PETITION: Protect Canadian dairy farms (NDP)

PETITION: Protect Canadian dairy farms (NDP)

Postby Oscar » Fri Apr 22, 2016 8:14 am

Protect Canadian dairy farms

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April 22, 2016 4:32 AM

NDP will fight for the future of our dairy farmers

Canada has been losing family farms at an unprecedented rate—30,000 small and medium-sized farms have disappeared in the past decade, including 4,000 dairy farms.

The decline in the dairy industry is connected to the import of milk proteins, or diafiltered milk, from the United States. Canadian producers lost a total of $220 million in 2015 due to US imported milk proteins.

Direct action is needed to solve this problem. Simply put, our government needs to act on their election promise and properly enforce cheese composition standards for all Canadian processors.

NDP Critic for Agriculture and Agri-food Ruth Ellen Brosseau is calling on the Minister of Agriculture to take immediate action on behalf of Canadian dairy producers. See her motion below for more details.

We need to act now to protect our dairy producers – add your name to save our Canadian dairy farms.
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Canadian consumers want our family farms to continue to be successful. You can be sure that New Democrats will continue to fight for the future of our dairy farmers.

All the best,

Tom Mulcair
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NDP Critic for Agriculture and Agri-food Ruth Ellen Brosseau is calling on the Minister of Agriculture to take immediate action on behalf of Canadian dairy producers. See her motion below for more details.

MOTION: April 21, 2016

Ms. Brosseau (Berthier—Maskinongé) — That, since the government is signing trade agreements that are undermining supply management and that will have a negative impact on the Canadian dairy industry, the House:
(a) recognize the magnitude of the economic losses to Canadian dairy producers from the importation of diafiltered milk, which totalled $220 million in 2015;
(b) recognize that each day of government inaction contributes to the disappearance of a steadily increasing number of family farms across the country;
(c) recognize that the entire industry is standing together to call for the problem to be resolved immediately; and
(d) call upon the government to keep its election promises and honour the commitments made since the start of its mandate by immediately enforcing the compositional standards for cheese for all Canadian processors. (Hansard, April 21, 2016)

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NPD Motion: We Must Protect Our Dairy Producers

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 21, 2016

OTTAWA – New Democrats tabled a motion today calling on the Liberal government to keep its election promises and commitments made at the beginning of its mandate and require all Canadian producers to respect cheese composition standards immediately.
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