GUEST OPINION BY EDITH LING In response to David Weale’s opinion article in The Guardian Nov. 29, Alan Holman, in the Dec. 1, issue of the newspaper, expressed his opinion that farmers and many Islanders are not concerned about who owns the land despite the takeover of Island farm land by large corporations, including the Irving empire and the sale of precious farm land to Asian interests (GEBIS, etc.). One of the main purposes of this act is to preserve Island farmland for f

District Director Doug Campbell made the following presentation at a public forum sponsored by the Council of Canadians on October 10. He was part of a panel discussion,  “Boiling Point: Water, NAFTA and Supply Management”, with co-presenters Maude Barlow (Council of Canadians) and Scott Sinclair (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives). Here’s what Doug had to say (you can also download the presentation in pdf here: Let me express my thanks for the invitation to speak to th

Guest Opinion by Edith Ling, Women’s District Director of the National Farmers Union May 17, 2017 The general public needs to be very concerned about the construction of holding ponds used to hold water for agricultural irrigation purposes. It appears to me that these holding ponds are a way around the 2002 moratorium placed on the drilling of high capacity wells in this province. At a meeting with Department of Environment officials on March 29, 2017 to review the draft Wate