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Farmers bring «political harvest» to the Hill
GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
With ElectionDayMonday now less than three weeks away, the Harper Conservative government is trying to close a new free trade deal. !e Trans-Paci$c Partnership (TPP) covers a number of trade issues between Ca- nada, the U.S., and other Paci$c Rimnations. !e goal is to have the TPP signed, sealed, and delivered by the end of this week so that it can become part of the Conservative re-election campaign platform. But farmers in the two central provinces, especially in the Eastern Ontario and Wes-
Farmers all over EasternOntario andWes- ternQuébec took a break from their harvest work to get up early for a long drive down the highways to Ottawa and up onto Par- liament Hill. Some of them brought a few cows along to drop a fragrant “political message” expressing their opinion about a free trade deal which could threaten the dairy industry in both regions.
tern Québec regions, fear that the TPP will butcher the dairy industry in their areas, allowing the U.S. and other countries produ- cingmilk and dairy products, greater access to Canada, circumventing the supplymana- gement guarantees that are supposed to protect the home industry.!ere is talk of a compensation package for Canadian dairy farmers a"ected by the TPP but the deals are vague at present. Convoys of farmers driving tractors and
hauling cattle in freight trucks motored into Ottawa during the early-morning hours of Sept. 29. Among themwere several farmers from the Glengarry-Prescott-Russell riding of incumbent Conservative MP Pierre Le- mieux. !ey gathered on Wellington Street on Parliament Hill, parked their tractors in a line, and brought their cows out to wander along the street, giving tourists visiting the Hill something new to photograph.
Tra!c cops inOttawa and Parliament Hill security had some extra, and in a few cases, unusual parking security problems to handle on Tuesday as farmers from all over Eastern Ontario and Western Québec drove their tractors along the highways and byways into Ottawa as part of a massive protest against a free trade deal in the works that they fear will butcher Canada’s dairy industry.
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