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Protecting Canada’s world-class grain system
Well-functioning regulatory systems tend to be invisible, until tragedy occurs. It is only after someone dies from drinking contaminated water or eating tainted food, a…
New Bill threatens Canada’s grain safety and quality: study
OTTAWA—A controversial bill to change Canada’s grain regulatory system threatens Canada’s grain safety and quality, says a study released today by the Canadian Centre for…
Récolte menacée
Protéger le système des grains de calibre mondial du Canada Download 1.91 MB94 pages
End subsidies to biofuel industry, think tank urges
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Canada’s federal and provincial governments should end their subsidies to the biofuel industry, says a new report by…
Feed People First
How biofuels are contributing to global food shortages and price increases Download 212.25 KB10 pages
“Unfree” Farm Labour in British Columbia?
The sudden firing and repatriation of 14 Mexican agricultural workers from an Abbotsford greenhouse earlier this month once again highlights the exploitive nature of Canada’s…
BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Fall 2008, Volume 11, Number 3 Download 428.38 KB8 pages Inside this issue: Harvest of Shame: Cultivating Farmworker Rights Living on Welfare Denying Income Inequality…
July 2008: Harper Gov’t Goes Against the Grain
Everyone has a stake in saving the Canadian Wheat Board The Canadian Wheat Board is fighting for its life. Ever since 1935, when a rather…
Harvest of Shame
Especially in the spring and summer, British Columbians enjoy fruits and vegetables grown in the Fraser Valley. But consumers may know little about the people…
Cultivating Farmworker Rights
Ending the Exploitation of Immigrant and Migrant Farmworkers in BC Download 1.03 MB77 pages Attachments Cultivating Farmworker Rights: Ending the Exploitation of Immigrant and Migrant…
Farmworkers relegated to second-class status: study
Proposed changes would end exploitation of BC’s immigrant and migrant farmworkers CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) A new study of farm work…
Saskatchewan Notes: Biofuels
Bonanza or Boondoggle for Saskatchewan? Download 318.6 KB4 pages
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