Opinion: Why Bill C-282 is an awful idea

Opinion: Why Bill C-282 is an awful idea

Bill would hold nation’s economic future hostage for one small group’s benefit

At the end of February, Bill C-282 sat in the Canadian Senate on the precipice of becoming law. It seeks to bestow immunity upon supply management from concessions in any potential future trade negotiations. In essence, it risks holding all other economic sectors hostage solely to safeguard the interests of a small, privileged group of










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Comment: The case of the chicken price hike

Why are B.C.’s chicken prices so high?

We deeply value our farmers and rely on their hard work to provide us with essential food. Most farmers are eager to share their stories and take pride in their work. However, when it comes to supply-managed sectors such as dairy, eggs and poultry, the dynamics are a bit different, particularly regarding the prices they


Feds plan to invest in processing projects

Feds plan to invest in processing projects

The money comes from a fund earmarked to help supply managed sectors hurt by trade deal

The federal government will invest $89 million in 49 processing projects in the supply managed sector. Agriculture minister Lawrence MacAulay was in Ingleside, Ont., at the Lactalis Canada cheese plant to make the Feb. 5 announcement. The projects are through the six-year, $397.5-million Supply Management Processing Investment Fund, which is part of Ottawa's commitment to help sectors that lost market share due to trade agreements.

“The infected premises continues to make progress toward being eligible for release from quarantine.” – CFIA

Avian influenza control zone revoked

Manitoba's sole HPAI control zone was removed in the second week of January

VETERINARY Manitoba’s sole HPAI control zone was removed in the second week of January

Manitoba’s poultry traffic could again flow normally after the Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Jan. 8 revoked the province’s only active control zone for highly pathogenic avian influenza. The control zone, which covered 14 square miles in the R.M. of Rhineland south of Plum Coulee, had been in place for two months. On Nov. 8, 2023, the CFIA announced that a premise in the area had broken