Elections Archives - Page 3 of 4 - Manitoba Co-operator

Ontario redrafts vegetable grower organization governance

Ontario’s Farm Products Marketing Commission (OFPMC) is proposing a new governance structure for the Ontario Processing Vegetable Growers, which has been without a board of directors since March. The commission last week released proposed amendments to provincial Regulations 441 and 400, which would set up an eight-member OPVG board with an OFPMC-appointed chair. The amendments

Manitoba Canola Growers Association (MCGA) president Chuck Fossay says the association plans to include electronic voting, along with traditional mail-in ballots, during the election for directors this fall. MCGA members approved a bylaw allowing electronic voting at their annual meeting Feb. 16.

Crops, Local news

Electronic voting option for Manitoba Canola Growers Association election this year

During their annual meeting members passed a bylaw allowing for electronic voting but defeated one  to give the board the authority to replace preferential ballots with other voting systems

By Allan Dawson March 6, 2017

The Manitoba Canola Growers Association (MCGA) plans to include electronic voting, as well as a mail-in ballot, during board of directors elections this fall. “We want to make our organization as democratic as possible and we can only do that if we get more people involved,” MCGA president Chuck Fossay said in an interview Feb. 27. MCGA members

Editorial, Opinion

Editorial: Point of pride

By Gord Gilmour November 24, 2016

Have you ever noticed how a lot of people feel like anyone who disagrees with them is too stupid to know better? Nowhere is this more widespread than the political realm and the trend seems to grow with each passing election campaign. Not only are people wrong if they disagree, they’re uniformed, irrational or biased

Did you know?, Local news

Elections Manitoba reaches out to young voters

Grade 11 and 12 students can get paid to work on election day

By Elections Manitoba Release March 14, 2016

Three hands-on programs invite young Manitobans to engage in the electoral process during the upcoming provincial election. CitizenNext, the Student Information Officer program, and Your Power to Choose are designed to foster the habit of electoral participation among children and youth. “By providing opportunities for young people to participate in this election, we hope to

Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association director Dean Harder explained proposed new voting options at the association’s annual meeting during Crop Connect in Winnipeg Feb. 11. The changes, which would allow for advance voting, were part of a bylaw change members approved.

Crops, Local news

Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association introducing hybrid voting

Farmers will have the option to cast their votes in advance through a  mail-in or electronic ballot or in person at the association’s annual meeting

By Allan Dawson March 2, 2016

There will be three options for voting in Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association (MWBGA) director elections: an advance mail-in ballot, an advance electronic ballot or voting at the association’s annual meeting. Members voted in favour of a bylaw containing the changes Feb. 11 at the MWBGA’s annual meeting in Winnipeg during Crop Connect. “This

Local news, Oilseeds

Manitoba Canola Growers Association’s board election results

More than 8,000 ballots were mailed out and just over 1,000 valid ones were counted for a voter turnout of almost 14 per cent

By Allan Dawson December 31, 2015

Two new farmers and two incumbents have been elected to the Manitoba Canola Growers Board (MCGA) of directors. The newcomers are Ron Krahn of Rivers and Bill Nicholson of Shoal Lake; Jacob (Jack) Froese of Winkler and Clayton Harder of Narol (near Winnipeg) were re-elected. Hugh Drake of Elkhorn, who has served on the board

Manitoba Canola Growers Association president Ed Rempel says the association is investigating online voting in hopes it will encourage more members to vote in directors’ elections.

Crops, News

Manitoba Canola Growers Association considering online voting

Members have the final say since the change requires a bylaw change, says MCGA president Ed Rempel

By Allan Dawson October 13, 2015

Pundits deplored the lacklustre 61 per cent voter turnout in the last federal election, but it’s a level of participation in the democratic process the Manitoba Canola Growers Association (MCGA) can only dream about. During its 2011 election for directors 16 per cent of the MCGA’s almost 9,000 members voted. Participation fell to just 11

Local news

Elgin resident not impressed he can’t vote in town anymore

Rural residents can also vote by mail but post offices are scarcer too

By Lorraine Stevenson October 8, 2015

Residents of Manitoba’s smallest communities should double-check their voter’s card to be sure of where to vote Oct. 19. Elgin resident Bob Miller first only glanced at his when it arrived in the mail recently, irked that his name was spelled wrong. He did a double take when he saw he can’t vote in his

News

Election changes could affect rural voters

Elections Canada’s online registration system is shutting some rural voters out

By Shannon VanRaes October 1, 2015

Don’t wait until Oct. 19 to find out if you’re registered to vote. That’s the message from rural Manitobans raising concerns about Elections Canada’s online registration system and changes made under the Fair Elections Act passed in 2014. Jen Plas lives on a major road in the RM of Springfield, but said the Elections Canada

Opinion

Agriculture should be plank of party platforms: CFA

Three main policy areas political parties need to address

By Cfa Release September 1, 2015

The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) is calling on political candidates across Canada to show their support in the upcoming federal election for Canada’s farmers and the food system Canadians rely on each day. Canada’s farmers and farm organizations will be reaching out to candidates across the country — in-person meetings, mail-outs, and local events.

Daily Network News

China trade deal falls short: Conservatives

Chinese importer buys Canadian canola after Carney visit

U.S. Supreme Court to hear Bayer’s bid to curb Roundup cases

Tag Archives Elections