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Cwb President Reappointed For Three Years

By AAFC February 10, 2011

Agriculture Minister and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board Gerry Ritz has reappointed Ian White as president and chief executive officer (CEO), and David Carefoot as a director of the Canadian Wheat Board. “I am pleased Mr. White and Mr. Carefoot have agreed to continue serving western Canadian farmers,” said Minister Ritz. “As president and

Cereals, News

Easter Wants Transport Canada At Ag Committee

By Allan Dawson January 13, 2011

If Transport Canada declines another invitation to appear before the House of Commons’ agriculture committee, it will be subpoenaed to appear, according to Liberal Agriculture Critic Wayne Easter. “The fact of the matter is when a parliamentary committee invites a department to come before it they’re expected to come,” Easter told reporters Dec. 13 during

News

Sterling Lyon: A Man Of Strong Principle

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 23, 2010

Sterling Lyon, Manitoba’s premier from 1977 to 1981, died in Winnipeg Dec. 16 following a brief illness. He was 83. A career public figure for over 40 years, Lyon was variously a lawyer, Crown attorney, MLA, attorney general, premier and opposition leader before becoming an Appeal Court judge. His four-year term as premier was tumul

News

DFAA For Farmers Not On The Table: Toews

By Ron Friesen December 2, 2010

Farmers wanting compensation for damage to agricultural operations from natural disasters will have to get provinces to ask Ottawa for it, says Public Safety Minister Vic Toews. So far, that hasn’t happened, Toews said. “That has not been raised with me specifically,” he said after speaking to the Association of Manitoba Municipalities annual convention last

Livestock, News

In Brief… – for Nov. 11, 2010

November 11, 2010

Protecting biodiversity: Delegates from nearly 200 nations agreed Oct. 29 to a sweeping plan to put the brakes on loss of species by setting new 2020 targets to ensure greater protection of nature and enshrine the benefits it gives mankind. Environment ministers from around the globe also agreed on rules for sharing the benefits from

Opinion

Non-Democratic Party Insults Landowners

November 11, 2010

My wife and I along with over 100 other farmers and landowners had a crash course on how democracy works within the walls of the Manitoba legislature under the NDP regime. We attended a legislative committee meeting regarding Manitoba Hydro projects on Oct. 25. Finance Minister Rosanne Wowchuk and other NDP committee members argued for

Cereals, Crops

Two More Private Members’ Bills Deal With CWB

By Allan Dawson November 11, 2010

Two more private members’ bills dealing with the Canadian Wheat Board received first reading in the House of Commons last week. If it becomes law Bill C-588 will stop members of Parliament from spending taxpayers’ money to influence Canadian Wheat Board elections. Bill C-589, if approved, will give the CWB’s directors more control of the

News

Atamanenko Takes Motion To End C-474 Hearings Personally

By Allan Dawson November 11, 2010

Norma l l y, mot ions such as the one to extend hearings on Bill C-474, are rubber stamped by Parliament. But Alex Atamanenko, the NDP MP for B.C. Southern Interior, says the Conservatives engineered the motion’s defeat in the House of Commons Oct. 27. Atamanenko, who is a member of the House of Commons’

Cereals, News

Strahl Rules Out Costing Review Until Service Study Complete

By Alex Binkley November 4, 2010

Transport Minister Chuck Strahl will wait for the final recommendations from the Rail Service Review Panel before deciding on requests for an examination of railway costing. “We want to see if the panel’s recommendations resolve shipper complaints about the quasi-monopolistic status of the railways before the government decides on another review,” Strahl told the Commons

Opinion

Letters – for Oct. 14, 2010

October 14, 2010

Eating local can be done While there may be some accurate points in Ronald L. Doering’s recent articleManitoba Co-operatorOct. 7 article regarding “locavores,” energy consumption of production, processing and preparing of certain foods and how it outweighs transportation of food, you cannot make the subject so “simplistic” that it applies to all food. For example,

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Tag Archives Politics of Canada

Cwb President Reappointed For Three Years

Easter Wants Transport Canada At Ag Committee

Sterling Lyon: A Man Of Strong Principle

DFAA For Farmers Not On The Table: Toews

In Brief… – for Nov. 11, 2010

Non-Democratic Party Insults Landowners

Two More Private Members’ Bills Deal With CWB

Atamanenko Takes Motion To End C-474 Hearings Personally

Strahl Rules Out Costing Review Until Service Study Complete

Letters – for Oct. 14, 2010

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