Category Archives: Agriculture (Rural)

(June 13, 2002) Agricultural Subsidies in Canada: 1992-2001, Data Tables Continue reading →

(June 13, 2002) Agricultural Subsidies in Canada: 1992-2001 Data Summary Tables Continue reading →

(June 13, 2002) In 2001, according to Statistics Canada, total net farm income rose 31.8% to $3.7 billion. Farmers’ earnings, however, were exceeded by direct subsidies. In addition to direct subsidies, Canada provides indirect subsidies to the agriculture sector. Over 10 years, the federal and provincial governments supplied approximately $3.53 in agricultural subsidies for every dollar earned by a Canadian farmer. No province operated a profitable farm economy over the past decade. Continue reading →

(October 9, 2001) The war has begun and the profiteers are at work, parlaying the tragedy of Sept. 11 into lucre for their pocketbooks. The penny-ante profiteers, like the gas station operators that preyed on public fears and jacked up pump prices to US$5 a gallon, have already been shamed into repaying their ill-gotten gains. Continue reading →

(September 11, 2001) One hundred years ago and more, lured by free lands and wild-eyed visions of prosperity, pioneers were duped into settling the Prairies. Many quit as soon as they realized their mistake, never to return. The rest, through their offspring, got their revenge. Continue reading →