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Winemakers seek tax changes to boost their sales

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Winemakers in this country are looking for some government help in their battle to gain market share. In countries such as Australia and the U.S., domestic wines capture the lion’s share of the market — but winemakers here have only a 30 per cent share, industry officials told the House of Commons agriculture committee. The
Opinion

Fighting more deserts

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When I went to the barber in Swift Current in the summer of 1937 to get a haircut and shave, he said the haircut was OK but he had quit shaving people. I asked “how come” and he said he couldn’t keep an edge on the razor anymore. With the terrible dust and the shortage
Crops, News

Shippers suggest amendments to beef up Fair Rail Freight Service Act

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The worst rail service in three years prompted shippers to propose amendments to toughen Bill C-52, the Fair Rail Freight Service Act, to help balance their relationship with the railways, says Wade Sobkowich, executive director of the Western Grain Elevator Association (WGEA). “Service is very poor on both railroads,” he said in an interview March
Opinion

Remembering Eugene Whelan

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Ronald Reagan gets credit for winning the cold war with the former Soviet Union, but Eugene Whelan arguably played a role. Whelan was prime minister Pierre Trudeau’s agriculture minister for 12 years beginning in 1972, except for the nine months Joe Clark’s Progressive Conservatives held office in 1979. He died last week at age 88.
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Eugene Whelan dies at 88

Funeral services were held Feb. 23 for the man beneath the green Stetson hat who took the helm of Canadian agricultural policy during the Trudeau administration. Eugene Whelan, Canada’s agriculture minister from 1972 to 1979 and 1980 to 1984, died late Feb. 19 at age 88. According to the Windsor Star , Whelan’s death, at
Opinion

Editorial cartoons

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Several readers took exception to the editorial cartoon we published in the Dec. 20 issue. For those of you who missed it, it portrays a father asking his little girl “how was school today?” as she walks in the door. “No casualties,” she replies. This seemingly innocent exchange takes on a grotesque significance in the
Opinion

Letters, Jan. 3, 2013

We welcome readers’ comments on issues that have been covered in the Manitoba Co-operator. In most cases we cannot accept “open” letters or copies of letters which have been sent to several publications. Letters are subject to editing for length or taste. We suggest a maximum of about 300 words. Please forward letters to Manitoba
Opinion

Letters — for 2012-11-22 00:00:00

CGC legislation debated many times I would like to correct the many inaccuracies contained in a recent Manitoba Co-operator article about our government’s Safe Food for Canadian Act (S-11) and changes to the Canadian Grain Act (CGA). Let me start by first assuring readers that when it comes to food safety, the health of Canadians
News

CGC fees to jump 44 per cent

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Despite shaving $20 million in costs 
the CGC proposes a big increase 
in user fees so Ottawa no 
longer has to pay the bill

In its government-ordered drive to cost recovery, the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) wants the grain industry to pay an extra $16.7 million a year in user fees effective Aug. 2013. That’s a 44 per cent increase amounting to an extra $1.38 a tonne on total CGC-inspected Canadian grain exports. The figures are contained in the
News

How to make views known on proposed new CGC user fees

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Citizens have until Nov. 30 to submit, in writing, their views on the Canadian Grain Commission’s proposed new user fees. The CGC’s User Fees Consultation and Pre-proposal Notification document is available at — https://www.grainscanada.gc.ca/consultations/2012/fees-frais/ufcpn-eng.htm. (See page 39, Annex 2, Table 6, for a list of the CGC’s current fees and proposed new fees.) Email submissions

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