Some good news for the boys back east

[CattleAnnie]

Ontario's government announces funding for more slaughter capacity

by Ann Bagel on 6/18/04 for Meatingplace.com


In an effort to help the province's livestock industry cope with ongoing effects of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, Ontario's government pledged millions of dollars toward increased abattoir capacity for older animals.

Ontario's Minister of Agriculture and Food this week pledged $5.1 million (USD) toward the province's overall slaughter capacity for surplus mature animals to help reduce the backlog of cattle in the province.

Following the May 2003 discovery of BSE in an Alberta cow, those animals could not be shipped to other countries thanks to border closures. The lack of slaughter capacity for cull animals, combined with depressed cattle prices, has resulted in an estimated backlog of about 60,000 head in Ontario to date, according to Resource News International.

"This investment will help producers in the short-term by making it possible to handle more of their surplus mature animals, and in the long-term, by building much-needed capacity in Ontario's meat processing industry," Ontario Minister of Agriculture and Food Steve Peters said in a prepared statement

[whiteface]

The ONLY way that border will open in August is if WE are prepared for it NOT being open, meaning the States will only tease us with opening because they KNOW we're serious about solving our own problem and they'll only lose out if they maintain their bullshit while we charge a head with new ideas, ventures, markets, etc. WITHOUT THEM! The poor states mygod! Could you just imagine them being left behind by little brother Canada who got tired of being kicked around. How stupid would they look. Don't anyone buy into this border open tease. It AINT HAPPENING, they just don't want to be forced to have to test or something "stupid" like that. We have to keep rallying and not buy in for one second to this tease of a border. If it opens, great, but we sure don't want to be caught at their mercy AGAIN and we sure don't want to put our ideas on hold AGAIN waiting for them either. People can hear us, let's keep it up!