What a remarkable coincidence that the federal minister of agriculture announced a $1.75-billion payout to dairy producers just before a federal election in the province that has the most small-scale dairy farmers.
It will help Liberal party fortunes not only in Quebec but in Ontario and the Maritimes. You can guarantee that those cheques will arrive promptly before the upcoming election day.
If only canola, pork and beef producers could be so lucky to have the same caring government looking after their economic interests, but unfortunately most of them live in Western Canada and they have a habit of not voting Liberal. Not to worry, Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau has said that she will stand “shoulder to shoulder” with canola producers. One suspects that means a shoulder to cry on, not any real cash support. How comforting that is to growers as federal government ineptitude in the Huawei princess case destroys their $3-billion canola market. But then that’s politics and in Alberta we know all too well that we are not PM Trudeau’s favourite voters.
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