BSE
Columns
July 14, 2004 - Can
re-elected government open beef border?
Haldimand-Norfolk-Brant
is home to over 33,500 head of cattle on 832 farms.
Now that the federal
election has been decided, beef, sheep and dairy farmers across Canada
are anxiously waiting to learn if the new mix of fresh, and former, faces
on Parliament Hill will signal a renewed focus on opening the American
border to Canadian beef. [Read
more]
February 11, 2004 - Budget delegates support cattle industry
Over the past two weeks I have traveled the province as part of the Finance and Economic Affairs Committee pre-budget consultations - helping to set the Ontario government’s fiscal agenda for the coming year. [ Read more.]
News Releases
Sept
27, 2004 - Ontario BSE announcement falls short and late
Farmers may be waiting
until Christmas before funding begins to flow
Simcoe – Haldimand-Norfolk-Brant
MPP Toby Barrett says it could well be the new year before Ontario farmers
see dollar one in their pockets from the Ontario government’s latest
funding announcement. [Read
more]
Sept 23, 2004
- New regs force farmers to pay commercial prices for homegrown beef
Barrett calls new
restrictions, “overkill”
Moosonee - The Ontario
government has gone too far in enacting new restrictions prohibiting licensed
butchers from cutting, wrapping, and freezing beef from local farmers
who kill their own cattle for family use, according to Haldimand-Norfolk-Brant
MPP Toby Barrett. [Read
more]
Sept
14, 2004 - Ontario quiet on help for cattlemen: Barrett
Woodstock –
Haldimand-Norfolk-Brant MPP Toby Barrett is calling on the Ontario Government
to step up to the plate following the recent federal funding announcement
of $488 million to support Canada’s livestock industry. [Read
more]
Sept
14, 2004 - MPP
Barrett asks, “where’s the beef” in Ontario BSE funding
Agriculture Minister
fails to respond to Federal funding announcement
Woodstock –
Haldimand-Norfolk-Brant MPP Toby Barrett is calling on the Ontario Government
to step up to the plate following the recent federal funding announcement
of $488 million to support Canada’s livestock industry. [Read
more]
March 4, 2004 - US Government re-opens BSE 30-day comment period
Toronto – TodayHaldimand-Norfolk-Brant
MPP Toby Barrett met with the United States Consulate General and is optimistic
that the United States is ready to take the initial steps toward opening
the American border. [Read
more.]
February 26, 2004 - Cattlemen underwhelmed by BSE funding announcement
Toronto – Haldimand-Norfolk-Brant
MPP Toby Barrett echoed reported comments from the head of the Ontario
Cattlemen’s Association (OCA) expressing disappointment with the
Premier’s Mad Cow funding announcement. [Read
more.]
January 22, 2004 - Barrett calls for additional action on BSE
Kohler - In the
wake of the second discovery of BSE in less than a year it is not realistic
for cattle producers and other beef industry stakeholders to simply wait
for the government to “solve” the BSE situation, according
to Haldimand-Norfolk Brant MPP Toby Barrett. [Read
more.]
June 23, 2003 - Ontario to pay 40 per cent share of BSE bill
Queen’s Park – Haldimand-Norfolk-Brant
MPP Toby Barrett says the province is injecting much needed compensation
into the livestock sector to help producers deal with the impact of Bovine
Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). [Read
more.]
May 23, 2003 - Ontario has one of the toughest BSE surveillance programs in the world – MPP Barrett
Hagersville – Haldimand-Norfolk-Brant MPP Toby Barrett says the Ontario Government is well prepared to protect consumers in the wake of Alberta’s lone case of Mad Cow Disease or Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). [Read more.]
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