How is it the gov'ts fault XL foods didn't follow proper safety programs?
Oh ya, it's always enforcements fault. :roll:
Who made that claim? I certainly didn't. This is obviously a straw man argument.
Read the link in the OP before you respond. The Harper government's reaction to this problem was a screw up from the beginning and their actions (and lack of action) made the situation worse.
The Minister responsible should have admitted a problem exists right away. The Harper government should have issued an order to stop all food from leaving the plant to limit the scope of a possible recall. Then they should have sent in an inspection team in to ascertain the scope of the problem and supervise the cleanup. Food production only resumes after all the problems have been resolved.
Instead this is what the Harper government did:
First they tried to ignore the problem, then they downplayed it, then they refused to respond to questions from journalists and the public, then they looked for someone else to blame. Meanwhile, when they finally got around to organizing a recall of the products from the plant, the task that should have been Priority 1 on Day 1, the list of already-sold products had gown so long it was impossible for anyone to keep track of it. More than 2,000 products are now on the list, we are told. Cases of E. coli infection tied to the plant have literally spread across the country.
As a result a small manageable problem grew into a major catastrophe for the Alberta Beef industry. What should have been a small recall of a few beef products grew into one of the largest in Canada's history. This isn't a left vs right issue. This is about competent problem management.
The Harper government screwed up.
... rabble are a bunch of frickin' commies ...
They are lefties for certain. But this article is about how the Harper government failed to manage the problem competently, not about the benefits of socialism.
