Heard an interesting story last night from a source I
trust regarding what really happened at XL. Although
lots of questions are being asked of CFIA and what
role they played in the plant being offline for so long
the Nilsson part of the story seems to have slowly
slipped from the radar screen. According to my
source what really happened was after it had been
offline XL went straight to the federal Government
and demanded $40 million or they were going to
close it down permanently. CFIA was trying to get the
plant up and running, Nilssons were trying to
blackmail the Government. When this ploy failed they
laid off the 2000 workers to ratchet up the
pressure. Not sure the dollar amount but the report is
the Feds caved to their demands and paid them out,
paving way for the JBS takeover.
trust regarding what really happened at XL. Although
lots of questions are being asked of CFIA and what
role they played in the plant being offline for so long
the Nilsson part of the story seems to have slowly
slipped from the radar screen. According to my
source what really happened was after it had been
offline XL went straight to the federal Government
and demanded $40 million or they were going to
close it down permanently. CFIA was trying to get the
plant up and running, Nilssons were trying to
blackmail the Government. When this ploy failed they
laid off the 2000 workers to ratchet up the
pressure. Not sure the dollar amount but the report is
the Feds caved to their demands and paid them out,
paving way for the JBS takeover.
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