The Ontario government has agreed to pause its proposed planning statement and Bill 97 pending further discussions. The announcement was made May 30 in a joint release by 14 Ontario […] Read more
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Province halts lot severance policy after industry input
Extended consultation period will allow for further input on housing plans
Opinion: What happens when the grain deal fails?
Economic and political unrest abroad will affect Canadians
Russia is using food as a weapon of war, one designed to compel Ukraine and its allies to cave to Russian demands for the open export of its own grain […] Read more
Fight to keep climate-friendly farming funds
Biden administration will have to defend funds in Farm Bill discussions
Reuters – The Biden administration will defend funding for climate-smart farming in the $430 billion U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) if Republican lawmakers seek to cut it during negotiations for […] Read more
How will municipalities handle housing?
Confusion reigns as province pushes flurry of development policy changes
The Ontario government has made a series of policies over the past year that will alter the trajectory of development. By opening the Greenbelt and other farmland, reclassifying wetlands, reducing […] Read more
Editorial: A big carrot in one hand, nothing in the other
It’s rarely a great idea to compare yourself to someone else. You can end up dissatisfied with something about yourself or about what they have and you don’t. Psychologists have […] Read more
Opinion: Keep political bitterness out of Canadian food
Examination of food price inflation offers opportunity for government to explain the components of food pricing
Glacier Farmmedia – Some things are more apparent than real. If the price of food jumps by 15 or 20 per cent due to rising global inflation, it is assumed […] Read more
U.S. rules could make Canada’s renewable fuels uncompetitive
One project already pulled because of U.S. economic legislation
Glacier Farmmedia – Canada’s biodiesel and renewable diesel sectors will be obliterated by a new subsidy program in the United States unless the Canadian government responds in kind, say two […] Read more
Editorial: U.S. looks to revive COOL
Should we be able to judge a food by its ‘cover’? Regulatory agencies and policy makers think so. The ‘cover’ in this case is not the company branding on the […] Read more
Trudeau assures farmers fertilizer emissions target is voluntary
All leaders of major parties addressed farmers at the Canadian Federation of Agriculture annual meeting for the first time in memory
Glacier FarmMedia – Prime minister Justin Trudeau reiterated at the recent Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) annual meeting that the fertilizer emissions reduction target proposed by his government is voluntary. […] Read more
As globalization fades new strategies needed
Don’t expect a return to normal geopolitical conditions — at least not if you think the past several decades were normal. That was Janice Gross Stein’s message March 8, in […] Read more
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