An alarming 69 per cent of Canadian farmers say burdensome red tape makes them question whether their children should take over the farm or even start their own farm, a Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) survey concludes.
Of 671 farmers surveyed, they said that the most burdensome agencies and regulations were the Canada Revenue Agency (59 per cent), the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (46 per cent), environmental regulations (45 per cent) and Statistics Canada (40 per cent). CFIB says sometimes the problem with red tape is not what needs to be done, but the timing, such as Statistics Canada sending out surveys during spring planting when farmers are busy in the fields.
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