Reaction to TPP

[fjlip]

Why would Cons NOT want to tax weed sales and get rid of the take of criminals? Take a HUGE load off the police, courts, judges? All makes sense to me...pass the cookies.

[dmlfarmer]

Could someone please explain to me why the Conservative government feels it necessary to provide up to $4.3 billion in compensation and in guarantees of profit for 10 years to dairy and poultry producers for allowing imports of just 2 - 3.5% of the market depending on commodity yet gives the assets of the CWB to the Saudis and Bunge for free and offers $0.00 compensation to western farmers? Or why the government put in place fines for poor rail performance in 2013 yet did not collect anything from the railroads even in the weeks the railroads missed the mandated targets and western grain producers received again $0.00 compensation? Anyone else feel grain producers are being taken for granted and ignored? Does the western vote simply not matter?

[ag-boy]

just a good deal overall! t-p-p
not so good for ndp Tom anti remarks all the time
hope we get rid off the rich chicken and dairy progam, this been so rich and protected
and why a pay out again after they had so protected by cost plus profit
quota.

[wmoebis]

What is the problem with any sector of AG primary producer being lucrative or even rich? We don't even know what grain prod's have given or received out of this deal.
Was all tariffs removed or part of or did some others get to add some on?

[sawfly]

who knows milk and cheese , might be a little cheaper for a while.
and your drug costs go up 400%.

if the deal was really about trade , great.
with Harper at the helm it could be more about creating market monopolies.
for his backers.
all in the details

[Braveheart]

There's always the assumption that just cause you have dairy you're rich. I have 2 local dairies that are struggling/subsistence farms. Like every business, good management is essential.

[wmoebis]

Braveheart Do you have any idea what they het for product?

[wmoebis]

Braveheart Do you have any idea what they het for product?

[mustardman]

One of the richest nation in the world -Norway is not involved in trade deals other than WTO.
This way it keeps control of its sovergnty versus giving control to international corporations

[FarmRanger]

Norway has 5 million people and over 50% of their exports are oil. Not many countries blocking oil imports.