Early in 2007, the federal Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food held a referendum among barley farmers that asked them to make one of three choices about their preference for the future marketing of the crop. This opinion piece appeared in the ballot package in support of one of those choices.
Rolf Penner
Strahl Axes CWB Boss
Adrian Measner fired, Greg Arason named interim replacement .
Farmers Rally in Support of Canadian Wheat Board
Hundreds of Prairie farmers gathered in Winnipeg on Thursday to protest against Ottawa's plan to end the Canadian Wheat Board's grain marketing monopoly. Holding placards that read "Hands Off Our Wheat Board" and "Multinationals No - Single Desk CWB Yes," farmers such...
Rolf Penner Testifies in Ottawa for Marketing Freedom
The Frontier’s Ag Policy Fellow makes the case for a free Wheat Board, and engages in a heated debate with monopoly advocates.
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The Swedish Response to Covid-19 versus Canada
In a recent New York Times article, David Wallace Wells asked, “How did No-Mandate Sweden End up with such an average pandemic”. Let’s be clear. This admission from the New York Times, who tried to destroy the response to Covid-19, starting in April 2020 and...
Draconian, Anti-Science Measures During the Pandemic Has Led to Loss of Trust in Our Institutions
Candida Auris is a fungus that, unlike most fungi, can survive in a human body. It is capable of spreading within the body, resulting in an agonizing death. For unknown reasons the fungus is spreading at a rather alarming rate. So far, cases have been confined to long...
Cause and Effect
Based on uncertain science, the Province of Manitoba’s new regulations for nutrient loading will impose heavy costs on farmers but may do nothing to solve the problem.
Phosphorus and the Law
We’ve got to fix Lake Winnipeg. But how we do that makes all the difference.
Reforming the Wheat Board Without a Fight
Free-market farmers are saying the Harper government can revoke a harmful monopoly without amending the Wheat Board Act.
Playing Russian Roulette with Trade
It’s unanimous; all parties in Parliament are risking Canada’s whole farm sector by catering to the interests of a small minority.
Growing Hog Opportunities on the Prairies
Further growth in the burgeoning pork industry is hampered by high feed costs, and a simple solution is available.
Don’t Tax Groceries to Save the Farm
Danger lurks when soil scientists enter the unfamiliar territory of economics.
Fixing the Wheat Board’s Democratic Deficit
Elections of directors to the Canadian Wheat Board should exclude farmers who have little stake in the outcome.
Submission to the Canadian Wheat Board Election Review Panel
If we want the Canadian Wheat Board to be an effective economic agent, its governance must better reflect the interests of its largest producers.
The Still Skeptical Environmentalist Questions Our Priorities
Denmark’s Bjørn Lomborg continues his quest for a world that is both “smart” and “green.”