First off, I'd like to point out that Blue is also listening to a guy from Florida, while criticizing me for moving all the way to Winnipeg. :roll:
Then you'd better be pushing sixty if you want to claim more experience than I have at it. You should also keep in mind that I have friends and family on farms, in small towns, and in the cities.
The confidence vote has nothing to do with it. All of the federal seats went Conservative, and Layton had already made his deal.
And yet that mill provided jobs and money for the community and the province. There are also new initiatives like the clean fuel plants, which are doing the same thing. And windmills. and, and, and. You are picking a couple of failures and ignoring all of the successes.
Which is why the NDP has put forward those fuel plants. They make energy from canola. I hear they are building some slaughter facilities too. Hmmm...sounds to me like they are helping the farmers.
What can they do about the US border closure? Nothing. International trade is a federal matter and it was the judge that RCALF bought that kept the border closed. What can they do about the low price of wheat? Nothing. That's caused by massive subsidy programs in the US.
So what has Alberta done to turn their ag sector around? The same things Saskatchewan has, really. They still have the same problems too. Oh, and don't forget that it was Stephen Harper's party who protected Cargill from contempt of parliament fines and Stephen Harper who showed up in Saskatoon during the last election and refused to talk about agriculture.
Then you'd better be pushing sixty if you want to claim more experience than I have at it. You should also keep in mind that I have friends and family on farms, in small towns, and in the cities.
The confidence vote has nothing to do with it. All of the federal seats went Conservative, and Layton had already made his deal.
And yet that mill provided jobs and money for the community and the province. There are also new initiatives like the clean fuel plants, which are doing the same thing. And windmills. and, and, and. You are picking a couple of failures and ignoring all of the successes.
Which is why the NDP has put forward those fuel plants. They make energy from canola. I hear they are building some slaughter facilities too. Hmmm...sounds to me like they are helping the farmers.
What can they do about the US border closure? Nothing. International trade is a federal matter and it was the judge that RCALF bought that kept the border closed. What can they do about the low price of wheat? Nothing. That's caused by massive subsidy programs in the US.
So what has Alberta done to turn their ag sector around? The same things Saskatchewan has, really. They still have the same problems too. Oh, and don't forget that it was Stephen Harper's party who protected Cargill from contempt of parliament fines and Stephen Harper who showed up in Saskatoon during the last election and refused to talk about agriculture.
