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COVID-19 and Elections Canada related signs seen inside Edmonton Expo Center in Edmonton, Alta.
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Comment: Your voice matters this election – let it be heard

Vote. This is your chance to ensure agriculture’s voice is heard in government

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Political campaigners have an adage, “public policy is set by those who show up.” We are in the middle of a federal election and now is the best time for individual producers to influence policy. Now is the time for you to actively participate in the political process and let your voice be heard, and
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Comment: Is it worth voting Conservative again?

ELECTION | There are perils in being seen as a too-reliable voting bloc

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Producers on the Prairies are expected to once again support the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC). Polling suggests the CPC vote share could be on the rise, and there is a chance the party sweeps all the seats in Saskatchewan again – this time with a higher share of the vote than in 2019. We’ve
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Comment: MCA board challenges democratic rights of farmers

Whether you agree with them or not, these resolutions should have been tabled at the annual meeting

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I am writing this because I believe that Manitoba farmers must be able to have input into our organizations outside of being elected and that our voice is crucial. What I am going to express showcases key examples of what can happen when boards decide that they know better and lawyers are used as an
Manitoba Canola Growers Association (MCGA) president Chuck Fossay says the association plans to include electronic voting, along with traditional mail-in ballots, during the election for directors this fall. MCGA members approved a bylaw allowing electronic voting at their annual meeting Feb. 16.
Crops, Local news

Electronic voting option for Manitoba Canola Growers Association election this year

During their annual meeting members passed a bylaw allowing for electronic voting but defeated one 
to give the board the authority to replace preferential ballots with other voting systems

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The Manitoba Canola Growers Association (MCGA) plans to include electronic voting, as well as a mail-in ballot, during board of directors elections this fall. “We want to make our organization as democratic as possible and we can only do that if we get more people involved,” MCGA president Chuck Fossay said in an interview Feb. 27. MCGA members
Opinion

Elections come and go but we stay

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The cold, grey drizzle of November finally found central Illinois on Election Day. No one complained, however, because the warm, dry harvest season had ended weeks before. Fifty or more years ago, that was never the case on the southern Illinois dairy farm of my youth. In fact, if we were half done with harvest
Elections Manitoba reaches out to young voters
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Elections Manitoba reaches out to young voters

Grade 11 and 12 students can get paid to work on election day

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Three hands-on programs invite young Manitobans to engage in the electoral process during the upcoming provincial election. CitizenNext, the Student Information Officer program, and Your Power to Choose are designed to foster the habit of electoral participation among children and youth. “By providing opportunities for young people to participate in this election, we hope to
Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association director Dean Harder explained proposed new voting options at the association’s annual meeting during Crop Connect in Winnipeg Feb. 11. The changes, which would allow for advance voting, were part of a bylaw change members approved.
Crops, Local news

Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association introducing hybrid voting

Farmers will have the option to cast their votes in advance through a 
mail-in or electronic ballot or in person at the association’s annual meeting

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There will be three options for voting in Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association (MWBGA) director elections: an advance mail-in ballot, an advance electronic ballot or voting at the association’s annual meeting. Members voted in favour of a bylaw containing the changes Feb. 11 at the MWBGA’s annual meeting in Winnipeg during Crop Connect. “This
Opinion

Editorial: Social change is never easy

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January 28, 2016 marked a significant milestone in the history of this province. A century ago Manitoba became the first government in Canada to allow women to vote. Many of us with roots in Prairie settlement have our own family stories to tell. In my own case, it was learning through distant relatives recently that
A photo taken December 23, 1915 of the presentation of the final petition for women’s suffrage by the Political Equality League. The four women pictured are Lillian Beynon Thomas, Winona Dixon, Dr. Mary Crawford and Amelia Burritt.
Country Crossroads, Our History

It’s been a century since women gained the right to vote

Petitioning government took persistence, patience — and years

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Men and women in galleries mark the occasion by singing ‘O Canada.’” “Cheers on the floor of the house…” So declared the headlines of the January 28, 1916 Manitoba Free Press. Jan. 28 marks exactly 100 years since the Manitoba’s legislative assembly gave unanimous approval to the bill that made Manitoba first in Canada to
farmers watching sunset
Opinion

Elections and the value of showing up

If farmers don’t speak, it will be others, who may not understand our industry, who decide who goes to Ottawa

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There is an old saying in politics, “policy is set by those who show up.” Not always those with the best and brightest ideas and not even always a majority. The first and most important step on the road to being an influencer is to show up. Canadians will elect a new House of Commons

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