From Mad Scientists to Maddening Science Perceptions
An eerie evolution It’s Halloween, a time when we welcome horror and stories that provoke fear into our lives. Oddly we celebrate stories of chainsaw …
Policy
Regulatory Barriers on Drone Use are Impacting GHG Emissions
Harmony of policy across borders The harmonization of regulations between neighbouring countries makes everything easier. It is vital to ensure that identical products and technologies …
Health Canada’s New Guidelines on Gene-Edited Crops
Kaylee Dodds University of Saskatchewan Student Guest Blogger A year ago, on March 23, 2021, Health Canada proposed new guidelines for the regulation of gene-edited …
Mexico to Willingly Increase Consumer Prices for Chicken
Still in Limbo In December 2020, Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador publicly declared that Mexico would ban all imports of genetically modified (GM) corn …
Current Land Ownership Policy in Saskatchewan
Jordan Gadd University of Saskatchewan Student Guest Blogger Current Restrictions Land ownership policy for agricultural land in Saskatchewan has become one of the most highly …
The Issues with Weed Inspection in Saskatchewan compared to Alberta
Farrah Fischer, University of Saskatchewan Student Guest Blogger Noxious weeds significantly affect the value, or intended use, of field and crop products1. These weeds have …
A Look into Canadian Supply Management
By Griffin Evans, University of Saskatchewan What is Supply Management? As a Canadian, and as someone dedicated to understanding how our government affects our daily …
Mexico to Phaseout GM Corn Imports and Glyphosate Use
On November 25th, 2019, the Mexican Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) invoked the precautionary principle to deny the importation of 1,000 tons …
Evidence and its Importance for Policy Making
The ability of bias to affect assessment outcomes In the process of gathering information, data or evidence to facilitate policy development processes, the parameters placed …
25th Anniversary of the First GM Crop Approval in Canada
The dawning of a new era in ag sustainability Who would have fathomed how significant a day in March 1995 would become in the history …