Burning Bridges to the Future
Ottawa book-burners hit Lethbridge Research Station (August 25/15) The now systematic burning of scientific libraries by Ottawa over the past three years can no longer be seen as just near-sighted policy. It has to be recognized for what it is: the active sabotage of our publically financed research and development capacity by people who do not value or understand knowledge in the public...
Read MoreHarper Government Trashes Another Federal Science Library
by admin on Aug 21, 2015 in Articles and Letters
From the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada OTTAWA, August 21, 2015 – Canadians hoping the Harper government’s “war on science” is at last ended – or at least put on hold for the period of the federal election campaign – will be saddened to learn of the destruction this week of yet another federal science library, this time at the Agriculture and Agri-Food...
Read MoreCool win a loss for Canadians
(July 20/15) This year’s spring seeding was largely uneventful thanks to very favorable weather which now appears to be sliding into a less favourable drought in parts of the prairies. However the headlines have not stopped nor has the damage from our ham-handed but ideologically pure friends in Ottawa. A pedigreed seed grower tells me that last year’s decision by Agriculture Minister Ritz...
Read MoreCereals Canada resorts to personal attacks
by admin on Feb 10, 2015 in News Release
(Pelly, Sk., February 10, 2015) Kyle Korneychuk, spokesperson for the Canadian Wheat Board Alliance (CWBA), an independent prairie-wide farm group released the following commentary on the personal attack generated by a January CWBA news release titled “Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Raises Concerns:” Last month the CWBA issued a news release pointing out that Cereals Canada was made up...
Read MoreSaskatchewan Agriculture Minister Raises Concerns
by admin on Jan 27, 2015 in News Release
(January 27, 2015) Remarks by The Hon. Lyle Stewart, Saskatchewan Minister of Agriculture to the January 12th Annual General Meeting of the Saskatchewan Wheat Commission raise concerns about conflicts of interest in the agricultural research sector said Kyle Korneychuk, spokesperson for the Canadian Wheat Board Alliance, an independent prairie-wide farm group. “By strongly suggesting the...
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