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Tories Accused Of Stalling On SRM Subsidy

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Conservative members on the House of Commons agricultural committee are being accused of obstruction in blocking a recommendation for financial aid to Canada’s cattle processors. In a December 11 letter to the beef industry, opposition committee members accused Tory members of repeatedly preventing a vote on a motion to recommend subsidizing the slaughter of older
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Bill To End Engineers’ Strike

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Locomotive engineers at Canadian Nat ional Railway (CN) who have been on strike since Saturday may soon be ordered back to work if the federal government gets backing for legislation to do so. Federal Labour Minister Rona Ambrose said in a release Monday she would introduce a bill that afternoon to end the strike, but
Beef cattle, Livestock, News

SRM Subsidy Critical To Survival, Packers Say

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“There’s a very real possibility that there would not be a cow killer east of Brooks.” – BRAD WILDEMAN, CCA Canada risks losing its entire processing sector for older cattle unless the federal government subsidizes the cost of removing specified risk materials (SRMs) from beef carcasses, the industry warns. New, less stringent regulations for SRM
Cereals, Opinion

Ritz Must Stand Up For Farmers’ Marketing Systems At WTO

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The upcoming World Trade Organization (WTO) talks in Geneva are targeting farmers’ marketing agencies – including supply-management and the Canadian Wheat Board single desk. I predict that Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz will return home from the current round of negotiations announcing that these so-called “state trading enterprises” are no longer legal under WTO trade rules
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Bill C-391 Wins Free Vote Nod

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Aprivate member’s bill aimed at scrapping the long-gun registry passed a critical vote in the House of Commons last week, but local gun sellers and owners aren’t breaking out the champagne just yet. Travis Vandaele, owner of Jo-Brook Firearms in Brandon, noted that before Bill C-391 becomes law, it will still have to survive more
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EI Extended To Self-Employed, Including Farmers

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“Do you have to contribute up to 85?” – LAURENT PELLERIN, CFA Farmers, who have traditionally fallen outside work benefits programs, may now qualify for employment insurance under new federal legislation. The proposed law would extend benefits, such as employment insurance, to the 2.6 million Canadians, including agricultural producers, who are self-employed. Self-employed people could
Cereals, News

Tories Balk At Backing CWB At WTO: NDP

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The federal NDP’s international trade critic says the Conservatives’ refusal to back a motion of support for supply management and the Canadian Wheat Board shows they can’t be trusted to protect either at the WTO. Burnaby-New Westminster MP Peter Julian moved at a Nov. 3 meeting of the House of Commons’ standing committee on international
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Twelve Votes Needed To End Gun Registry

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The latest attempt by Conservative Party members to abolish the controversial long-gun registry comes up for a House of Commons vote Nov. 4. Twelve extra votes from opposition party MPs are all that the minority Conservatives need to pass the legislation ending the requirement that individuals and businesses register their rifles and shotguns, said Tory
Cereals, Crops, News

In Brief… – for Oct. 1, 2009

Winter wheat shunned: Wet fields and weak prices amid already ample world wheat supplies could spell fewer U. S. winter wheat acres planted this fall. Despite some of the best soil moisture seen in years, many farmers in key U. S. growing areas this week were either still evaluating how much wheat to plant or
Cereals, News

Ottawa Responds To Producer Car Shippers

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“If you don’t have sidings, you effectively sterilize the right to load producer cars.” – terry boehm The Canadian National Railway (CN) should work with farmers before abandoning sidings used to load producer cars, says Rob Merrifield, Minister of state for transport. “The minister is disappointed that CN is only using the bare minimum of

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