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Conservative Government and the Wheat Board (Sun TV) (~9min) – May 26, 2011
Frontier Research Associate Cam Dahl was interviewed by Charles Adler on Sun TV about lower prices at the Canadian Wheat Board and how this impacts the average Canadian and whether the Conservative government will lessen the power of the Wheat Board. (~10 mins)
The Future of Canadian Wheat Board (Adler on Sun TV) (~8min) – May 17, 2011
Sun TV's Charles Adler interviews Rolf Penner (MB VP Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association) and Cam Dahl (Frontier Centre) about the Conservatives plans for the Canadian Wheat Board. May 13, 2011
Agriculture's New Frontier (Sylvain Charlebois)March 26, 2009
Speech by Sylvain Charlebois, Associate Dean,The Levene Graduate School of Business, University of Regina, to Breakfast on the Frontier in Winnipeg, March 18, 2009.
USDA Official Takes Courageous Stand Against Interstate Counter-cyclical Potato PricingMarch 5, 2009
USDA Official Takes Courageous Stand Against Interstate Counter-cyclical Potato Pricing. Real life humour from the U.S. Government.
On the Verge of History's Greatest Farming Challenge (Dennis Avery)March 3, 2009
Dennis T. Avery, of the Hudson Institute, addresses the Western Canada Wheat Grower's Association Conference on the future of agriculture and global warming politics, Winnipeg, January 9th, 2009.
Manitoba Farm Land Expropriation on CJOBDecember 20, 2007
CJOB's Richard Cloutier interviews farmer Marcel Fouillard and Lawyer Antoine Hacault about the expropriation of 288 acres of the Fouillard's land by a local government to create a tourist attraction.
Farm Subsidies Hurt the PoorNovember 7, 2007
A short clip by Oxfam describing how high American farm subsidies damages the prospects for farmers in poor countries.
Outrageous US Farm SubsidiesNovember 5, 2007
The Competitive Enterprise Institute shows how farm subsidies in the US harm consumers, taxpayers and the poor.
Reality Check - CWB vs HarperOctober 27, 2007
Rolf Penner does a reality check on the CWB claim that the Prime Minister got his facts wrong in the throne speech. Stephen Harper seems to have a better handle on barley prices than the head of the CWB who happens to be a farmer.
Give Me a Break - Stossel on Global WarmingOctober 24, 2007
ABC's John Stossel casts a critical eye on Al Gore's film - An Inconvenient Truth - and interviews historical climatologist Tim Ball on a 20/20 panel on Climate Change.
The Milk MafiaApril 18, 2007
Farming Myths (Avery on Agvision)February 12, 2006

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