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An Honourable Mea Culpa on GMOs (~54min) – January 17, 2013
A prominent British author, journalist and environmental activist, Mark Lynas reverses his position on GMOs - "So my message to the anti-GM lobby, from the ranks of the British aristocrats and celebrity chefs to the US foodies to the peasant groups of India is this. You are entitled to your views. But you must know by now that they are not supported by science."
Mark Lynas - Lecture to Oxford Farming Conference (Video) (~1min) – January 17, 2013
Video of Mark Lynas' lecture at the Oxford Farming Conference on January 3, 2013 in which he reverses his long held position on GMOs and moves from opposing to endorsing their use.
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)
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.
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 Federalization of Prairie Freshwaters (~46min) – January 29, 2002
Robert D. Sopuck, Director of the Rural Renaissance Project at the Frontier Centre for Public Policy discusses his recently released paper "The Federalization of Prairie Freshwaters. (~47 min.)


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