Insights and Stories on Election

Cannabis industry readies for M+A after COVID-19 boosts weed demand

Aug. 11, 2020 at 6:43 pm CDT

Reuters — After nearly a year of next-to-no dealmaking, cannabis companies are gearing up for mergers and acquisitions (M+A) as realistic stock valuations and the prospect of U.S. legalization attract buyers to a sector that has been decimated by oversupply and other issues, executives and investors say. Profitable cannabis companies […]

Industry reacts to divided vote, minority government

Oct. 22, 2019 at 8:11 pm CDT

By D.C. Fraser

Voters return Canada’s agriculture minister, ag critics

Oct. 22, 2019 at 3:32 am CDT

By GFM Staff

Liberals pledge revamp of federal farm lender

Oct. 7, 2019 at 2:50 am CDT

By GFM Staff

Ag extension staffer named Manitoba NDP ag critic

Sep. 27, 2019 at 7:44 pm CDT

By GFM Staff

Election 2019: Ag groups want the parties to pay attention

Sep. 18, 2019 at 8:07 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Two major national farm organizations want the political parties to pay more attention to agriculture as the federal election continues. However, the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) and the National Farmers Union (NFU) have somewhat different takes as to what they see as paramount. “It’s really important that […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Food, farming not expected to be big election issues

Sep. 17, 2019 at 9:10 pm CDT

Canadians don’t think that food and agriculture will be a significant issue in the current federal election. A survey conducted Sept. 9 and released Tuesday by Angus Reid Global with the support of Dalhousie University’s Agri-Food Analytics Lab shows 31 per cent of Canadians believe food and agriculture will be […]

By John Greig

Ag minister returned, ag critic downed in Manitoba vote

Sep. 11, 2019 at 1:15 am CDT

Manitoba’s Progressive Conservatives easily kept their agriculture minister while hanging onto a marginally slimmer majority government in Tuesday’s provincial election. Ralph Eichler, the Tories’ ag minister since 2016 and the MLA for the Interlake-area constituency of Lakeside since 2003, defeated New Democrat challenger Dan Rugg of Elie on Tuesday night […]

By GFM Staff

Manitoba Tories pledge to pump up biofuel content

Aug. 27, 2019 at 6:02 pm CDT

Manitoba’s incumbent Progressive Conservatives have pledged to boost provincial mandates for biofuel content in gasoline and diesel two weeks ahead of a provincial election. The Tories, whom recent polls favour for re-election on Sept. 10, included the pledge Tuesday in a campaign announcement specifically aimed at the province’s farmers. The […]

By GFM Staff

Supply-managed sector compensation details due before election

Jul. 22, 2019 at 5:50 am CDT

Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau has pledged to lay out details on trade pact compensation for supply-managed sectors before the federal election in October. The pledge comes as the federal Liberals face pressure from supply-managed sectors and the federal opposition Conservatives to deliver on compensation for access granted to the […]

By GFM Staff

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