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Cereals, News

Familiar Faces On New Ag Committee

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The Commons agriculture committee will hold its first meeting of the new Parliament June 21 and it’s generally expected Larry Miller will be re-elected chairman. Joining him on the Conservative side will Pierre Lemieux from Glengarry-Prescott-Russell, the parliamentary secretary for agriculture, and Ben Lobb from Huron-Bruce. Randy Hoback from Saskatchewan, LaVar Payne and Brian Storseth
Cereals, News

Ritz Committed To Promoting Trade

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Gerry Ritz says if reappointed agriculture minister in Stephen Harper’s new majority Conservative government he’ll continue to push to open markets around the world for Canadian farmers. “We’re also expanding the Market Access Secretariat,” Ritz said in an interview May 3. “We’re going to put actual agricultural people in consuls around the world where we
Crops, Forages, Oilseeds

KAP Opposes Roundup Ready Alfalfa’s Release In Canada

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The Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) has added its voice to groups opposed to the release of Roundup Ready alfalfa. “It’s a superweed,” Paul Gregory, a Fisher Branch farmer and alfalfa seed exporter said during debate on his resolution for KAP to support the Manitoba Forage Seed Association’s efforts to block Roundup Ready alfalfa’s release. “Once
Forages, News, Oilseeds

MPs Vote To Kill Market Acceptance Bill

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Conservative and Liberal MPs voted Feb. 9 to defeat NDP Ag Critic Alex Atamanenko’s bill to require a marketing acceptance test in the process of approving new genetically engineered crops. But the issue of the future of GE crops, animals and fish isn’t going away. The Commons agriculture committee is in the midst of hearings
News

Young Farmer Issues Divide MPs

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MPs on the Commons agriculture committee all favour encouraging young farmers but can’t agree on how government can best help them. The committee agreed on 13 recommendations to assist young farmers, but the Conservatives, Liberals and Bloc Quebecois decided to chip in dissenting reports with a bunch of extra ideas wrapped in political rhetoric. By
Crops

Anti-GE Crop Bill Survives But Not For Long

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A n NDP bill that industry officials say could cripple the development of new genetically engineered crops in Canada has gained an extra bit of parliamentary life but seems destined to flame out early next year. The NDP caucus used parliamentary rules in early December to force almost a full day of debate, probably in
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Bill On GM Crops Under Fire

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The push is on to kill an NDP bill that would hinder approval of new genetically modified crops. British Columbia MP Alex Atamanenko has garnered the ire of biotech companies with a private member’s bill that would deny registration of new genetically modified crops until they’ve undergone an assessment of their potential impact on export
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The Jacksons – for Sep. 30, 2010

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Why the hunted look, Bill?” said Andrew Jackson. He gave Bill Elliot a searching look as he pulled up a chair and sat down at the usual table next to the window of the café. A cold wind blew raindrops noisily against the pane outside as a steady rain fell from the low, grey clouds.
Cereals, News

Speedy Passage Urged For Colombia Trade Deal

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Farm groups are turning their attention to the Senate in hopes of getting legislation approving a free trade deal with Colombia passed. The bill languished in the Commons for months as the NDP and Bloc Quebecois tried to stop its passage over concerns about attacks on trade unionists and reformers in the South American country.
Crops

Shipley Looking For Farmers To Test Regulatory System

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Now that Ontario Conservative MP Bev Shipley’s motion to improve the licensing of farm inputs has passed, he’s looking to put the federal regulatory system to the test. He wants farmers, farm organizations and manufacturers of agriculture products to give him examples of products that can’t be used in Canada but are acceptable in imports.

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