Harper Government Trashes Another Federal Science Library

by 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...

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Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Raises Concerns

by 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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Farmers support public plant breeding

by on Dec 18, 2013 in Blog

(December 18, 2013) Anyone who supports farm-saved seed and public plant breeding should be pleased by the results of the elections for the Saskatchewan Wheat and Barley Commissions.  These commissions will allocate millions of dollars of farmers’ money into wheat and barley research now that the Federal Government has trashed most of its facilities and fired the scientists who did the...

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