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Beware of fraudsters claiming to be with StatsCan

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Statistics Canada officials don’t ask for banking information or social insurance numbers (SIN) when they conduct a survey via telephone or in person. “While Statistics Canada has many ongoing surveys, it does not collect this kind of personal financial information,” the federal agency said in a news release Jan. 7. “In some cases, bogus callers
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Iowa’s Harkin remains chair Senate ag

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Iowa Senator Tom Harkin will remain as chairman of the Agriculture Committee when the Senate reorganizes in January, Democratic leaders said last month. Harkin was Agriculture chairman during passage of the 2002 and 2008 farm laws. He backed a provision in the 2002 law that rewards stewardship of “working” farmland and in the 2008 law
Cereals, News

Speaker allows Anderson letter

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“The chair has concluded that there are not sufficient grounds for finding a prima facie breach of privilege in this case.” – PETER MILLIKEN Conservative MP David Anderson did not breach his parliamentary privileges by mailing a letter instructing Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) bal lot holders to vote for pro-open market candidates in the recent
Cereals, Opinion

The system works

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Step away from the hollering last week – both in and outside of the House of Commons – for just a minute. Block out the images of television journalists shivering in the damp Ottawa cold trying to find words to fill the minute-by-minute live coverage, the murky handycam footage of an Opposition leader who can’t
Cereals, Opinion

Smart thinking

JOHN MORRISS EDITORIAL DIRECTOR At first glance, it’s beyond bizarre. Members of Parliament, at public expense, sending letters to constituents recommending how to vote in a Canadian Wheat Board director election (see page ). What were they thinking? A recent “blog” by Globe and Mail columnist Robert Silver provides a possible explanation. He says the
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Research tax credit filing simplified

Small businesses such as farms are expected to take greater advantage of Canada’s scientific research and experimental development (SR&ED) tax credit through a streamlined application process. The Canada Revenue Agency on Nov. 17 announced changes to the application process, including a more “user-friendly” format for submitting information on a potentially eligible research or development project.
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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
Cereals, Opinion

CWB vote may be farmers’ most democratic option

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Since the CWB is a creature of the Liberal party, in Stephen Harper’s world, it must be destroyed. It has nothing to do with freedom of choice. With a stronger minority Stephen Harper promised in his victory speech to carry out his commitments. One of those is the destruction of the Canadian Wheat Board. He
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Brazil urges Doha deal before Obama start

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Brazil wants a broad deal in the long-running Doha round to open up world trade to be concluded before U. S. President-elect Barack Obama takes office in January. Foreign Minister Celso Amorim told Reuters Nov. 5 that reaching a deal in the trade talks would send a powerful counter-cyclical signal to a world economy bludgeoned
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Two die in quad crash near Benito

Two Saskatchewan men are dead after an all-terrain vehicle crash on farmland in the Benito area Sunday afternoon, Swan River RCMP report. The two men, aged 34 and 36, were from Kamsack, Sask., about 75 km southwest of Swan River, and riding a single quad ATV at the time of the crash. Both were wearing

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