National Issues
17Aug’21
Submission to Health Canada on Potential Environmental Risk Related to Squash Bee Exposure to Neonicotinoids (PSRD2021-02)
Neonicotinoid Cucurbit uses (Crop group 9: cucumber, melon, squash) At time of special review initiation in 2014(REV2014-06) Changes to registration based on mitigation for cucurbit uses following pollinator re-evaluation decisions(RVD2019-04; RVD2019-05; RVD2019-06) […]
18Mar’20
Trade injury letter to Minister Hardeman – NFU-O & CFFO
February 21, 2020 Dear Minister Hardeman, As Ontario farmers prepare their cropping, livestock and business plans for the 2020 farming season, the obvious lessons of weather and disease challenges in […]
03Oct’19
Farming as Collateral Damage in the Age of Trade Wars
Current trade tensions between China and the United States continue unabated while the trading world watches anxiously. The US. will pay its farmers $16 billion USD for the hurt of […]
22Aug’19
Submission re Federal, Provincial and Territorial Ministers of Agriculture Meeting
July 5 2019 Canada’s Food Policy Concerns – Focus on developing domestic markets and localized distribution systems with direct, fair, and transparent distribution chains; – Provide incentives and support […]
15Jun’18
Milk Busting Myths and Slaying Demons
Canada’s supply management system has come under fire recently after the US President’s visit for the G7 summit. While there are five supply managed commodities, milk has faced the most […]
21Dec’17
Op Ed: Looking a gift card in the mouth: what Loblaw’s price-fixing is signaling about the future for Canadian farmers
According to the news, Canadians can look forward to a $25 Loblaw’s gift card in response to George Weston Ltd. and Loblaw Companies Ltd.’s admissions to participating in an industry-wide […]
24Nov’16
NFU-O Celebrates Protection of Central Experimental Farm
(Guelph, ON) The National Farmers Union – Ontario (NFU-O) congratulates the National Capital Commission (NCC) on its guidance of an open and democratic site selection process for the new Civic […]
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18Oct’17
Op Ed: Listening to farmers is moving in the right direction
Earlier this week, Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced some modifications to his proposed changes to the Income Tax Act. The announced measures are a step in the right direction, and […]
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