Food security focus of Senate committee fact-finding mission

Canada’s food security and agriculture’s role in securing it will be discussed in meetings in Toronto and Southwestern Ontario this week.

Members of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry will meet with stakeholders across the food supply chain, including agri-food innovators, researchers and food access organizations on March 5 and 6.

Why it matters: The Senate committee’s 2025 food security study assesses current food security in accordance with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Food Policy and explores ways to improve it.

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The fact-finding mission will include facility tours to provide firsthand insight into challenges and opportunities related to food security, innovation and resilience.

The study will identify factors within agricultural production systems, climate change, corporate concentration in the agri-food sector, and related issues that influence food security.

A key focus will be on improving food security, especially for Indigenous, Black, Northern Ontario, rural and urban communities that face food access challenges.

It will also assess federal measures currently in place to address issues related to farmers, local food production, and food sovereignty, and identify potential areas for improvement.

The committee will examine the report on March 12 at 8 a.m. in the Senate and must submit its final report by Dec. 31, 2026.

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