Manitoba’s Finance Minister, Greg Selinger, deserves a hearty pat on the back for the innovative “Ecological Tax Credit” program announced recently in the provincial budget.
Value Added Builds Rural Communities
As the farm belt struggles to make a living, many are turning to alternative crops and processing. This trend should be encouraged.
Killing the land with farm subsidies
As spring snow fell outside her office in Saskatoon, Nettie Wiebe, a farmer, professor and long-time political activist, was musing about an agricultural apocalypse.
Creating a New Rural Renaissance
Recent writings about desperation in rural Manitoba made me want to cry or, alternately, ask my neighbours, “Will the last one to leave turn out the lights?” The bleak picture portrayed has some truth but other futures are possible. Here’s …
Hog Subsidies vs Comparative Advantage
The spectacular growth in Manitoba’s hog industry is the result of natural economic advantages, allowed to demonstrate themselves when the government gets out of the way.
Frankenfood Debate Hurts The Poor
Antagonism towards genetically modified foods is a misplaced product of urban coffee houses.
Real Farm Aid
Instead of treating farmers as charity cases, we should change many of the rules that stand in the way of more wealth creation.
Bottom-Up Change At The Australian Wheat Board
Changes to the Canadian Wheat Board Act contained in Bill C-72 died on the order paper when an election was called.