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How to save the farm: More immigration, less suburbanization
(February 8, 2000) Just as we direct immigration away from Canada and Canadian farms, we play God by replacing our best farmland with suburban sprawl. Continue reading
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We are lumberjacks and we’re OK
(February 2, 2000) Well, actually, we’re not. Lumberjacks, that is. Many fewer of us make a living at lumberjacking, or, more generally, in the forestry industry, than in the 1970s, when Monty Python penned “I’m a Lumberjack and I’m OK,” that timeless tribute to the Canadian character. Over a longer haul, the industry’s decline is dramatic: In 1947, forestry accounted for 3.9% of total labour income, last year just 0.6%, the same as its share of employment. As a share of exports, forestry products are down from 16.7% in 1971 to 10.9% in 1998. Continue reading
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Miners doubt the wisdom of Solomon
(January 31, 2000) Lawrence Solomon responds to a letter to the editor from Gordon Peeling, president and CEO, The Mining Association of Canada regarding his article on mining subsidies Financial Post, Jan. 31, 2000 Continue reading
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The ‘poor farmer’ an urban myth
(January 25, 2000) High net worth puts farmers ahead of average Canadians
Higher, higher, higher! The net worth of a Canadian farm — what the farm’s worth after all the debts are paid — keeps climbing and climbing, from $550,000 in 1993 to $620,000 in 1995 to $650,000 in 1997, the last year for which Agriculture Canada has data. Potato farms top the scale, averaging almost $1.2-million. Poultry farms also have net worths of more than $1-million, and dairy farms, at an average of $960,000, come close behind. Continue reading
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They get the gold, we get the shaft: Responses
(January 24, 2000) Get rich quick . . . without making money. The Northern Miner, Jan. 24-30, 2000. The mining industry has been a whipping boy for environmentalists and anti-mining organizations for the past decade, but a recent column titled “They get the gold, we get the shaft,” in the National Post, takes the exercise to a mean-spirited extreme. Continue reading
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