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Municipal board members (L to R) Rick Borotsik, Tom Raine and George Orle hear evidence at an appeal hearing in August.

Quarry decision sets lasting precedents

Appeals to the Municipal Board will be treated as fresh hearings, meaning local governments will have to make their case

By Geralyn Wichers October 9, 2020

The recent tribunal which approved the contentious Lilyfield Quarry may have set a precedent that will put local governments at a disadvantage. The appeal of a decision to reject the project by the RM of Rosser was the first of its kind under the newly expanded mandate of the Manitoba Municipal Board. New provisions in

The U.S. was already dramatically outspending Canada with its latest Farm Bill. But now it’s thrown repeated ad hoc programs at the sector under the guise of offsetting the effects of a trade war and the coronavirus.

Editorial, Op/Ed, Other

Editor’s Take: The new normal of subsidies

By Gord Gilmour October 8, 2020

Many would say Canada’s suite of agricultural business risk management programs is falling short of blunting the whipsaw of the markets. Now, it faces being further overwhelmed by non-market forces. That was the gist of a recent policy note issued by the Agri-Food Economic Systems think tank, authored by respected agricultural economists Al Mussell and

Comment, Op/Ed, Other

Comment: Delay to federal-provincial meetings disappointing but necessary

By D.C. Fraser October 6, 2020

There were never many reasons to be optimistic federal and provincial governments would find a short-term solution to long-held concerns over Canada’s business risk management (BRM) programs. Another delay to a meeting of federal and provincial agriculture ministers to discuss the issue shouldn’t change this. Originally scheduled to happen in July, the COVID-19 pandemic prompted

Editorial, Op/Ed, Other

Editor’s Take: Precedents and partisanship

By Gord Gilmour October 1, 2020

[UPDATED: Oct. 1, 2020] Manitoba’s Municipal Board has, for the first time, overruled an RM council decision regarding a development application. If the fact that a politically appointed board can override the decisions of a duly elected local council isn’t raising eyebrows, it should. We only have to look south at what has taken place

Comment, Op/Ed, Other

Comment: Wait to see green economic restart before criticizing

By D.C. Fraser September 25, 2020

It makes little sense to criticize a plan before any details are available. What Canada’s new finance minister means when she speaks of a green restart to the economy will largely remain a mystery until the Sept. 23 throne speech – but government has signalled the post-pandemic economy will be heavily influenced by climate change.

China’s near-insatiable appetite for canola won’t be met with domestic production.

Grain Markets, News

Political posturing can affect grain prices

China is still buying Canadian canola through the various back doors it’s found to exploit

By Allan Dawson September 24, 2020

When you cut through the politics and posturing, China still needs some of what Canada is selling. “They are repopulating their hog herd so they need feed,” Darren Bond, a farm enterprise management specialist with Manitoba Agriculture and Resource Development, told the CropTalk Webinar Sept. 16. “They have developed a taste for canola oil. At

Comment, Opinion

Comment: ‘How much evidence do you need to vaporize a zombie?’

Farm & Food File: U.S. ag trade policy has a ‘zombie idea’ infestation

By Alan Guebert September 15, 2020

While “zombie ideas” isn’t a phrase you often see in farm publications, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman has popularized it to describe a uniquely American political condition. Zombie ideas, the Nobel Prize-winning economist explained in a 2018 column, are,” ideas that should have died long ago, yet still keep shambling along, eating politicians’ brains.”

Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Time to improve conditions for foreign workers

Temporary foreign worker programming earneda hot seat this year due to workers falling ill with COVID-19

By D.C. Fraser September 15, 2020

Now is the time for the Canadian government to overhaul the country’s foreign worker program. It is the right thing to do and will benefit Canadian agriculture. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted many of the shortcomings of the current program, which sees thousands of people come to Canada each year to work on farms across

News, Other

Feds closely watching provincial changes to trespassing laws

Alberta, Ontario and Saskatchewan have tightened laws on either access to private rural land or livestock transport, and Manitoba may well be following suit

By D.C. Fraser September 14, 2020

The federal government is not looking at ways to boost trespassing legislation being passed in some provinces, according to Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Marie-Claude Bibeau. Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alberta have taken steps to bolster protections for livestock and producers against trespassers and activists following high-profile events, and Manitoba is believed to be soon following

Comment, Letters

Letters: Time for new priorities

By John Fefchak September 11, 2020

In response to the Aug. 31 story in the Manitoba Co-operator, “Municipal Board considering benchmark ruling.” Very often we hear the outcry for economic development and resurrection of employment with no concerns whatsoever for water sources, environment and a quality of living. Only a degree of risk is sometimes mentioned. Without water, there is no

Daily Network News

Do More Ag to fund rural groups’ mental health workshops

Pulse Weekly: India to make pulse tariff announcement on Tuesday

“Major setback for global trade”: WTO suffers fresh blow after reform push hits wall

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