Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau spoke to her U-S counterpart on Thursday.

Bibeau and U-S Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue emphasized the importance of agricultural trade and food security.

In responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, they affirmed that agriculture and food production are critical infrastructure and underscored the importance of seeing uninterrupted food and agriculture trade across the Canada-U.S. border.

They acknowledged the continued collaboration between the two countries is needed to facilitate our integrated supply chain and to safeguard the health of our industries and our citizens.