Farmer Protest

• EU farmers are protesting climate change regulations. Could Canadians join them?

  European farmers have protested higher costs, lower profits and climate change regulations for months. Could Canadian producers also blockade ports?

  Canada

  Feb 19
  
• Polish farmers plan blockade of Ukraine border as part of general strike

  Polish farmers' Solidarity trade union plans a general strike starting next Friday with a blockade of border crossings between Poland and Ukraine.

  World

  Feb 2
  
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• Farmers hurl eggs, stones in Brussels as EU summit starts

  Farmers threw eggs and stones at the European Parliament on Thursday amid protests to press a summit of EU leaders to do more to help them with taxes and rising costs.

  World

  Feb 1
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• Dozens camp out at Vancouver Art Gallery in support of protesting Indian farmers

  Members of Vancouver's Indo-Canadian community spent Friday night sleeping outdoors at the Vancouver Art Gallery in support of Indian farmers who dispute new agricultural laws.

  News

  Mar 27, 2021
• Music motivates mounting movement in India as farmers reject govt proposals

  But it's through music, like folk songs called bolyian, that the spirit of this unprecedented uprising echoes across the world.

  World

  Dec 11, 2020
• Okanagan farmers rally in solidarity with growers in India

  Farmers in India are protesting new farm acts passed by the Indian parliament that will put an end to the guaranteed crop prices.

  Dec 6, 2020
• Hundreds of vehicles join B.C. car rally in solidarity with Punjabi farmers

  Organizers of the rally say many B.C. residents have deep ties and connections to the Punjabi farmers. 

  World

  Dec 2, 2020
• Outrage, nudity and skulls: Thousands of farmers demand help in march on India’s capital

  Tens of thousands of Indian farmers marched to parliament on Friday in a protest against soaring operating costs and plunging produce prices.

  World

  Nov 30, 2018