The Honourable
Heath MacDonald
Liberal · Malpeque, PE
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Biography
Heath MacDonald is a Canadian politician who has been Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food since 2025. A member of the Liberal Party, MacDonald was elected to represent Malpeque in the House of Commons in the 2021 federal election. encyclopedia
- Born
- 1953encyclopedia
- Languages
- Englishofficial
- Occupation before politics
- director, parliamentary counsel, politicianencyclopedia
Electoral history
Malpeque
Liberal · 45th ParliamentSince 2025-04-28officialHeath MacDonald15,485Jamie FoxRunner-up · Conservative9,846Difference 5,639 votes. 3 other candidates also ran.
Elections Canada, 45th general election.
Malpeque
Liberal · 44th Parliament2021-09-20 to 2025-04-27encyclopediaHeath MacDonald9,912Jody SandersonRunner-up · Conservative7,836Difference 2,076 votes. 3 other candidates also ran.
Elections Canada, 44th general election.
Education
Our sources do not list any education for this member.
Experience
Our sources do not list any previous employment for this member.
Government roles
- Minister of Agriculture and Agri-FoodAgriculture and Agri-Food Canadaofficial
In their own words
1,855 Hansard interventions on file. These are the words said in the House, not a summary. Private conversations are not collected and are not invented.
Mr. Speaker, it has been talked about in the House what is causing diesel prices to rise: the geopolitical situations we find ourselves in. It is hard, but farmers are resilient. We are starting to see some real progress in farming across this country and growth. Growing market…Oral Questions — Taxation · 2026-09-24
Where they stand
Policy positions are scored only from this member's stored House words and, when it is on file, their own public website. Wikipedia and other encyclopedias may supply details such as a birth date, education or work history, and each of those details is labelled with its source, but they are never used to score a position. Members whose only sources are encyclopedias have no scored positions.
A stored score on 7 of 14 topics. Each row names the end of that topic’s axis the stored words reached, and the sentence the score rests on.
Climate
Faster fossil phase-down
The other end of this axis: Slower phase-down, production first
Excerpts defend the industrial carbon tax and stress progressive reduction of emissions.
The Canadian Climate Institute has said there is a negligible impact on the price of food; the industrial carbon tax has a 0.08% impact, so we know that is not the case. There are other factors in the world like a geopolitical trade war, climate change, and drought in the prairie provinces.Source of that line
Energy
Expand production and export
The other end of this axis: Restrict new oil and gas
Excerpts praise Imperial Oil investments and biofuel projects from Canadian resources.
Speaker, a couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to tour the Strathcona Imperial Oil complex in Alberta. I can tell members that what it is doing out there to transform canola seed into biofuel is unprecedented. It is one company in Canada working toward reducing GHG emissions and utilizing our own canola seed to present something back to Canada, to our citizens, that is really effective in reducing GHG emissions in this country.Source of that line
Federalism
Provinces lead
The other end of this axis: Ottawa leads
Emphasizes placing responsibility on provincial and municipal governments and maximizing their cooperation.
How much responsibility relative to housing should be placed on the municipalities and provincial governments? In your advocacy, what barriers or impediments have you seen through your province of Quebec that we could learn from?Source of that line
Fiscal policy
Lower taxes and tighter spending
The other end of this axis: Higher taxes and public spending
Expresses concerns with the deficit and debt.
You had concerns with the deficit and debt relevant to the government.Source of that line
Foreign affairs
Assertive alliances and sanctions
The other end of this axis: Alliance restraint
Supports sanctions in response to invasion and international restrictions.
We're seeing those restrictions and sanctions across the board now internationally. They're playing an integral part, so our financial institutions are going to come to the forefront when you look at Bitcoin and cryptocurrency and how things are non-regulated at some point.Source of that line
Housing
Public supply and demand controls
The other end of this axis: Market supply and deregulation
Supports federal national housing strategy, surplus land transfers and co-op funding.
Presently, there is $202 million through the national housing strategy initiative to transfer surplus federal lands and buildings. I wanted to make sure we have that on the record.Source of that line
Immigration
Higher permanent intake
The other end of this axis: Lower intake
Supports using immigration and converting temporary workers to permanent residents to address labour needs.
The EI reform, again, is something that I think will help, especially where I come from, where we have real seasonality and many temporary foreign workers who will now be able to become permanent residents. One that always gets forgotten in the conversations is seniors in poverty.Source of that line
7 topics with no stored score
- AgricultureNo position has been scored.
- DefenceNo position has been scored.
- Financial regulationNo position has been scored.
- HealthNo position has been scored.
- LabourNo position has been scored.
- Public safetyNo position has been scored.
- TradeNo position has been scored.
Who lines up
Comparing stored scores on the same questions.