At legislative hearings, rural organizations strongly criticized the Manitoba Government’s new Water Protection Act.
Robert Sopuck
Crushing Britain’s Rural Minority
The Labour Government in the United Kingdom is banning the fox hunt. There are implications for broader policy.
Why Rural Areas Matter
If you just look at numbers, the country will handle the depopulation of rural communities. But can it afford to lose rural values?
BSE and Devil’s Lake
North Dakota politicians link resolution of BSE import ban to Canada’s stand on water issues
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Our Health Ministers Need to Take a Lesson from Hockey Coaches
Those of you who are tired of my rants about the demise of our once great health system will be pleased to know that this is my last editorial. I am retiring from the BCMJ Editorial Board; currently, I am the longest-serving member (more than 20 years). I have been a...
Zinchuk: Oilpatch Only Spending Half What It Spent in 2014
Back in the lofty, pre-Justin Trudeau government days of 2014, back when oil was booming, pipelines were planned to east and west coasts, and Alberta and Saskatchewan were swimming in money, around $81 billion was spent in capital expenditures (CAPEX) in the Canadian...
U.S. Anger Clouds Rural Economy
Canada’s clumsy positioning on the Iraq conflict will cost the rural economy on several pressing trade fronts
Functional Foods & Nutraceuticals-Agriculture’s Next Wave
New research centre at the University of Manitoba to focus on nutraceuticals and functional foods
Asking More Hard Questions About Ethanol
More groups questioning ethanol subsidies
Foreign Policy Impacts Rural Economy
Canada’s foreign policy confusion the war on terrorism risks significant trade repercussions for rural economies.
Preserving Identities
Western Canada needs to take advantage of new and specialized wheat markets that pay premiums for high quality wheat.
The Perils of Subsidization
South Dakota livestock industry has declined due to grain subsidies, Manitoba’s thrives in their absence.
KAP Confronts Changing Rural Economy
Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) had a successful 2002 and continues to be a positive force for sensible farm policy.
Feds Lay an Egg: 2002 Rural Policy Front
New federal policies in 2002, designed with urban Canadian voters in mind, continued to sideswipe Rural Canada
Kyoto Spin Machine Triumphs
“Taken by Storm,” a new book by Christopher Essex, a mathematician, and Ross McKitrick, an economist, exposes how politics overwhelmed the science of climate change behind the Kyoto Accord.