Don Freeland, a retired lawyer and farmer with a 6,000-acre spread in Peace River, northwestern Alberta, was in the cab of his combine Tuesday afternoon, hurrying to bring in the barley harvest before the bad weather hit. It has been a cold, damp September out West, Freeland said, and farmers just have to deal with it. Besides, there are much more irksome issues than the weather, including the “dirty rotten dairy monopoly that every political party panders to and that should be disbanded altogether — in my opinion.”
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Joe O’Connor: Chrystia Freeland – the woman who poked the elephant but squeaked out a deal
Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland arrives for a meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) industrialised countries on April 10, 2017 in Lucca, Tuscany.