Easter is the agriculture critic for the Liberal Party of Canada and an MP from Prince Edward Island. On Aug. 15, Gerry Ritz, Stephen Harper’s minister of agriculture, abandoned Canada’s hog farmers. After months of pleading for help, with a $3.2 billion sector at stake, the Harper government announced a loan program that only the […] Read more
Stories by Wayne Easter
Recommendations from Easter – Opinion
Easter is a Liberal MP and parliamentary secreatary to federal agriculture minister Andy Mitchell. Following are some of the recommendations contained in his recently released report, Empowering Canadian Farmers in the Marketplace. General That all governments place a priority on measures that will enhance farmers’ economic returns from the marketplace. That ministers and ministries of […] Read more
