Ag dwarfs oil
(April 19, 2018) It was Friday the 13th and on CBC Calgary’s Eye-Opener its business commentator reported that Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil company had a net income of US $33.8 billion in the first six months of the year on a cash flow of US $52 billion. It sounded like he was about to go into rapture right on the air. But hey, the show was coming from Calgary, Alberta where...
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CWBA presentation to rural Alberta NDP (April 23, 2017) A few weeks ago I was invited to the annual general meeting of the Alberta NDP Party’s Rural Caucus to give a 20 minute presentation on issues facing agriculture which you can read here. The meeting was held in Camrose, Alberta, in the heart of some of the most productive farm land in Alberta. The audience for this meeting consisted of...
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