Commodity Markets: May 2008 Archives
Agriculture
has been making headlines over the last few weeks and months, as higher food
prices and soaring fertilizer stock prices have focused the country and the
world's attention on the production of food. The issues are important - rapidly
rising commodity prices, for instance, are making it extremely difficult for
the world's poor and very poor to get enough to eat. While attention has to be
paid to these global issues, attention also needs to be paid to what are
clearly domestic issues - issues that not only threaten the competitiveness of
the Canadian agricultural sector but also affect our ability to be a reliable
and secure food supplier.
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