Western Standard - December 19, 2022


Farmers skeptical of Trudeau’s new agriculture plan

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farmers' skepticism to sustainable strategy
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Gunter Joachim Daryl French Trudeau
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1 minute

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179

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9


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Western Canadian wheat growers express skepticism to the federal government's new sustainable agricultural strategy, which was announced Monday by the federal agriculture minister. Western Canadian Wheat Growers President Gunter Joachim says farmers know more about sustainability than Ottawa does.

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00:00:00.000 Farmers and the Saskatchewan government reacted to Trudeau's new sustainable agricultural strategy
00:00:05.420 with skepticism, which was announced Monday by the federal agriculture minister.
00:00:10.560 Western Canadian wheat growers Saskatchewan director Daryl Fransu said the over-regulation
00:00:14.860 of farmers is costing Canadians at the grocery store, and their president Gunter Joachim said
00:00:20.740 they will watch the sustainable agricultural strategy proceedings and communicate to the
00:00:25.900 public how this affects their groceries bill. A Saskatchewan government spokesperson said
00:00:30.580 farmers are not getting recognition for all the work they already did to become sustainable.
00:00:35.920 Now, the Western Canadian wheat growers expressed skepticism to the sustainable agricultural
00:00:40.480 strategy given recent federal agriculture announcements. Now, Joachim said farmers are
00:00:46.100 already concerned about sustainability as it affects the viability of their operations,
00:00:51.460 and farmers know more about sustainability than Ottawa does. On Monday, the federal government
00:00:57.060 announced the sustainable agricultural strategy and the launch of public consultations. I'm Chris
00:01:03.180 Olkorn reporting for the Western Standard. Read the full story at westernstandard.news.
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