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Keith Currie was acclaimed to a second term as OFA president at the organization’s annual meeting Nov. 20-21 in Toronto. (John Greig photo)

OFA pre-election policy targets broader economic development

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Stable rural areas and thriving farms can help urbanites with some of their biggest challenges. That’s the message from the Ontario Federation of Agriculture going into next year’s provincial election. The OFA talked about how it is framing its election strategy at its annual meeting, which ran Monday and Tuesday in Toronto. “With the election
Growth in private sector businesses is indicative of a strong economy. But there are communities in rural Manitoba getting scant or no attention from economic development agencies.
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Economic development delivery needs improvement: draft report

A draft strategy proposes ways to improve support business startups and other forms of rural development

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Rural Manitoba needs a more co-ordinated approach to economic development delivery. That’s according to a draft strategy proposing some ideas for grappling with a system of too many groups working with neither a shared vision nor goals. What’s developed over time is now a “confusing landscape of programs and services” that many potential entrepreneurs see
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Rural economic development delivery up for review

A more co-ordinated approach is sought, 
a new committee’s chair says

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A new committee has formed to take a hard look at Manitoba’s rural economic development services and seek a way to better co-ordinate how they’re delivered. Manitoba’s Agriculture, Food and Rural Develop­ment Minister Ron Kost­yshyn announced the formation of the Rural Economic Development Steering Com­mittee last week. Over the next few months, he said, the
Alan McIsaac, shown here last month visiting Charlottetown’s St. Jean Elementary School in his role as minister of education and early childhood development, now leads a reorganized ministry of agriculture and fisheries. (Brian Simpson photo courtesy Government of P.E.I.)
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P.E.I. farms and fisheries ministries merge

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A reorganization of Prince Edward Island’s government departments will see agriculture split from forestry and instead paired with fisheries. Having returned to office in the May 4 election, Premier Wade MacLauchlan on Wednesday announced his new cabinet, appointing former education and transportation minister Alan McIsaac as minister of agriculture and fisheries. As the agriculture and
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N.S. consolidates inspections in cost-cutting budget

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Nova Scotia is set to gather its agricultural, environmental and public health inspection work into one department, along with other consolidation and cuts in its latest budget. Finance Minister Diana Whalen’s 2015-16 budget, released Thursday, calls for consolidation of inspection, compliance and enforcement functions in its Natural Resources, Agriculture, Fisheries and Environment departments, plus its
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Rural Manitoba struggles with population growth

Retired statistician maps out future of labour market

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Looming labour shortages due to mass migration to and around cities have made rural development much more difficult than it used to be, according to a retired statistician. While rural populations in Manitoba overall are still growing by .6 per cent, since 1996, places farther away from Brandon, Winnipeg and Winkler are not faring as

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