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LETTERS – for Dec. 18, 2008

Protect rural residents from ILOs It was gratifying to read about a recent Supreme Court of Canada ruling whereby companies can be sued for polluting, despite operating within government regulations and that this could have ramifications for agriculture. The report “Polluters liable for excessive annoyances,” by Ron Friesen in the Manitoba Co-operator Dec. 4 also
Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Grain Growers of Canada enjoy lobbying success

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“I personally cannot remember a time over the last decade that our issues have been the government’s issues.” – Ross Ravelli Grain Growers of Canada members revelled in their lobbying successes and plotted strategy for ongoing battles at their recent annual meeting here. “I personally cannot remember a time over the last decade that our
Cereals, News

CWB election ends in controversy

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Canadian Wheat Board election co-ordinator Ian Craven is investigating whether four Conservative members of Parliament (MPs) illegally used the CWB election voters’ list to send letters last month advising farmers how to vote. He’s also seeking a legal opinion as to whether federal politicians should be registered as third-party interveners. The letters, sent on House
Cereals, News

Millions in freight savings

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Western grain shippers will save $2.59 a tonne or $72 million per year after a Federal Court ruled against Canada’s two major railways in a battle over how much maintaining hopper cars should cost. The Federal Court of Appeal rejected the railways’ argument that the Canadian Transportation Agency erred in the way it retroactively cut
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AMM proposes one per cent tax increase

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“They’re just finally saying ‘look, we can’t just nibble at this on the edges anymore. We’ve got to figure out how to tackle it.” – AMM President Ron Bell A proposed new tax that could raise millions for repairing municipal infrastructure is expected to be the key issue before Manitoba’s reeves, mayors and councillors gathering
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Can Stockwell Day slay the supply management dragon?

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Canada’s agricultural supply management sector may meet its match in Stockwell Day, the new federal minister of international trade. At least that’s what the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance (CAFTA) is hoping. “I think he comes from the right side of the political spectrum,” to get Canada to be a stronger supporter of trade liberalization through
Cereals, News

Seek damages from U. S. over CWB: Easter

Canada should demand compensation from the U. S. for damages, legal bills and lost profits stemming from its government’s latest failed trade action against the Canadian Wheat Board, says federal Agriculture Critic Wayne Easter. Easter, a Liberal MP from P. E. I., said last week he had written to the Conservative government’s newly appointed International
Cereals, News

Conditions favour CWB single desk: USDA

Declining grain prices, the Conservative government’s ongoing minority status and the current global financial crisis may help protect the Canadian Wheat Board’s single marketing desk “for a while longer,” a U. S. ag agency’s report suggests. The Global Agriculture Information Network (GAIN), operated by the U. S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS), noted
Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

Dairy processors cheesed off at new regulations

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“There are other ways to support dairy producers’ incomes in Canada than to destabilize all of the industry.” – Yvan Loubier Canada’s largest dairy processors have gone to court to block new federal cheese regulations from taking effect later this year. Kraft Canada, Parmalat Canada and Saputo last week asked the Federal Court of Canada

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