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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
Hogs, News

Canada takes COOL to WTO

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“… a needless and expensive thickening of the border.” – Gerry Ritz Canada has launched a WTO trade action against the U. S. mandatory country-of-origin meat labelling rule. Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and International Trade Minister Stockwell Day made the announcement at a news conference in Ottawa Monday. The Canadian government has initiated formal
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
Opinion

Good and bad in Saskatchewan farm

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Quick: who is Saskatchewan’s agriculture minister? Chances are that even people who know the answer will have trouble correctly spelling Bob Bjornerud. In a province noted for the high profile of its agriculture industry and its agriculture minister, Bjornerud has not had much time in the spotlight during the Saskatchewan Party’s first year in office.
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
Cereals, News

Conservatives want to put Agri-Flex on table

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“…we have to make sure whatever we agree to do is not countervailable.” – Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz wants to meet his provincial colleagues before the end of the year to sound them out on introducing the Agri-Flex proposal from the Canadian Federation of Agriculture. “We’d like to start the discussion
News, Oilseeds

Ritz returns, Transport gets a new look

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“Farming is the backbone of the Canadian economy and in times of global economic uncertainty this government is committed to continue putting farmers first.” Gerry Ritz is staying on as agriculture minister in Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s new cabinet. But there’s plenty of change in other key portfolios. As was generally expected, Jim Flaherty remains
Cereals, News

Gerry Ritz happy to be back in ag chair

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“ We’re already getting squeaking noises from the Liberals that they’re going to be tough this time… but at the end of the day I don’t think anybody wants another election in the spring.” – Gerry Ritz Improving Canada’s safety net programs are among reappointed federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz’s top priorities, he said in
Cereals, News

CWB election candidates finalized

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Nineteen farmers are running for five Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) directors’ positions this fall in an election many believe will be the most important since CWB governance was changed in 1998. The mandate and perhaps the very existence of the CWB hangs in the balance as farmers vote in Districts 2, 4, 6, 8 and
Cereals, News

CWB voters’ list case in court Oct. 17

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“It’s just part of their pattern of trying to create as much turmoil and confusion as they can around everything there is to do with the wheat board.” – Stewart Wells Arguments for expediting a court case aimed at overturning the federal government’s changes to the Canadian Wheat Board director elections voters’ list are scheduled

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