OFA’s advice to government: invest in rural Ontario
January 24, 2019
By Brent Royce To The Haldimand Press Balancing a budget is tough and takes vision and discipline. The Ontario government is working on balancing the... ...read more
Cutting costs and red tape puts us back in business
January 17, 2019
By MPP Toby Barrett To The Haldimand Press Before Christmas, Todd Smith, Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, announced over 30 actions to... ...read more
Have Your Say: Will Canada follow through in budget 2019?
January 17, 2019
To the Editors, I recently participated in pre-budget hearings in Toronto hosted by Canada’s Finance Committee and I’m concerned. Justin Trudeau regularly claims to be... ...read more
Have Your Say: RE: Council approves pay raise in wake of federal tax legislation, January 10, 2019
January 17, 2019
To the Editors, I wonder: does anyone around here have children or grandchildren? Apparently not. In fact, certainly not, if we judge by the views... ...read more
Bringing ag and rural issues to the next federal budget
January 17, 2019
By Rejean Pommainville, Director, OFA To The Haldimand Press When the federal government presents its next budget, the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) wants to... ...read more
New Year’s resolution: Support local agriculture
January 17, 2019
By Will Stoneman, Haldimand Member Representative, OFA To The Haldimand Press January seems a suitable time to recap on the events from the 2018 season.... ...read more
Swinging into summer and the passing of fall
January 9, 2019
By MPP Toby Barrett To The Haldimand Press Six months ago MPPs returned to Queen’s Park for a rare summer sitting to begin turning our... ...read more
Have Your Say: Council approves pay raise in wake of federal tax legislation
January 9, 2019
To The Editors, The federal Liberal’s, in their great wisdom, have decided to remove the one third tax exemption for municipal and provincial elected officials... ...read more
Ontario Federation of Ag: Starting the new year with renewed priorities
January 9, 2019
By Keith Currie, President, OFA To The Haldimand Press There’s something exciting about starting a brand new year. The opportunities and possibilities are endless, and... ...read more
Recapping 2018: A look at the first six months
January 4, 2019
By MPP Toby Barrett To The Haldimand Press As with the previous year, the winter and spring of 2018 left me little choice but to... ...read more
