The study, Agricultural Subsidies in Canada:1990-1999 by Lawrence Solomon and Jessica Zippin, was released June 22, 2000.

But researchers Al Mussell and Brent Ross say it's closer to 64 per cent, in an April 16, 2001 study entitled To Tell the Truth on Farm Subsidies from the George Morris Centre.  Full story »

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Scheme to empower poor women doesn't stand up to scrutiny

We've all read heartwarming stories like this one, set in Madi, Kyrgyzstan and reported in Sunday's New York Times:  Full story »

It's NAFTA's 10th anniversary and what a great decade for the environment it's been. Sulphur dioxide emissions are down, ground level ozone levels are down, inhalable airborne particle levels are down and energy efficiency is up. Our air is clearer, our water is cleaner and, as a by-product, we're healthier, too.  Full story »

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Subsidies support an industry that is a major polluter

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High net worth puts farmers ahead of average Canadians

Higher, higher, higher! The net worth of a Canadian farm -- what the farm's worth after all the debts are paid -- keeps climbing and climbing, from $550,000 in 1993 to $620,000 in 1995 to $650,000 in 1997, the last year for which Agriculture Canada has data. Potato farms top the scale, averaging almost $1.2-million. Poultry farms also have net worths of more than $1-million, and dairy farms, at an average of $960,000, come close behind.  Full story »

Non-farmers -- rural residents and city folk alike --are ignorant, or so leading farm groups believe.  Full story »