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Canadian wheat and the biofuels lobby

January 23, 2009 by Ryan Slifka

While the world is potentially on the cusp of a new “green revolution”, Canadians should be weary of our government’s supposedly “green” policies.
Bill C-33, an act to amend the 1999 Environmental Protection act to require mandatory 5% biofuel content in diesel, for example, was given royal assent last year. In proposing the bill, the [...]

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Investigation into listeriosis outbreak hits early criticism

January 22, 2009 by Mike Soron

Perhaps you recall the listeriosis outbreak in Canada last year. The outbreak, connected to Maple Leaf Foods, was responsible for twenty deaths and 53 confirmed cases of listeriosis.
Gerry Ritz, some jackass Tory MP for Battlefords-Lloydminster, was reappointed Agriculture Minister by the government despite doing an appallingly irresponsible job managing the crisis. He was quoted [...]

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