Philip Shaw's work is published across Canada and the United States. He is an accomplished speaker, journalist, commodity market commentator, agricultural economist and farmer from Dresden, Ontario, Canada.
I spent Canada Day in the Niagara Falls area. It is a beautiful part of Canada long taken for granted by the folks in southwestern Ontario. Go there and see the rest of the world. It is one of the biggest tourist attractions in the world. People from southwestern Ontario should take better advantage of…
Continue ReadingPalestine: a Dysfunctional Economy and a Bottomless Country. Dr. A.K.Enamul Haque PhD. As I write this episode from Bangkok Thailand, I am watching BBC TV where I learned that Israeli planes are buzzing low over the house of Syrian President Asad and has bombed a power station in Gaza. They are doing this in a…
Continue ReadingJuly has finally got here and I like it. I used to like January the best because I was a winter sports guy. But as I’ve grown older there is something about “warm weather” that grows on you. It only gets warm in Canada for about 8 weeks a year. You have got to love…
Continue ReadingBefore the winter of 2006 I never got press releases. However, ever since the “grass roots” farmers came along, I get press releases. They are Canadian patriots, great guys working their own way for a better Canadian agriculture. On July 1st the Ottawa grass roots farmers are taking that message back to Parliament Hill in…
Continue ReadingI’m sure Cktimes.ca editor and publisher John Gardiner will be commenting on some rich guys this week. That’s because rich guy Warren Buffet is giving 85% of his wealth away to charity, mostly to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. At the end of the day Buffett will give away $37 billion. After that, he’ll…
Continue ReadingCanadian cash grain prices resemble something you usually see in a museum. At least that’s the way it feels. With such negative vibes surrounding me sometimes I feel that it might blind me from any future opportunity. If Canadian beef producers could get through BSE, there isn’t an excuse for the rest of us. We…
Continue ReadingThe bad dream, which is Canada’s gun law may becoming to an end. Last Monday the Conservative government tabled legislation, which would effectively remove the requirement to register rifles and shotguns in Canada. In a minority parliament nothing is guaranteed. When the fall vote comes we’ll see if enough opposition MP’s join with the Conservatives…
Continue ReadingI have just finished writing an article about the Louisville Farm Show for Country Guide magazine. I spent a few days there this past February. It’s a wonderful show and a microcosm of the stability we have here in North American agriculture. As farmers we have our agricultural economic problems but if we can muster…
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