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Ag ministers hear request for regulatory change, more infrastructure development
Canada’s agriculture ministers met today in Winnipeg after postponing their usual July in-person meeting due to wildfires.
Infrastructure plan required post-election
Canada should take advantage of the current trade disruption to chart a diversified growth path
If he were prime minister for a day, Murad Al-Katib would immediately spend $100 billion on trade infrastructure.
Ag productivity hampered by policy: speakers
Panelists warn that if Canada doesn’t find ways to make itself attractive to agri-food businesses, other countries will
Glacier FarmMedia – Agriculture and the agri-food sector can be a powerful tool for Canada both economically and geopolitcally. That’s according to Jack Mintz, economist and president’s fellow at the University of Calgary’s Public Policy Institute. Agriculture is a high-productivity sector with great strategic opportunities on the world stage, he told attendees of the Protein […] Read more
‘Whack-a-mole’ approach carries major ag risks
Prairie agricultural commodities must be able to reach tidewater or there won’t be an industry. It’s as simple as that. That is why a recent presentation by Carlo Dade of the Canada West Foundation is so alarming. The director of the foundation’s Trade and Investment Centre told the CrossRoads Crop Conference in Calgary that Canada […] Read more
The election is over; now Alberta’s real work begins
Rural leaders to press new Alberta government on infrastructure, health care and oil and gas well clean up
Alberta’s United Conservative Party swept rural ridings in the May 29 election — rural ridings that don’t border Calgary or Edmonton. That could raise expectations that rural issues will be addressed by the new government. There is no shortage of those, according to Rural Municipalities of Alberta (RMA) president Paul McLauchlin. He said his organization […] Read more
