Herd registration?

[cowman]

Anyone know what this herd registration thing in Alberta is all about? It would seem it has something to do with money but I'm not sure of all the details.
If Alberta gets out the checkbook will the other provinces follow? Will they be able to?
Is this really a good thing? Isn't it sort of buying market share? Shouldn't this really be a national program? I suspect Alberta has gotten sick of waiting for the feds to do anything and has decided to go it alone before our industry is completely ruined.
If Alberta subsidizes the cow/calf sector what will that do to the producer in Sask. and Man.? Ontario and Quebec can afford to go along but it seems Sask. can't afford to and Man. is always pleading poverty. Are producers there going to be thrown to the wolves?

[Bruce14]

BINGO!! Yes Cowman of course it should be a federal responsibility but it seems we can't get J.C. and his smug band of eastern loyalists to understand that.

Klein is going to have to pony up some money himself as both he and Manitoba have signed on to the new APF.

According to Van Greif that's all you get and has taken the position of another famous pork barreler...Tha Tha Tha That's All Folks!