Canada : Préoccupations face au phénomène d’accaparement des terres
- Radio Canada
- 16 Mar 2015
L’Union des producteurs agricoles voudrait que le gouvernement limite à 100 acres par année, soit l’équivalent d’une terre moyenne, l’acquisition de terres.
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Canada risks losing next generation of farmers
- CTV News
- 11 Mar 2015
Canada's National Farmers Union (NFU) has released an update to its 2010 report, "Losing Our Grip", about growing corporate control of farmland and the acceleration of debt among farmers.
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Losing our grip - 2015 update
- NFU
- 10 Mar 2015
An updated report from Canada's National Farmers Union on the threat posed to family farms and food sovereignty by the corporate buy-up of farmland, rising farm debt and agribusiness financing of inputs.
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Un registre des transactions agricoles pourrait voir le jour
- Journal de Montréal
- 04 Mar 2015
À quelques jours du début des audiences sur l’accaparement des terres agricoles, les partis politiques se seraient entendus pour confier à la Commission de protection du territoire agricole du Québec le mandat de créer un registre des transactions.
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Rewards of land investment must be balanced with risks
- Western Producer
- 03 Mar 2015
Farmland deserves special attention because it involves much more than just land: the people who own and work the land form the basis of rural communities.
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Accaparement des terres agricoles: «il faudra une volonté politique», plaide l'UPA
- La Presse
- 02 Mar 2015
Si le président de l'Union des producteurs agricoles est heureux que la Commission de l'agriculture tienne enfin des audiences sur l'accaparement des terres agricoles par les fonds d'investissement, il craint le manque de volonté politique pour faire changer les choses.
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Foreign investors hit paydirt
- Western Producer
- 26 February 2015
There has been a marked change in Saskatchewan farmland ownership over the past two decades, according to a new study. Investment funds, pension plans and megafarms own an increasing amount of Saskatchewan dirt.
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Canada: Is it time to relax land ownership restrictions?
- Western Producer
- 26 February 2015
Farmers in Saskatchewan are worried that outside investors are artificially inflating land prices and keeping regular farmers from expanding their operations
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Pangea achète d'autres terres agricoles au Kamouraska
- Radio Canada
- 25 February 2015
Le fonds d'investissement Pangéa fait de nouvelles acquisitions au Kamouraska, au Québec.
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Canada: Gov't eyes farmland act changes
- Leader-Post
- 18 February 2015
Farmland ownership rules in Saskatchewan - which are among the most restrictive on the continent - could be getting tighter to prevent further purchases of farmland by institutional investors.
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Farmland board rules against investment group
- Western Producer
- 29 January 2015
Saskatchewan’s Farm Land Security Board has issued its second decision on a case that could transform the way land is bought and sold in the province.
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Canadian province eyes tougher rules on investor farm buys
- Reuters
- 26 January 2015
Saskatchewan is likely to tighten what are already some of North America's strictest rules for purchasing farmland as the Western Canadian province looks to fend off big money managers.
