November 5, 2004
Canadian cattlemen cheer Bush’s victory
Canadian cattlemen like Stan Eby cheered President Bush’s Tuesday re-election.
Eby, president of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, believes that with more free-trade-friendly Republicans now in control of the House and Senate, the U.S. will move quickly to reopen its borders to Canadian cattle.
“We feel quite optimistic that in the very near future we will have trade resumed. The last few months everything has kind of come to a standstill…because of the election. It is now time to move forward,” he said.
Eby and representatives of Canada’s meat-packing industry will be in Washington next Tuesday to being a new round of lobbying to reopen the border.
Since the border was closed in May 2003, Canada’s beef industry has lost more than $4 billion. While exports of beef from younger cattle have resumed, live cattle and meat from older animals remains embargoed.
Cattlemen like Trevor McCrea hope industry leaders and the Canadian government have learned a lesson about the perils of integrating Canada’s beef sector so closely with the U.S. McCrea owns the farm where the Canadian cow with BSE was born.
“Bush was our best option. But I guess I’m of the attitude that when (the border) opens, it opens,” McCrea said.
November 5, 2004
Canadian cattlemen cheer Bush’s victory
Canadian cattlemen like Stan Eby cheered President Bush’s Tuesday re-election.
Eby, president of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, believes that with more free-trade-friendly Republicans now in control of the House and Senate, the U.S. will move quickly to reopen its borders to Canadian cattle.
“We feel quite optimistic that in the very near future we will have trade resumed. The last few months everything has kind of come to a standstill…because of the election. It is now time to move forward,” he said.
Eby and representatives of Canada’s meat-packing industry will be in Washington next Tuesday to being a new round of lobbying to reopen the border.
Since the border was closed in May 2003, Canada’s beef industry has lost more than $4 billion. While exports of beef from younger cattle have resumed, live cattle and meat from older animals remains embargoed.
Cattlemen like Trevor McCrea hope industry leaders and the Canadian government have learned a lesson about the perils of integrating Canada’s beef sector so closely with the U.S. McCrea owns the farm where the Canadian cow with BSE was born.
“Bush was our best option. But I guess I’m of the attitude that when (the border) opens, it opens,” McCrea said.
November 5, 2004
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