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Government support for Canadian farms well below global average

OECD remains critical of Canada’s supply management system

By Alex Binkley July 24, 2019

Canada remains the perennial Boy Scout of international agriculture policy. Canadian farmers receive less government support than producers in many other countries, according to the latest report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. However, the organization remains critical of supply management in the dairy and poultry sector. With the introduction of business risk

Rolling prairie landscape. Central Alberta, Canada.

Local news, Other

Expropriation reform would give more rights to landowners

A recent report from the Manitoba Law Reform Commission recommends 10 changes to the Expropriation Act

By Geralyn Wichers June 26, 2019

Landowners would see expanded compensation rights in land expropriation cases if 10 recommendations from the Manitoba Law Reform Commission are adopted. The commission, which is an independent body which advises the minister of justice, released a report on the Expropriation Act of Manitoba on June 11. The act sets out the process to be followed

A sign, declaring the U.S. National Archive closed due to a partial federal government shutdown, is shown on Dec. 22 in Washington, D.C. (File photo: Reuters/Joshua Roberts)

Crops, Markets

Is China buying U.S. soy? Washington shutdown keeps traders guessing

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen December 28, 2018

Chicago | Reuters –– Commodity traders are in the dark because of the partial U.S. government shutdown, unable to see daily and weekly reports of agricultural exports to obtain clues as to whether China is following through with promises to buy grain and soy amid the ongoing trade war. Traders have been anxiously awaiting proof

Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau has said he will accept Senate amendments to the transport modernization bill.

News

Garneau agrees to Bill C-49 amendments

The federal transport minister will put forward a motion to accept Senate alterations to the bill

By Alex Binkley May 3, 2018

Transport Minister Marc Garneau says he will accept several amendments to his transport modernization bill proposed by the Senate and supported by farm and resource sector groups. A letter to shippers’ groups dated April 27 said the minister would present a motion in the Commons to amend Bill C-49 “to reflect changes the Senate has

Opinion, Other

Opinion: A rural view of the KPMG provincial review

By Lonnie Patterson January 8, 2018

*[UPDATED: Jan. 10, 2018] There has been much discussion and analysis of the KPMG Manitoba Fiscal Performance Review recently released by the provincial government. However, the potential impacts that will occur in rural and remote Manitoba communities, if some of the review’s recommendations are implemented, have not yet been part of the dialogue. The review

News

C-49 Transportation Modernization Act off to Senate

By Allan Dawson November 10, 2017

Bill C-49, the Grain Modernization Act, has passed third reading in the House of Commons and now goes to the Senate for debate. Farmers and grain companies hope if it becomes law the railways will be obliged to sign level-of-service contracts backed by financial penalties. Read more: Mixed reactions from farm groups to Bill C-49

Rob Brunel, Ste. Rose Municipality mayor and farmer.

Local news

Need for tax reform raised at Association of Manitoba Municipalities convention

Provincial finance minister says province is looking at “some bold new ideas on the subject” while also seeking ways  to ease tax pressure on farmers in the shorter term

By Lorraine Stevenson December 6, 2016

Municipal leaders made a plea to the province’s new government last week to rethink how property is assessed as a way of reducing a widening gulf between urban and rural taxpayers’ property taxes. Mayor of Ste. Rose Municipality and farmer Rob Brunel was among the first to the microphones as Premier Brian Pallister and his provincial cabinet assembled

Local politicians say any solution to the land tax question has to come from the provincial government.

Local news

Tax protest in RM of Springfield

Organizers want the Manitoba government to remove education taxes on farmland

By Allan Dawson November 3, 2016

Landowners in the RM of Springfield are refusing to pay land taxes they say have jumped unreasonably, more than doubling in some cases. They’re hoping to see the province reconsider the way it collects education taxes from farmland, says Dugald farmer Edgar Scheurer, who first suggested Manitoba farmers take action in a Facebook posting “It

Manitoba farmers are all worked up over massive farmland tax increases, but they’re not ready to engage in a tax revolt just yet.

Local news

Farmers fail to rally to tax revolt talk

But some want to know why their property taxes have  more than doubled in a year

By Allan Dawson October 20, 2016

If farmland property taxes are too high, don’t pay them. That’s what Dugald farmer Edgar Scheurer suggested while commenting on Facebook about Manitoba Co-operator stories on skyrocketing farmland taxes. Is Scheurer, who faces a 95 per cent jump in his Rural Municipality of Springfield tax bill, seriously suggesting a tax revolt or being facetious? Although

Dairy cattle, National news, Poultry

Trans-Pacific Partnership talks worry dairy farmers

Foreign supplies want access to Canadian markets

By David Ljunggren July 2, 2015

Canada’s powerful dairy industry expressed concern June 26 that it could suffer if talks to create a Pacific trade treaty open up heavily protected Canadian markets to more foreign competition. Some of the 12 nations taking part in negotiations on a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) want Canada to start dismantling supply management, which protects dairy, egg

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle hit contract highs on tight supply

U.S. grains: Soybeans tumble on doubts over U.S.-China trade progress

Alberta harvest wrapping up: report

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Government support for Canadian farms well below global average

Expropriation reform would give more rights to landowners

Is China buying U.S. soy? Washington shutdown keeps traders guessing

Garneau agrees to Bill C-49 amendments

Opinion: A rural view of the KPMG provincial review

C-49 Transportation Modernization Act off to Senate

Need for tax reform raised at Association of Manitoba Municipalities convention

Tax protest in RM of Springfield

Farmers fail to rally to tax revolt talk

Trans-Pacific Partnership talks worry dairy farmers

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