilievre in this 45th Parliament. Agriculture is an integral part of our southern Alberta heritage and I have embraced this opportunity to represent Foothills’ farmers, ranchers and agri-businesses as well as work with our agriculture stakeholders here and across Canada.

Conservatives are proud of how our farm families and producers embrace innovation and technology to improve efficiency, reduce emissions and protect our water, soil and precious ecosystems. Canadian farm families do more with less, and Conservatives see modern Canadian agriculture as part of the solution.

As our country struggles with record high inflation, cost of living and food prices, so too do these financial burdens take their toll on family farms. Harmful Liberal policies for the last decade like the carbon tax, fertilizer tariffs, capital gains tax hike, fertilizer and pesticide reductions and prioritizing activist voices over proven science continue to threaten the economic viability of Canadian agriculture.

Conservatives are the only party standing by our farmers. I look forward to once again working with stakeholders from across Canada and championing Canadian agriculture here at home and around the world.