A Senate committee amendment to supply management protection bill Bill C-282 means it will be vulnerable to an opposition filibuster if it makes it back to the House of Commons.
Senate amendment to Bill C-282 could render it useless
Senate won’t fast-track supply management bill
Bloc Quebecois makes bill’s immediate passage a condition of preventing an early election, but senators will not budge
The Senate committee on foreign affairs and international trade appears to be staying the course on Bill C-282, despite pressure to move it along quicker.
Dairy dumps on waste report
Critics say a study claiming Canadian dairy producers waste billions of litres of milk each year is based on incorrect assumptions.
Report finds 6.8 billion litres of milk discarded since 2012
Study says milk dumping should be illegal and calls for more transparency on how much surplus is produced and wasted
A study published in Ecological Economics said 6.8 billion litres of Canadian milk has been discarded since 2012.
Supply management bill moves slowly through Senate
A private member’s bill that aims to take supply management off the trade table is at the centre of attention in Ottawa
Clause-by-clause consideration of Bill C-282 in the Senate is not expected until November, after the Bloc Quebecois deadline for triggering a federal election.
Land values continue to rise: FCC
Glacier FarmMedia—Farm Credit Canada’s mid-year review shows cultivated farmland values rose an average of 5.5 per cent in the first half of this year. From July 2023 to June 2024 the increase was 9.6 per cent. J.P. Gervais, the federal crown corporation’s chief economist ,said values are increasing at a slower rate but described the […] Read more
Land values continue to rise: FCC
Farm Credit Canada’s mid-year review shows cultivated farmland values rose an average of 5.5 per cent in the first half of this year.
Senators told biosecurity bill C-275 is really about trespassing
Witnesses at last week's Senate agriculture committee meetings said a bill purporting to be about biosecurity is not about biosecurity at all.
Saskatchewan pilot hunting program to help with wildlife damage
Landowners in five rural Sask. areas will have access to more licences
A new pilot program in five Saskatchewan rural municipalities is launching to help landowners deal with excessive wildlife damage. The Big Game Management Extended Hunt will occur Nov. 1-10 in the RMs of Livingstone, Hazel Dell, Kelvington, Bjorkdale and Leask.
NWT closes Unity elevator for foreseeable future
North West Terminal Ltd. in Unity, Saskatchewan, has idled its grain elevator after several years of losses.
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