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D.C. Fraser is Glacier FarmMedia’s Ottawa-based reporter. Growing up mostly in Alberta, Fraser also lived in Saskatchewan for ten years where he covered politics, including a stint teaching at the University of Regina’s School of Journalism. He is an avid fan of the outdoors and a pretty good beer league hockey player. His passion for agriculture and agri-food policy comes naturally: Six consecutive generations of his family have worked in the industry.


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Federal budget plays to mixed reviews from ag groups

Funding for green initiatives, carbon pricing rebate plan hailed

By D.C. Fraser April 24, 2021
The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) says it is “pleased” the 2021 federal budget included some of the recommendations it had made. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s first budget, released April […] Read more

The federal government is willing to unlock $45 million to increase compensation rates to farmers, so long as the provinces agree to collectively contribute $30 million.
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Opinion: The feds came with cash for AgriStability, but Prairie provinces are holdouts

By D.C. Fraser April 21, 2021
Provinces expressing disappointment with the federal government for not putting its share of AgriStability funding on the table are being disingenuous and failing to take their share of responsibility for […] Read more


Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland arrives to a news conference prior to delivering the budget in the House of Commons in Ottawa on April 19, 2021. (Photo: Reuters/Blair Gable)
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Federal budget to offer direct payments to farmers for carbon pricing

Other new 'green growth' funding also on deck

By D.C. Fraser April 19, 2021
The federal government’s 2021 budget offers up new spending to support farmers combatting climate change through targeted investments — and, in some cases, direct payments. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland released […] Read more

Conservative Party leader Erin O’Toole speaks at Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Nov. 19, 2020. (File photo: Reuters/Blair Gable)
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Conservatives’ new climate plan puts price on carbon

New poll ranks carbon tax costs highest among farmers' springtime concerns

By D.C. Fraser April 17, 2021
Canada’s ag sector is expected to serve as a carbon sink, a renewable fuel source and a beneficiary in the federal Conservative Party’s new climate change plan — which now […] Read more

Federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland appears at a news conference in Ottawa on Sept. 24, 2020. (Photo: Reuters/Blair Gable)
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Agriculture, agrifood wish lists pile up ahead of long-delayed budget

Freeland's budget due out Monday afternoon

By D.C. Fraser April 17, 2021
Agriculture and agrifood sector stakeholders will learn Monday which of their requests make their way out of the pile and into a long-awaited federal budget. Federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s […] Read more


While Agriculture Day is meant to celebrate and promote agriculture, it also needs to pay attention to issues that matter to people outside its industry.
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Comment: Escaping the echo chamber on Agriculture Day

By D.C. Fraser March 24, 2021
If the point of Agriculture Day is meant to celebrate and promote agriculture, it sort of succeeded on the first and failed on the second.  Celebrations were done mostly inside […] Read more

Opinion: Keep an eye on Budget ‘21
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Opinion: Keep an eye on Budget ‘21

By D.C. Fraser March 9, 2021
The federal government’s next budget could have a significant impact on the future of Canadian agriculture.  It’s worth paying attention to. Canadians didn’t get a 2020 budget: it was an […] Read more

Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, with Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna (l) and Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault (r), speaks at the Dominion Arboretum in Ottawa on Dec. 11, 2020. (Photo: Reuters/Blair Gable)
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No credit expected for farmers’ past work in new carbon market

Work on protocols for specific projects to begin this spring, department says

By D.C. Fraser March 6, 2021
Draft regulations for Canada’s new carbon market show Canadian farmers won’t receive credit for removing any greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from the atmosphere prior to 2017. Federal Environment Minister Jonathan […] Read more


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Tim Hortons maintains Canada egg program

By D.C. Fraser March 1, 2021
Tim Hortons has extended its commitment to the Egg Quality Assurance certification program from Egg Farmers of Canada.  “We know Canadians value quality ingredients produced right here in Canada, and […] Read more

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Beef cattle sector weighs in for federal food processing study

Cattlemen's Association makes recommendations to Commons' ag committee

By D.C. Fraser February 28, 2021
The House of Commons’ standing committee on agriculture will soon be wrapping up its study into Canada’s processing capacity. Since November, MPs have heard from more than 50 witnesses on […] Read more

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