Yorkton MP Seeks Answers From Vanclief on Farm Crisis
An open letter to Hon. Lyle Vanclief, Minister of Agriculture, argues that the farm economy is in crisis with grain and oilseed prices depressed due to foreign subsidies. It warns this could be the worst year for farmers in decades as input costs rise.
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Lyle Vanclief
Agriculture
United States
Europe
Farmers Plea for Aid as Costs Rise and Programs Fail
A letter to the government voices alarm over rising fertilizer costs from 215 to 240 per tonne since spring and ongoing energy price increases. It urges tax relief on farm inputs, decries farm fuel taxes totaling 100 million yearly, and labels user fees as 137 million burdens. The author condemns the AIDA program for slow processing and limited help, notes 22,000 prairie farmers lost last year, and asks for urgent relief and clearer farming plans.
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Canada
Auditor General of Canada
AIDA
Statistics Canada
Prairies
Health care questions to grill candidates in Canada
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation offers voters a set of focused health care questions for MPs and challengers. It highlights the Canada Health Act five principles Universality Portability Accessibility Comprehensiveness and Public Administration and urges scrutiny of public private splits in spending about 86 billion dollars in 1999. It also calls for debates on cost drivers like aging demographics technology and pharmaceuticals and stresses accountability and inter generational sustainability.
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Jason Kenney
Kenney
Jean Chrétien
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PC Party
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NDP
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Canadian Taxpayers Federation