Speaking Out on Budget Critique and Government Spending
A reader laments the federal budget as harming business and farmers, notes healthcare gaps in isolated areas, and argues for private care and medical savings. They accuse Ottawa of wasteful projects, slow reforms, and restrictive policies hindering private initiative.
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NHE
NDP
Manitoba
Wheat Board
Martin
Canada
Paul Martin
Quebec
St. Jean Baptiste
Anne of Green Gable
Canada grain transport rates under CTA debate lingers
The article discusses Canada's looming decision on whether to retain or remove legislated grain freight rates and the rate cap under the Canada Transportation Act. It notes historic shifts from Crow Rate to WGTA to CTA, the prairie farmer view of being sold out, and scholar Dr. Graham Parsons' critique of cross subsidies and inefficiencies that raise costs and reduce productivity.
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Government of Canada
Willard Estey
Canada Transportation Act
CTA
Otto Lang
Graham Parsons
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Ken Waddell
Prairie Centre