The Wheat Growers Association have asked each of the registered political parties in Saskatchewan a series of questions that are of interest to Wheat Grower members and Saskatchewan grain farmers.
On October 7, each party was sent the same list of questions and asked to reply by October 14. As of this press release, responses were received from the Saskatchewan Party and the Buffalo Party. Should other parties forward their responses, the website will be updated.
The questions are:
- What is your party’s position on free and competitive markets in international trade, including the elimination of export subsidies, reduction of trade-distorting domestic support, and reducing tariffs and non-tariff barriers that inhibit market access?
- What is your party’s position on the grain transportation system and the ability to move grain to export market in an accountable and efficient manner, considering possible future overcrowding on the rail system?
- What is your party’s position on the development of agricultural innovations that make farmers more profitable and sustainable, with a science-based regulatory approval process for the introduction of new technologies, including the adoption of genetically modified crops?
- What is your party’s position on a carbon pricing system, including on a credit and debit system that acknowledges the significant carbon reductions being achieved by prairie grain growers through farming techniques and sequestering?
- What is your parties position regarding Business Management Practices (BMP) being incorporated into agriculture Business Risk Management (BRM) programs?
- As the next provincial government, what would your top priorities be for farmers and the agriculture industry in Saskatchewan?
- Modern agriculture depends upon the rapid flow of data. Access to high-speed broadband is lacking in most parts of rural Saskatchewan. What is your party’s position on building a reliable, fast broadband network across the province?
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