Erin O'Toole for Conservative Party Leadership

DennisTate · Apr 10, 2017

A friend of mine from my place of work may just have changed my number one choice for Conservative Party Leadership.

http://erinotoole.ca/farms/

Standing Up for Farm Families

We are truly blessed with an abundance of food in Canada and all too often take for granted the bounty that surrounds us. Thousands of Canadians are involved directly on the farm and thousands more in the food processing, feed, implements, transportation and supply sectors across the country. Not only are our farming families feeding Canada, Conservative governments have helped these family farms feed the world and create a stronger economy.

Previous Conservative governments have worked with our agriculture producers to ensure new markets could be opened up for all of agriculture while protecting supply management. As Parliamentary Secretary for Trade, I worked closely with these families and their associations to conclude the European Free Trade agreement.When someone compares our dairy and poultry family farms to cartels like OPEC, they demonstrate a profound lack of understanding of agriculture and shows their willingness to let agriculture producers be used like political props.

As leader of the Conservative Party, I will fight for our farm families by:

protecting supply management for our dairy and poultry farms;

maintaining commitments made by the Conservative government to dairy and poultry sectors resulting from import changes coming from the CETA and TPP trade deals;

ending the Liberal carbon tax which will drive up farm input costs like diesel fuel, natural gas, fertilizer, transportation and electricity;

gaining more market access for our livestock, grain and oilseed producers in our free trade negotiations;

supporting more agriculture research and the harmonization of farm product regulations with our trading partners;

ensuring our farm safety net programs are predictable, bankable and manageable, and

recognizing the critical environmental stewardship provided by Canadian farmers and rewarding them for the positive impacts they have on wetlands conservation, carbon sequestration, reforestation, species protection and maintaining pollinator habitat.

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DennisTate · Apr 10, 2017

My impression at this time is that Mr. Maxime Bernie policy proposal for Phasing out Supply Management is very dangerous for rural communities.

His plan would destroy Canada's relatively small farms and give our agriculture over to huge agribusinesses.

http://www.maximebernier.com/phase_out_supply_management

Phase out Supply Management

All farmers need to be treated fairly. 90% of Canadian farmers derive no benefit from supply management. It protects a small cartel of dairy, poultry and egg farmers at the expense of everyone else. It also creates massive barriers to entry for new farmers. The cost of purchasing quotas is so high that it makes entry into supply managed sectors nearly impossible. It also drives up the grocery bills of farmers trying to feed their families. Phasing out supply management, and ensuring that those in supply managed sectors can transition is the right thing to do. I would follow the Australian model, with a gradual phase-out and compensation for farmers.
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DennisTate · Apr 10, 2017

Here is a link to the webpages for all of the leadership candidates:

http://www.conservative.ca/our-party/leadership-2017/

DennisTate · Apr 15, 2017

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/c...-his-pitch-to-be-the-cpcs-consensus-candidate

John Ivison: Slow, steady O’Toole makes his pitch to be the CPC’s consensus candidate

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