Ottawa tone deaf to issues facing farmers
SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS: This is what happens when a government is driven by urban politics
Tag: Agriculture
Ottawa should stop stoking food insecurity
ROBIN SPEER and GUNTER JOCHUM: Ottawa’s taxes and regulations are driving up costs for farmers and the families that buy the food they produce
A Farmers’ Convoy could prove fatal for Trudeau
JOSEPH QUESNEL: If 200,000 truckers scared him into introducing the Emergencies Act, what will he do when 650,000 angry farmers descend on Ottawa?
Our agri-food world is about to get a whole lot smaller
SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS: Exporting food products no longer be the best option. The focus now is on finding the most economically sustainable method to supply a market
What’s really behind higher milk prices
SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS: The Canadian Dairy Commission is morally and ethically compromised. It needs to distance itself from the dairy sector immediately
How to tackle climate change and boost our agri-food sector
ROSLYN KUNIN: There’s a way to reduce fertilizer use and make all agricultural production much more environmentally friendly: controlled environment agriculture
Farming is losing to misguided urban politics
SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS: Interest groups are weaponizing science to support a narrative that fits their biased view of what farmers should and shouldn’t do
A looming chickpea shortage is on the way
SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS: Chickpeas are nutritional powerhouses for consumers who don’t necessarily opt for animal proteins or can’t afford them
When is the right time to mow hay fields to protect birds?
NATURE: Knowing something about the birds, how they behave and where they like to nest can allow nesting and mowing to coexist
Extremist views make for bad food policies
SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS: Unfortunately, the extremists are taking over
Canadians desperately need help to combat food inflation
SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS: The Trudeau government needs to think through some of its ill-timed policies that will make food even more expensive
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