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KAP president Dan Mazier says the farm organization got much of what it wanted from the “Made-in-Manitoba Climate and Green Plan,” including a carbon tax exemption on “marked” farm fuel.

Mazier defends KAP’s approach on ‘made-in-Manitoba’ carbon tax

He says the position was developed democratically and KAP got much of what it wanted to reduce the negative impact on farmers

By Allan Dawson November 9, 2017

A year after the Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) opted to participate as the provincial government developed “A Made-in-Manitoba Climate and Green Plan,” some KAP members are asking why the farm organization doesn’t oppose a carbon tax. “I find this entire carbon tax thing to be a complete fiasco and I view our prime minister (Justin

Lara Ellis (l to r), director of strategic initiatives with ALUS Canada, James Battershill, KAP general manager, Dan Mazier, KAP president.

Local news

The ALUS program may come back to life in Manitoba

The new government looks to follow through on its  promise to implement the program province-wide

By Jennifer Paige July 21, 2016

The provincial government says it supports a revived ecological goods and services program but it’s not certain who will foot the bill. “The government has made this a priority and the minister of agriculture and the minister of sustainable development have been mandated with creating a program based on the Alternative Land Use Services (ALUS)

News

ALUS program boosted by new funding

By Allan Dawson April 15, 2012

ALUS doesn’t live here anymore, but the Manitoba-born conservation program might again thanks to grants from the W. Garfield Weston Foundation. “We’re looking at delivering ALUS (Alternate Land Use Services) to eight new communities, four of which will be in Ontario and four in the West,” said Jim Fisher, Delta Waterfowl Foundation’s director of conservation

Opinion

Water Management Key Election Issue

By Doug Chorney September 22, 2011

When Manitoba was hit hard by flooding this year, it was a major wake-up call about the need to focus on properly managing our watershed systems. Water quality and water management are complex issues, and what we need is an extensive water strategy involving all stakeholders that addresses the interconnected challenges we are facing. Heading

Opinion

Smoking Guns And Testy Waters

By Laura Rance-Unger June 9, 2011

We almost expected to hear the hoofbeats of a white horse in the background as Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger rode to Lake Winnipeg’s rescue last week. Armed with a new report by Saskatchewan biologist Peter Leavitt that says changing agricultural practices, specifically increased hog production in Manitoba, are to blame for at least half of

Crops

Newdale Official Manitoba Soil – for Jul. 29, 2010

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 29, 2010

The Manitoba legislature officially approved Newdale soil as Manitoba’s provincial soil June 17. Cliff Cullen, MLA for Turtle Mountain, introduced and supported the designation through the legislature. Newdale Soil is a valuable soil of the eastern Prairies in a group known as Black Chernozems, which are dark, grassland soils. Manitoba has more Black Chernozems than

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Mazier defends KAP’s approach on ‘made-in-Manitoba’ carbon tax

The ALUS program may come back to life in Manitoba

ALUS program boosted by new funding

Water Management Key Election Issue

Smoking Guns And Testy Waters

Newdale Official Manitoba Soil – for Jul. 29, 2010

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