C.d. Pike

About two weeks before the provincial election, I heard on CBC radio of a study done at the University of Regina which gave (in part) the following information. Ten percent of Saskatchewanians use a food bank. These are mostly working people, with children, who might find that they have a hard time between paying the […] Read more

As soon as I heard the Conservatives under (Stephen) Harper had a majority government, sort of, I said, “there goes the (Canadian) Wheat Board.” Was his first announcement about the environment and climate change? Was it about affordable housing? No, it was about the destruction of the wheat board. Astonishing. It was just what a […] Read more

The Feb. 3 issue ofThe Western Producerhad a front-page article titled “Land a wise choice for investors, farmers”. It’s the kind of headline which makes me start muttering to myself. The article starts out more or less stating that farmers can expect to live poor and die rich having sold their land … It was […] Read more