April Fool’s Day Carbon Tax increase is fooling no one
The Western Canadian Wheat Growers call upon the federal government to eliminate the carbon tax on agriculture by recognizing the...
Justin Trudeau Gets Crushed Online After Suggesting Canadians Turn Off Lights, TV For ‘Earth Hour’ Amid Coronavirus Quarantine
“The Canadian economy is facing a serious challenge. Adding a 50 per cent increase in the carbon tax is a...
Federal Carbon Tax implementation must be cancelled
With the April 1 implementation deadline looming, the Western Canadian Wheat Growers are calling for the federal government to eliminate...
North America farm suppliers race COVID-19 spread for planting season
Farmers are worried about losing access to supplies and to commercial elevators that buy their stored grain, said Gunter Jochum,...
Canada’s Agriculture Sector Needs Temporary Foreign Workers
The Western Canadian Wheat Growers call for an adjustment in the newly invoked travel restrictions that were put in place this week....
Wheat growers ask for carbon tax increase to be cancelled
“The carbon tax is an ineffective policy in our opinion and should be scrapped all together but, with the recent...
Wheat Growers Call On Ottawa To Drop The Carbon Tax Increase
Daryl Fransoo says the Federal Government is looking at increasing the carbon tax from $20 to $30 a tonne noting...
Jobs still available on farms, industry groups say
Western Canadian Wheat Growers executive director Dave Quist said food security is of the “upmost importance” in the current COVID-19-induced...
Farmers say time running out for foreign workers in limbo as confusion reigns over coronavirus travel
Kenton Possberg, a grain farmer in Saskatchewan and director of the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association, said wheat and oilseed...
Temporary foreign workers exempt from Canada’s travel ban
Farms’ TFW needs include over 1,400 “specifically for oilseed and grain farming,” the Western Canadian Wheat Growers said in a...