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Comment: Risk management reform possible

A report from a leading accounting firm suggests a path forward on this issue

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Among the long list of complaints to government from producers in recent months, their concern over business risk management programs has been the most consistent. Other grievances remain. The carbon tax is an irritant, but the now-futile campaign against it has lost steam throughout the pandemic. Lack of labour and access to foreign trade markets
The CERB is a temporary income support available to Canadians who have stopped working due to COVID-19.
News, Other

Ag committee hears CERB hurting employers

The extra income allowed discourages recipients from seeking work

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Members of the parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food heard from industry leaders May 15 about the challenges brought on by the Canadian Emergency Response Benefit (CERB). CERB is available to Canadians who have stopped working because of COVID-19 and provides temporary income support of $500 a week for up to 16 weeks. Ron
Traders’ optimism for canola is short lived
Grain Markets, Markets

Traders’ optimism for canola is short lived

Hopes of Chinese demand for U.S. soybeans have also faded as tensions mount

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Things were looking rather good for canola during the first part of the week of May 25 — then prices dropped almost immediately on May 27 after a ruling was announced on the extradition of Meng Wanzhou. Canola, as it so often does, had been riding the coattails of soyoil on the Chicago Board of
Editorial, Op/Ed, Other

Editor’s Take: Send in the clowns

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The finding of ‘double criminality’ by B.C. Supreme Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes in the Huawei case last week dashed any hopes of a quick and orderly wrap-up to Canada’s ongoing diplomatic war with China. Justice Holmes ruled that the crimes Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou is charged with in the U.S. are also crimes in
The Canadian Emergency Response Benefit needs to be adjusted so that it is not clawed back from people earning some income.
Opinion

Opinion: CERB debate should prompt reflection of ongoing labour issues

If food employees are so important, why are they paid so poorly?

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The new coronavirus pandemic is revealing a fundamental problem with our society — thousands of essential workers don’t make nearly enough money. The question is, how to fix that? It’s worth debating whether that responsibility should fall to private employers or the government, which has already launched a basic income in all but name. The
All three Prairie provinces have now said they will be drawing on AgriRecovery.
News

Manitoba to join in on AgriRecovery program

Manitoba will join the other Prairie provinces requesting AgriRecovery funds for a beef set aside program

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Manitoba will be opting into AgriRecovery to help offset the financial hit from COVID-19. Agriculture and Resource Development Minister Blaine Pedersen confirmed May 29 that Manitoba has signed on for beef set aside funds, offered through AgriRecovery. “Manitoba is working with the federal government,” he said. “We are trying to get approval for a funding
According to the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, AgriStability does not work for its members.
Livestock, News

Set-aside funds snapped up

Cattle and pork producers tell MPs $100 million for program is not enough

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A federal committee was told the $50 million made available by Ottawa for a set-aside program in the beef industry has already been spent, according to the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA). Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced up to $50 million in AgriRecovery funding was being earmarked to fund a COVID-19 set-aside program for cattle producers,
News, Other

Federal government offers more measures to help agricultural sector

Latest moves include investment fund, changes to TFW program

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The federal government continues to unveil policies and dollars it says will assist the agricultural sector during the COVID-19 pandemic. A $100-million fund, launching in partnership with Calgary-based Forage Capital Inc., will be used “to support proven, viable companies through unexpected business disruptions, such as the COVID-19 pandemic.” According to the federal government, Farm Credit
News, Other

Bibeau faces off with opposition MPs over pandemic supports

The government is under pressure to come up with more farm aid

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Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Marie-Claude Bibeau confirmed to a parliamentary committee that the cost of business risk management (BRM) programs would exceed its usual expense because of COVID-19. Typically around $1.6 billion is spent on the programming each year, but earlier this month Bibeau told the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food the amount
A question often coming into sharp focus is the cost of becoming overly reliant on China as a trading partner.
Editorial, Op/Ed

Editor’s Take: China is our greatest ‘frenemy’

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In recent years it has become increasingly apparent that China makes its own rules when it comes to trade. Its 2002 membership in the World Trade Organization is an excellent example. The rest of the world agreed to give China open access to markets, ostensibly in exchange for similar access to China’s. One can hardly

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