Insights and Stories on Housing

Feds plan to ease Underused Housing Tax reporting load

Nov. 24, 2023 at 1:01 pm CST

Federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s latest Fall Economic Statement offers to take some of the reporting burden off certain farmers and other Canadians when filing for exemptions from the national Underused Housing Tax (UHT). The federal finance department on Nov. 16 posted its legislative and regulatory proposals for changes to […]

Underused housing tax undue burden on farmers, ag groups say

Aug. 30, 2023 at 4:21 pm CDT

By Geralyn Wichers

U.S. Supreme Court upholds California’s pig confinement law

May. 11, 2023 at 12:37 pm CDT

By Andrew Chung Nate Raymond

Continuous tie-stall housing to be phased out in new dairy code of practice

Mar. 31, 2023 at 7:32 pm CDT

By Geralyn Wichers

JBS to help fund home purchases for Brooks staff

Mar. 3, 2022 at 6:55 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

TFW program to be overhauled after COVID-19 outbreaks on farms

Jun. 19, 2020 at 2:43 pm CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canada is overhauling its temporary foreign worker program, a government spokeswoman said on Friday, after coronavirus outbreaks on Ontario farms sickened hundreds and led Mexico to demand assurances of proper safeguards. As part of the review, surprise inspections of working and living conditions on farms will […]

By Rod Nickel

Maple Leaf lands ‘sustainability-linked’ credit

Dec. 13, 2019 at 5:03 am CST

Canadian food processor Maple Leaf Foods is taking its recently-established sustainability cred to the bank. The Toronto food firm announced Wednesday it’s the first Canadian company to secure “sustainability-linked terms” for its credit facilities. Specifically, the company has picked up an unsecured committed revolving line of credit and two unsecured […]

By GFM Staff

Farming insects may solve one problem, create others

Jan. 14, 2019 at 5:18 pm CST

Rome | Thomson Reuters Foundation — Insects have great potential as an alternative source of protein, but further research is urgently needed before mass production begins in order to avoid environmental disaster, Swedish researchers warned Monday. There is currently an “overwhelming lack of knowledge” on basic questions such as suitable […]

By Thin Lei Win

Ottawa tightens rules on housing foreign farm workers

Jan. 12, 2018 at 6:04 pm CST

Housing meant for temporary foreign workers employed on a Canadian farm will now have to pass regular inspection before the farm can hire its workers. One of the requirements for farms hiring temporary foreign workers (TFWs) is that the farm provide workers with “adequate, suitable and affordable housing as defined […]

By Staff