Category Archives: Agriculture (Rural)

(June 18, 2001) Agricultural Subsidies in Canada: 1991-2000, Data Tables
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(June 18, 2001) For every dollar that Canadian farmers earned over the last 10 years, federal and provincial governments supplied an average of $3.76 in agricultural subsidies. Ontario – at $6.60 in subsidies for every $1 in farm profit – is home to the most heavily subsidized farming operations in the country. No province operated a profitable farm economy for the past decade. Continue reading →

(May 11, 2001) Saskatchewan’s rural dilemma. Mr. Solomon’s column points out one of the myriad of problems in Saskatchewan and exemplifies Canada’s lack of understanding of what they are and how to deal with them. Continue reading →

(April 16, 2001) There has been a lot of public discussion lately about farm incomes in Canada and the role of agricultural subsidies. Lawrence Solomon of the Urban Enterprise Institute has been at the forefront of these discussions. His argument is that as a result of exorbitant subsidies, the government is sponsoring the industrialization of agriculture, which threatens the family farm at untold environmental costs. Continue reading →