Minority Government

[carebear300]

How will agriculture fare under a minority liberal government? Will it once again be shifted to the background of the daily goings on of government? Will the big cities be on centre stage and us peons in the country beleft out once again? Only time will tell but one thing I do know agriculture lost a good man today that was always on our side, Bob Speller. In a few short months he tried to do more for agriculture in a very sincere and caring way than any of his pre decessors did in the last fifteen years. Thank you Bob Speller you will be missed by at least one contankerous old farmer from the west.

[farmerfudd]

I see Goodale getting pushed back in. It's unlikely Martins'stupid enough to put a total greenhorn in to discuss policy with the usda.
....weelll maybe not

[almoy]

I too am sorry to see Bob Speller go. What was Ontario thinking ?

[cowman]

What was Ontario thinking?
We all need to realize that Ag ranks right up there with " who cares"
No one really gives a rip? Realize this and you have 99% of your problems solved?
It may not be right....but thats just the way it is! Get over it and move on.
I'm sorry if I brought you this reality moment?

[dalek]

Look at the riding map of Ontario and you'll see that the more agricultural ridings are now mostly blue where red was before, while the cities have stayed red. THat should tell you how agriculture will fare under a minority government.

[almoy]

Bet they are busy looking for Canadian tags to pin on them! I smell a rat!

The governments had better drag out Plan B as the border is going to be closed for years.

[kato]

If these are American, I don't think so. If they can blame us, then it's going to get dicey.

After all, the first place they stepped up their surveillance was in Washington State. Coincidence? I don't think so.

I bet they are going to discuss the result of the first test at that briefing, as well. It could be ready any time.

[jensend]

if they do identify another canadian animal it gives more momentum to increased testing in canada.

[grassfarmer]

I wonder if the second case so soon is a coincidence - or did the fact the first one hasn't caused a crash tempt them to release details of a second one. If either or both come up as positive and "Canadian" I think the international authorities would smell a rat. Either way the US is not going to be exporting to Japan any time soon so we should get cracking and test for that market.

[whiteface]

I see this as a perfect opportunity to press harder for testing, one for our own safety ( if they keep finding "Canadian" cows and we don't it sure looks suspicious for them) and two for the markets, we deserve a crack at Japan and others with testing more animals. US will keep us out forever with these new cases, our cows or not.