P.E.I.’s Heath MacDonald says he wants to ‘raise the bar’ as Canada’s agriculture minister [Video]

Newly appointed Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Heath MacDonald says he’s humbled and privileged to be named to the federal portfolio. 

The Liberal MP for P.E.I.’s central riding of Malpeque is the lone voice for the province in Prime Minister Mark Carney’s new cabinet, sworn in Tuesday.

“A lot of emotions run through your mind,” MacDonald told CBC News on Wednesday about learning he would be appointed to the post. 

“You want to do the best job possible for Islanders, of course, and Canadians as a whole.” 

The agriculture portfolio was previously held by former P.E.I. MP Lawrence MacAulay, first from 2015 to 2019, and then again from 2023 until March this year.

The Agriculture and Agri-Food mandate is a broad one that interacts …