About Tony
Tony McQuail is a farmer, educator, and lifelong advocate for a fairer and more sustainable Canada. Arriving as an immigrant in the 1970s, he built his life in Huron County, Ontario, where he and his wife Fran founded Meeting Place Organic Farm. Over the decades, they transformed depleted farmland into a thriving regenerative farm, proving that ecological renewal and economic resilience can go hand in hand.
For more than 50 years, Tony has been a leader in sustainable agriculture and rural development. He co-founded the Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario, helped launch the Collaborative Regional Alliance for Farmer Training, and served as president of both the Huron County Federation of Agriculture and the Huron Local of the National Farmers Union. He also helped develop Ontario’s Environmental Farm Plan Program, which continues to guide farmers toward ecological stewardship.
Tony’s vision for Canada goes beyond sustainability to true regeneration. His Green Progressive Movement calls for uniting progressive forces to address the root causes of inequality and environmental collapse. Built on the pillars of Representation, Regeneration, and Redistribution, his approach prioritizes cooperation over division, renewable energy over resource depletion, and fairness over unchecked inequality.