The good news is that no amount of subsidies can disguise the fact ethanol is the wrong fuel at the wrong time. There may be good biofuels; corn-based ethanol is not one of them. Some clean fuels and technologies are worthy of taxpayer funding, but not the one that raises food prices and has no proven environmental advantage.
Agriculture
Governments Sleepwalking Into Water Crisis
Governments, if they are not careful, are allowing communities to sleep walk towards a water supply crisis. Governments are not dealing with long term supply needs and are potentially jeopardizing the future economic prospects of rural communities.
Parties United Against The Free Market
The only answer I can come up with is this: Most voters have no idea how supply management works. They don’t realize they’re paying more for their weekly groceries because of it. Big Farm, though, knows all about it.
Free Trade In Food? Not Until The Milking’s Done
Freer trade in agricultural goods would be a $3-billion annual boon to Canadian farmers, from grain growers to hog producers, not to mention offer a few developing countries a way out of destitution. But for the Canadian cow owners, the latest WTO proposals aren’t worth mulch.
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Time to Stop Lockdowns, Vaccine Mandates and Crushing Our Charter of Rights
If one was to discuss the state of the world’s democracies in September of 2019, it would look entirely different than it does today in 2022. Three years ago, Canadians generally thought that: our democracy was relatively strong and citizens would defend their...
Propaganda Rules the World
One of the greatest books that explain how the world works is Propaganda by Edward Bernays. The man dubbed “the father of public relations” applied the psychological ideas of his uncle Sigmund Freud upon the masses, triggering their basic motivations to the benefit of...
Should Canada Ban Trans Fats?
A ban on trans fats is premature. The relative risk numbers for trans fats from a number of studies are too low to cause alarm. The ban will make food more expensive and open Canada to trade retaliation. A better recourse is to encourage a healthy lifestyle and a balanced diet.
Good Riddance 2004
The year 2004 was very challenging for the farm sector.
Pork Barrel Protectionism
The new hog duties are protectionist, pure and simple.
Food Phobia Down Under
Misinformation about genetically-modified foods (GMs) has created a climate of global climate of fear.
Government Bull
Tired of a weak federal response to the cattle boycott, cattlemen launch a trade complaint under NAFTA.
Crushing Britain’s Rural Minority
The Labour Government in the United Kingdom is banning the fox hunt. There are implications for broader policy.
Dollars and Scents
If large hog-growing operations are so bad, why are neighbouring property values on the rise?
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?
WTO Changes Coming For Canadian Agriculture
Free trade in agricultural commodities is an important goal, but it can’t be reached without substantive changes in spply management.