4-minute read
Aid caught in the crossfire, but trade works
Foreign aid vs. Free trade.
3-minute read
Les effets pervers
Soaring food prices and the environment.
3-minute read
Le sirop d’érable en otage
The “supply management” model in agriculture.
3-minute read
Assurance stabilisation des revenus agricoles: un programme coûteux
One of the pillars of the present agricultural policy is the farm income stabilization insurance program.
4-minute read
Étouffer la relève
The lack of young manpower in agriculture.
3-minute read
Un débat devenu nécessaire
Publication of a look at the negative consequences of agricultural policies in Quebec and Canada.
1-minute read
Viewpoint on the shortcomings of agricultural policies
During their annual meeting at the beginning of this month, representatives of the Union des producteurs agricoles (UPA) decided to suspend the tourist season for snowmobilers in order to protest the government’s plan to reduce the costs of La Financière agricole. The dispute pertains to the exclusion of the costs of the least competitive farms when calculating the compensation to be paid out to farmers.
3-minute read
Buy local: at what cost?
The buy local concept as expressed in “food miles.”
3-minute read
Les soviets dans nos campagnes
The agricultural lobby and its effects.
3-minute read
Les vignerons embouteillés
Quebec wine makers and the SAQ.