A moratorium on the licensing of new hog barns is only the worst in a string of poor decisions.
Rolf Penner
Show Me the Money
Cross-border sampling results agree with most of the studies that have been done. Farmers just south of the border get paid more for identical wheat and barley crops. The Wheat Board’s so-called price advantage is a chimera.
Airing Out the Wet Blanket
The outdated monopoly power of the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) sits like a wet blanket over the entire Prairie economy. From plant breeders through to the farm gate and on to our rural communities, into our cities and right to our ports, the dampening effect is widespread, pervasive and tangible.
Witnesses Question Voters List Changes
Everyone involved in the CWB dispute seems to have an opinion. Here are some sides of the debate.
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How to Turn Free Citizens Into Compliant Serfs
Free citizens have minds of their own and want to pursue their lives as they see fit. This is inconvenient for the elites, who wish to be in charge of everyone’s lives so that they can show their superiority and gain benefit for themselves and their friends. So the...
Demographia International Housing Affordability – 2023 Edition Released
Demographia International Housing Affordability rates middle-income housing affordability in 94 major housing markets in eight nations: Australia, Canada, China, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States. This edition covers the third...
Québec’s Margarine Madness
La Belle Province defies a sensible trade ruling and continues its long history of forbidding coloured margarine.
To Spray or Not To Spray
Malathion is a safe response to the West Nile virus. It presents no threat to man or beast.
Mosquito Control With Malathion: Are There Public Health Consequences?
The spraying of malathion to control mosquitoes is a safe, effective means of preventing the spread of disease.
Cattle Ruling a Victory for Free Trade
The end of the “mad cow” crisis adds to a string of recent trade victories in agriculture.
Canadian Farmers’ British Friend
The Canadian farm belt owes more to Britain's Prime Minister than our own. Indeed, Tony Blair may become the best friend that farmers on this side of the Atlantic have had in generations. As President of the European Union for the next six months, Blair is pushing...
Sound the Alarm
Canada should fight against the imposition of stifling new regulations on bioprospecting.
Lost PMU Farms – Victims of Junk Science
Based on a dishonest use of numbers, a lot of women who could be helped by estrogen therapy are refusing it, and the industry is contracting.
Farmer Abuse
The Wheat Board has a lot of nerve when it takes European trips at farmers’ expense in order to harm their interests.
Hog Rulings Show Free Trade Works
If the borders are truly open, Canada’s economy will win.