Post Date - June 23rd 2008 10:06 pm | 9 days 9 hours ago
The executive director of Oxfam Canada, Robert Fox, supports the UN motion to halt all government subsidies for biofuels. “If we can find $2.2 billion to subsidize ethanol production, we should be able to find more money to address world hunger,” he s
Post Date - June 20th 2008 10:06 pm | 12 days 9 hours ago
The five lobbyists were: Robin Speer, Phil Von Finckenstein, Ken Boessenkool, Kory Teneycke, and Gord Quaiatini, all executives with the RFA and current and former members of the Reform Party, Alliance Party, or the current Ministry of Agriculture.
Post Date - June 17th 2008 02:06 pm | 15 days 17 hours ago
According to the second annual Saint Index Canada 2008 survey, 53% of Canadian oppose the development of a local ethanol plant, compared with 45% in 2007.
Post Date - June 17th 2008 01:06 pm | 15 days 18 hours ago
In Ontario (a net importer of U.S. corn), the combined provincial and federal subsidies last year were about 16.7 cents per litre of ethanol produced. This whopping incentive effectively creates a $64 per tonne subsidy for corporations to import U.S. corn
Post Date - June 7th 2008 11:06 pm | 25 days 9 hours ago
Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz was launching into his keynote address to the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association convention in Quebec City last December when he paused to acknowledge his hosts.In particular, he singled out his "good friend," Robin Speer
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