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KAP president Dan Mazier says the farm organization got much of what it wanted from the “Made-in-Manitoba Climate and Green Plan,” including a carbon tax exemption on “marked” farm fuel.
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Mazier defends KAP’s approach on ‘made-in-Manitoba’ carbon tax

He says the position was developed democratically and KAP got much of what it wanted to reduce the negative impact on farmers

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A year after the Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) opted to participate as the provincial government developed “A Made-in-Manitoba Climate and Green Plan,” some KAP members are asking why the farm organization doesn’t oppose a carbon tax. “I find this entire carbon tax thing to be a complete fiasco and I view our prime minister (Justin
Aid refusal fuels flames of western alienation
Our History

Aid refusal fuels flames of western alienation

Our History: November 1999

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Farm income, or the lack of it, dominated our pages in the fall of 1999. The November 4 issue reported on angry comments from a group of western farmers who had visited Ottawa to ask for $1.3 billion in aid. They met with Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, Agriculture Minister Lyle Vanclief and other ministers, and
Trudeau asks, “Why should I sell your wheat?”
Our History

Trudeau asks, “Why should I sell your wheat?”

Our History: October 2000

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The editorial in our October 5, 2000 issue noted the passing of former prime minister Pierre Trudeau, who had often been criticized for his quote from a 1968 meeting in Winnipeg when he said, “Why should I sell your wheat?” We carried the full text which followed that statement just after he was elected, which
Accompanied by their chaperon Tracy Claeys, (far right), Manitoba delegate Amber Dyrda (front) and Christine Kilpatrick (l to r), Luke Weidenhamer, 
Levi Rimke, Jenai Buchanan and Marika Dewar-Norosky assemble before their meetings with Ottawa officials.

Country Crossroads, Local news

Manitoba delegates inspired by 2016 Citizenship Congress

Youth delegates met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and held a mock 
parliamentary debate in the Senate Chamber at the annual 4-H event

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Marika Dewar-Norosky is seeing farm and rural life in a new light following a once-in-a-lifetime trip as a 4-H delegate to Ottawa this spring. The Grade 11 teen from Newdale 4-H Club was one of six Manitoba delegates visiting the nations capital in early May to participate in the 4-H Canada Citizenship Congress. 4-H Canada
Ralph Goodale says trade and improving grain transportation are at the top of the Liberals’ agricultural agenda.
Crops, Livestock, National news

The Liberal government’s ‘to do’ list on agriculture

Ralph Goodale says improvements to grain transportation and trade are top priorities, but safety nets and research are also on the agenda

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Grain transportation and trade are top of the new Liberal government’s agricultural agenda, says veteran Saskatchewan MP and former agriculture minister Ralph Goodale. Other priorities include determining if farm aid programs are adequate, investing in infrastructure to protect soil and water and refocusing the government’s role in scientific research. The Canadian Wheat Board is not
Supply management compensation plan rumours dismissed by Ritz
Dairy cattle

Supply management compensation plan rumours dismissed by Ritz

News reports suggest the federal government may yield to outside pressure 
to grant increased access to Canadian markets

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A front page Globe and Mail article claiming the federal government is planning a compensation scheme for supply management farmers “is pure speculation,” says Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. The newspaper said the compensation would be intended to blunt the impact on supply management from Canada joining the Trans-Pacific Pact. Speculation about a TPP deal this
dairy cow
Dairy cattle, National news, Poultry

Trans-Pacific Partnership talks worry dairy farmers

Foreign supplies want access to Canadian markets

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Canada’s powerful dairy industry expressed concern June 26 that it could suffer if talks to create a Pacific trade treaty open up heavily protected Canadian markets to more foreign competition. Some of the 12 nations taking part in negotiations on a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) want Canada to start dismantling supply management, which protects dairy, egg
Stephen Harper in a discussion at a conference
Crops, News

Harper says railways can’t be allowed to misuse market power

The order-in-council requiring minimum grain movement expires at the end of March

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Western Canadian farmers and grain companies have a new supporter for their argument that the railways have too much market power — Prime Minister Stephen Harper, no less. A year after the Canadian cabinet in an unprecedented move passed an order-in-council requiring Canadian National (CN) and Canadian Pacific (CP) railways to ship a weekly minimum
Brittney Dekeyser was among the competitors who braved the pouring rain to keep the show going at Killarney Fair June 28. That same deluge has unleashed what is now expected to be record flooding on southern Manitoba.  Photo: Sharlene Bennie
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Prairie ‘islanders’ struggling to keep spirits afloat

Inundated southwestern Manitobans rally in the face of unprecedented flood damage

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It was when all the eggs, milk and bread were gone, and the canned goods started running out that staff at Pierson Co-op conceded things were getting “kind of scary.” “Everyone is just holding their breath. I’m not sure how long we can keep on like this,” said Louise Goforth July 3. She was tending

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