Opinion: Dairy farmers are fuming over Canada’s concessions in the ‘new NAFTA.’ But the reality is that most Canadian farmers need strong, global trade
Opinion: Those concerned about poverty, inequality or middle class living standards should oppose Canada’s milk tax and take advantage of the opportunity presented by Trump.
Dairy farmers were major players at Trans-Pacific Partnership talks, and their strength comes down to a simple political calculation
A father of five girls, his daughters were ‘kind of his boys, too.’ On the farm, he had no trouble finding work for idle hands.
Bales of hay are the prime goods in a U.S. crime spree
In a pair of blog posts, Brent Rathgeber explains his concerns with some of the tactics used by Idle No More protesters.
Hunters want to import hundreds of wild turkeys to shoot. Farmers aren’t nearly as keen.
The government was fairly adamant yesterday that it would defend supply management. Steven Chase imagines how they might reduce tariffs without abandoning the system entirely. Stephen Gordon considers how difficult it would be to scrap it.
Once seemingly kept out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership as a result of its support for supply management, the Harper government is now ready to enter into negotiations.
Barrie McKenna explores the government’s attempt to support both the free market (when it comes to the Canadian Wheat Board) and supply management (when it comes to dairy farmers).
A majority of voters in a plebiscite have voted to maintain the Canadian Wheat Board’s monopsony.
Fast food restaurants are getting the farmers that grow their food to sell it too